Lucas Belvaux is gearing up to begin the shoot for his new film, Home Front [+leggi anche:
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This is the second time that French novelist Laurent Mauvignier has had one of his works adapted by a Belgian director, following the January release of Keep Going [+leggi anche:
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After homing in on the issue of National Front voting in This Is Our Land [+leggi anche:
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The filmmaker will be accompanied for the first time by DoP Guillaume Deffontaines, who regularly partners up with Bruno Dumont and won the César Award for Best Cinematography for Slack Bay [+leggi anche:
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The film, principal photography for which will start on 4 April in the Morvan and Morocco, is being produced in France by David Frenkel for Synecdoche and by Patrick Quinet for Belgian outfit Artemis Productions. It will be distributed by Ad Vitam in France and is being sold overseas by Doc & Film. France 3 Cinéma is also on board as a co-producer, with backing from Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, the CNC, the Film and Audiovisual Centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and Eurimages.