Since 17 October, Patricia Mazuy has been shooting La prisonnière de Bordeaux [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Patricia Mazuy
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Standing out at the head of the cast is the legendary Isabelle Huppert (recently well-received in The Sitting Duck [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Élise Girard
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intervista: Iris Kaltenbäck
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Written by François Bégaudeau (who scooped the 2009 Best Adapted Screenplay César for The Class [+leggi anche:
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La Prisonnière de Bordeaux is produced by Alice Girard and Édouard Weil on behalf of Rectangle Productions and by Xavier Plèche for Picseyes, in co-production with Arte France Cinéma. Pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+ and Arte, the feature film also enjoys support from the Nouvelle Aquitaine region and from the departments of Landes and Gironde. The 32-day film shoot is due to wrap on 30 November, unfolding exclusively in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region, with Simon Beaufils (nominated for the 2021 César in his speciality thanks to My Donkey, My Lover and I [+leggi anche:
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For the record, Rectangle Productions recently offered up Just the Two of Us [+leggi anche:
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