12 January will see the first clapperboard slam on Louise Hémon’s debut feature film, L’engloutie, in the Hautes-Alpes region. Stand-out names in the cast include Galatea Bellugi (nominated for the Best New Hope César and the Acting Revelation Lumière in 2019, courtesy of The Apparition [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Xavier Giannoli
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intervista: Benedetta Porcaroli
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intervista: Laurent Cantet
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intervista: Émilie Aussel
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intervista: Catherine Breillat
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intervista: Stéphane Brizé
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Written by the director alongside Anaïs Tellenne (The Dreamer [+leggi anche:
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L’engloutie is produced by Margaux Juvénal and Alexis Genauzeau on behalf of Take Shelter, in co-production with Arte France Cinéma. Pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature film also enjoys support in the form of an advance on receipts from the CNC, as well as backing from the Sud Paca region, the SOFICA companies Indéfilms and Cinéaxe, and the Gan Film Foundation. The 38-day film shoot will unfold exclusively in Tournage, located in the Hautes-Alpes, with Marine Atlan (The Rapture [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Iris Kaltenbäck
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intervista: Monia Chokri
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intervista: Romain de Saint-Blanquat
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For the record, Take Shelter have previously put forward three first feature films - Banel & Adama [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Iran’s Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi (unveiled in San Sebastián’s New Directors line-up and triumphant in last year’s Premiers Plans Film Festival).