Under the blazing Provence sun, the shoot has just kicked off for the second feature by Belgian-based US filmmaker John Shank, Pompei [+lee también:
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Shank rose to prominence in 2011 with his feature debut, Last Winter [+lee también:
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Pompéi follows the fortunes of Victor and his little brother Jimmy, who manage to get by in an environment where their romantic misfortunes seem to be never-ending. The arrival of Billie and her unbridled romanticism shake both of the boys’ beliefs to the core.

The cast of the film includes Vincent Rottiers, whom the director knows well, and who is set to grace screens soon in Angel [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Frédéric Tellier (also starring Pierre Niney and Anaïs Demoustier), Franco-Canadian musician and actor Aliocha Schneider, and Garance Marillier, the real revelation of the film Raw [+lee también:
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The movie, filming for which began at the end of last week and will continue until the end of September in the South of France, is being produced by Tarantula in Belgium, which staged Shank’s debut film. It is being co-produced by Good Fortune Film in France and micro-scope in Canada.