CNC backs Bouchareb, Rappeneau and Kechiche

10/03/2009

An impressive selection of titles were chosen at the first 2009 session of the National Film Centre’s advances on receipts committee. Selected screenplays include those for forthcoming features by Rachid Bouchareb, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Abdellatif Kechiche, Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun and Djamshed Usmonov.

This July, Bouchareb (London River [+see also:
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interview: Rachid Bouchareb
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Covering the period from the Sétif massacre in 1945 to the end of the Algerian War in 1962, the screenplay traces the destinies of three brothers in France and also tackles the Indochina War (1946-1954).

Produced by Tessalit Productions, the film is set to shoot in Germany, France, Tunisia, Algeria and New York (at the UN). The cast so far includes Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem and Bernard Blancan.

The CNC also granted an advance on receipts to Affaires étrangères (“Foreign Affairs”) by Rappeneau, whose last film was Bon Voyage [+see also:
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Other selected screenplays include La Vénus Noire (“Black Venus”, see news) by Kechiche (The Secret of the Grain [+see also:
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Further titles chosen at the first 2009 session are Un homme qui crie n’est pas un ours qui danse (“A Screaming Man Is Not a Dancing Bear”, which doesn’t yet have a producer) by France-based Chadian director Haroun (Dry Season [+see also:
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