On 7 August, Baya Kasmi began filming Mikado, his 3rd feature film after I'm All Yours [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Souheila Yacoub
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intervista: Mabrouk El Mechri
scheda film] and The (in)famous Youssef Salem), Vimala Pons (appreciated recently in 15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbour [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stéphan Castang
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intervista: Erwan Le Duc
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Written by the director (winner of the 2011 César award for Best Original Screenplay for The Names of Love [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Thomas Lilti
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making of
intervista: Philippe Lioret
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Produced by Fabrice Goldstein and Antoine Rein for Karé Productions and by Pauline Seigland and Lionel Massol for Films Grand Huit, Mikado was pre-bought by Canal+ and Ciné+. Supported by the advance on receipts of the CNC, the Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Cinéventure and Cofimage Soficas, the feature film is shooting until 15 September in Aix-en-Provence and Toulon with Romain Le Bonniec as director of photography. The release in French cinemas will be handled by Memento Distribution and the international sales by Pulsar Content.

For the record, Karé Productions is currently behind L’Attachement by Carine Tardieu (read the news) in production, and Les impatiences by Blandine Lenoir (read the news) and Bernadette [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Léa Domenach (with Catherine Deneuve in the role of Bernadette Chirac – French cinema release is set for 4 October) in post-production. Meanwhile, Films Grand Huit, which this year launched Disco Boy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Giacomo Abbruzzese
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intervista: Jonathan Millet
intervista: Pauline Seigland
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