Filming kicked off on Frédéric Farrucci's first feature, Night Ride [+leggi anche:
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Written by Frédéric Farrucci, Benjamin Charbit (The Trouble With You [+leggi anche:
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Produced by Diane Jassem and Céline Chapdaniel for Koro Films, Night Ride has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+. Also supported by the PACA (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), Ile-de-France and Corsica regions, the CNC Diversity Image Fund and Angoa, the shoot will last a total of 37 days in Paris, Aubervilliers, Marseille and Luxembourg, with filming due to wrap on 25 January. On the project as the director of photography is Antoine Parouty, whilethe film’s music is being composed by Rone. French distribution will be handled by Jour2Fête and international sales by WTFilms.

For the record, Koro Films’s 100 kilos d’étoiles by Marie-Sophie Chambon (read the article) is currently in post-production.