The lengthy shoot for Chien 51 by Cédric Jimenez has entered the final stretch: after having kicked off on 19 August, it is due to wrap on 18 December. This is the sixth feature by the filmmaker, after titles such as The Connection [+lee también:
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Toplining the cast are the brilliant Gilles Lellouche (currently gracing screens in And Their Children After Them [+lee también:
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entrevista: Aude Léa Rapin
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Adapted by the director himself and Olivier Demangel (BAFTA for Best International Programme for the series Class Act, also the writer of Atlantics [+lee también:
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Chien 51 is being produced by Hugo Sélignac for Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, and co-produced by France 2 Cinéma, StudioCanal (which will be in charge of the international sales and the French distribution) and Jim Films, as well as Belgian outfits Shelter Prod and Artémis Productions. Having been pre-purchased by Canal+, Netflix and France Télévisions, the feature has also secured support from the Ile-de-France and Sud regions, from the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis and from the Entourage Sofica. The score will be composed by Guillaume Roussel (nominated for the César Award in his category in 2022 and 2024, for The Stronghold and the two instalments of The Three Musketeers [+lee también:
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As a reminder, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions is about to wrap principal photography on Les enfants vont bien by Nathan Ambrosioni (see the news).