Samuel Benchetrit se prepara para la posproducción de Cette musique ne joue pour personne
por Fabien Lemercier
- El director también estará en el reparto de su producción de Single Man distribuida por UGC, junto a Vanessa Paradis, François Damiens, Ramzy Bedia, JoeyStarr, Bouli Lanners y Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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The final days of filming are underway for Love Songs for Tough Guys [+lee también:
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The cast stars the director himself, alongside Vanessa Paradis (nominated for the 2000 Best Actress César award for Girl on the Bridge and at her best in Heartbreaker [+lee también:
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Written by Samuel Benchetrit and Gabor Rassov, the story is set in a port city where isolated individuals who are no strangers to violence, suddenly find their lives turned upside down by theatre, poetry and art, and their routines transformed by love…
Produced by Julien Madon (a Producer on the Move 2016, as chosen by the European Film Promotion) on behalf of Single Man Productions, Love Songs for Tough Guys is co-produced by JM Films and Belgian outfit Gapbusters. Pre-purchased by OCS, the feature film is also benefitting from an advance on earnings from the CNC, from Pictanovo (the French Hauts-de-France region) and from the SOFICA company SofiTVcine. The six-week shoot unfurled in the Dunkirk and Paris regions, with Pierre Aïm (nominated at the 1996, 2004 and 2012 César Awards in his category, and recently on top form in The Nile Hilton Incident [+lee también:
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For the record, Single Man Productions’ recent works include Through the Fire [+lee también:
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