Having been trained in the screenplay department of La Fémis and directed the short film La persistente (2018 Cannes Critics’ Week), Camille Lugan is now set to unveil her feature debut, The Book of Joy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Camille Lugan
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Standing out among the cast are Sonia Bonny (giving a strong performance in Marguerite’s Theorem [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Anaïs Tellenne
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intervista: Pietro Marcello
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intervista: Serge Bozon
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intervista: Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
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The story, written by Camille Lugan (Ibrahim [+leggi anche:
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Produced by Saïd Hamich Benlarbi for Barney Production, The Book of Joy has been backed by the Normandy region and will be distributed in French theatres by The Jokers Films.

As a reminder, Barney Productions has recently produced titles such as Hounds [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kamal Lazraq
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intervista: Faouzi Bensaïdi
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