11/06/2025 - Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Julien De Saint Jean, Emmanuelle Béart and Sarah Suco all star in this Barberousse Films production sold by Pyramide

Actors Pierre-Yves Cardinal (© Paul Gransard) and Julien De Saint Jean (© Anaïs Lehugeur) and actress Emmanuelle Béart (© Harold James)

The first clapperboard has slammed today on Et après, the first feature film by Pierre Menahem who’s a well-known name in the world of international sales, production (Still Moving) and festival programming, and who took his first directorial steps with the short films Le feu au lac (screened in competition in Cannes 2022 and in Clermont-Ferrand’s national competition in 2023) and Robespierre (singled out at the 22nd Unifrance Short Film Awards in 2024).

The cast stars Canada’s Pierre-Yves Cardinal (notably well-received in Tom at the Farm [+see also:
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Written by Pierre Menahem and Jihane Chouaib (The Beast in the Jungle [+see also:
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Et après is being produced by Mathilde Delaunay on behalf of Barberousse Films and has been pre-purchased by Disney+. It also benefits from an advance on receipts from the CNC and the Sud Region. The six-week film shoot will unfold in La Grave (in the Hautes-Alpes region) until 18 July, with Aurélien Py (who previously teamed up with the director on his two short films) heading up cinematography. World sales and distribution in France will fall to Pyramide Films.

(Translated from French)