After Inexorable [+lee también:
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The script was co-written with Domenico La Porta — "a very well documented script", the director told us a few months ago, as well as a historical film, since the action takes place in 1990s Belgium, in the Charleroi region. Through the journey of its hero — which brings up themes dear to the director, notably the hold of evil — the film is an opportunity to explore the recent history of his country, the marks that these cases of sexual delinquency have left on the population, and the accounts to be settled regarding their chaotic handling.

An ambitious project which could resonate internationally and offer the young Anthony Bajon (Silver Bear for Best Actor in Berlin for The Prayer [+lee también:
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Like Inexorable, Maldoror will be produced in Belgium by Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts for Frakas Production, and produced in France by Manuel Chiche for The Jokers, who will also distribute the film in France. International sales will be handled by WTFilms. The film has received support from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, RTBF, VOO and Be Tv, Proximus, Wallimage, screen.brussels and the Tax Shelter (via Shelter Prod, taxshelter.be and ING) in Belgium, and Canal+, France 2 Cinéma and SofiTVCiné in France. Filming is scheduled to last from 4 May to 28 June in Belgium.