02/12/2024 - Camille Cottin, Juliette Armanet and Monia Chokri steal focus in this Chi-Fou-Mi production sold by StudioCanal

Filming on Nathan Ambrosioni’s 3rd feature film, Les enfants vont bien, has entered the home straight and is due to wrap on 13 December, having kicked off on 14 October. Revealed via Paper Flags [+see also:
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Joining her are Juliette Armanet (acclaimed in Rosalie [+see also:
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Written by the director, the story begins on a summer’s evening when Suzanne (Juliette Armanet) and her two young children pay an impromptu visit to her sister Jeanne (Camille Cottin), catching the latter off guard. Not only have the two sisters not seen each other for several months, Suzanne also seems somewhat absent. When she wakes up the next morning, Jeanne is staggered to find her sister has left her a letter. Bewilderment gives way to anger when Jeanne realises that the police won’t be searching for Suzanne, who has made the senseless decision to disappear...

Les enfants vont bien is produced by Nicolas Dumont and Hugo Sélignac for Chi-Fou-Mi Productions in co-production with France 2 Cinéma and StudioCanal. Pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+ and France Télévisions, the movie will be sold worldwide and distributed in France by StudioCanal. Cinematography is entrusted to Victor Séguin (Niki [+see also:
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For the record, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions have recently overseen And Their Children After Them [+see also:
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(Translated from French)