31/12/2024 - Niels Schneider, Salim Kechiouche, Slimane Dazi and Emmanuelle Bercot are also among the cast of this M.E.S. and Monkey Pack Films production being sold by Ginger & Fed and WTFilms

Since 11 November, Guillaume de Fontenay has been shooting Badh, his second feature, following Sympathy for the Devil [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ella Rumpf
interview: Guillaume de Fontenay
film profile] (2019). Toplining the movie is Marine Vacth (nominated for the César and Lumière Awards for Most Promising Actress in 2014 for Young and Beautiful [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: François Ozon
film profile], also popular in movies such as DNA [+see also:
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trailer
film profile]).

Also among the cast are Niels Schneider (nominated for the César Award for Best Actor in 2021 for Love Affair(s) [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Emmanuel Mouret
film profile], a winner in the Most Promising Actor category in 2017 for Dark Inclusion [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Arthur Harari
film profile], and set to grace screens soon in Les tourmentés and the forthcoming De Gaulle diptych), Salim Kechiouche (Blue Is the Warmest Colour [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Abdellatif Kechiche
film profile], the Mektoub, My Love [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] trilogy, L’enfant du paradis [+see also:
film review
film profile]), Slimane Dazi (A Prophet [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Jacques Audiard
interview: Jacques Audiard and Tahar R…
film profile], The Temple Woods Gang [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile]), Emmanuelle Bercot (Best Actress Award at Cannes in 2015 and nominated for the César Award for Best Actress in 2016 for My King [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], hitting theatres on 21 May next year in Ollie [+see also:
film review
interview: Antoine Besse
film profile] and also in next year’s Baise-en-ville), Grégoire Colin (putting on a great performance recently in Meeting With Pol Pot [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], in cinemas from 12 February in Across the Sea [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
film profile]) and Lionel Abelanski (Guardians of the Formula [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Dragan Bjelogrlić
film profile], Train of life).

The story, written by Matt Alexander, revolves around Badh Siracine, who has distanced herself from her mysterious past in order to forge an uneventful new life for herself in Essaouira, Morocco. When her husband, Ilias Siracine, is targeted by Mansour Khoury, the man who heads up a powerful Moroccan cartel, Badh regains her thirst for justice and vengeance. Because Badh is actually a former agent from the Alpha section of the Directorate General for External Security, specially trained to eliminate “high-value targets” and protect France’s interests. These are agents dubbed “The Killers of the Republic”.

Produced by Marc-Étienne Schwartz for M.E.S. Productions and by Marc Stanimirovic for Monkey Pack Films, Badh is being co-produced by Ginger & Fed and WTFilms, which will team up to manage the international sales. Having been pre-purchased by Netflix, the feature, the shoot for which will wrap on 15 January in Morocco, sees Pierre Cottereau in charge of the cinematography and will be edited by Mathilde Van de Moortel (César Award in her category in 2016 and 2023 for Mustang [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
film profile] and Full Time [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Eric Gravel
film profile]). The French theatrical release will be handled by Pan Distribution.

As a reminder, M.E.S. Productions will be releasing À bicyclette by Mathias Mlekuz in theatres on 26 February.

(Translated from French)