Having kicked off on 8 July in the Hauts-de-France region, filming on Laurent Herbiet’s Indic - the director’s second fiction feature film after The Colonel [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Souheila Yacoub
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intervista: Arnaud e Jean-Marie Larrieu
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intervista: Alain Guiraudie
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intervista: Juho Kuosmanen
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intervista: Dinara Drukarova
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Written by the director (who co-wrote Wild Grass [+leggi anche:
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Indic is produced by Caroline Adrian on behalf of Delante Productions and by Marco Cherqui for CPB Films, in co-production with Palermo Production and Henri Films. Pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature film also enjoys support from the Hauts-de-France region (via Pictanovo), as well as from the SOFICA company La Banque Postale Image. Photography is entrusted to Dominique Bouilleret while the film’s music is composed by Delphine Malaussena (nominated for this year’s César in her speciality via Junkyard Dog [+leggi anche:
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