After kicking off on 18 February, the shoot for An Ordinary Mother [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], set to appear in The Origin of the World [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laurent Lafitte
scheda film] and Tokyo Shaking, both of which are awaiting their theatrical release, and who has just been filming Le déhanché d’Elvis), rising star Darren Muselet (who turned heads in The Specials [+leggi anche:
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The story, written by the director herself together with Anna Fregonese and Jacques Akchoti, revolves around Aline, who never managed to get closure after the death of her 17-year-old son in a street fight. When she sees the assailant recently released from prison, she decides to cook up a plan to avenge her dead son. Things go unexpectedly as she gets to know the young man and her determination is put to the test.

Produced by Delphine Schmit for Tripode Productions and Édouard de Vésinne for Incognita films, An Ordinary Mother has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+. The film, which is also backed by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and the SG Image and Arte Cofinova Soficas, was shot over a period of six weeks in the Rhône region (three weeks in the province of Beaujolais and three in the vicinity of Lyon) with Guillaume Deffontaines (a nominee for the César Award in his category for Slack Bay [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] in 2017) in charge of the cinematography. The French theatrical release will be handled by Memento Distribution, while the international sales have been entrusted to France TV Distribution.

As a reminder, Tripode Productions recently co-produced Rascal [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], co-produced with Belgium’s Hélicotronc, which will begin shooting this summer (read the interview with the two producers and the director).