Since mid-May, and shrouded in the utmost secrecy, Delphine and Muriel Coulin have been shooting À la hauteur (lit. “Up to the Standard”), their third feature, following 17 Girls [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Delphine e Muriel Coulin
scheda film] (Best Screenplay Award in Un Certain Regard in 2016). Standing out among the cast are Vincent Lindon (Best Actor Award at Cannes in 2015 for The Measure of a Man [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stéphane Brizé
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intervista: Julia Ducournau, Vincent L…
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intervista: Stéphane Brizé
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intervista: Xavier Giannoli
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An adaptation by the directorial duo of the novel What You Need from the Night by Laurent Petitmangin, the script tells a family story rooted in Lorraine, about a railway-worker father and his two sons, following the death of their mother.

Produced by Marie Guillaumond for Felicita Films and by Olivier Delbosc for Curiosa Films, À la hauteur is being co-produced by France 3 Cinéma and by Belgium’s Umedia. The film, which has been pre-purchased by France Télévisions and Canal+, also boasts support from the Grand Est region, where the entirety of the shoot will take place until mid-July, with Belgian DoP Frédéric Noirhomme (Playground [+leggi anche:
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As a reminder, Curiosa Films, which recently premiered The Pot au Feu [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Delphine Deloget
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intervista: Cédric Kahn
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