Since 11 November, Guillaume de Fontenay has been shooting Badh, his second feature, following Sympathy for the Devil [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (2019). Toplining the movie is Marine Vacth (nominated for the César and Lumière Awards for Most Promising Actress in 2014 for Young and Beautiful [+leggi anche:
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Also among the cast are Niels Schneider (nominated for the César Award for Best Actor in 2021 for Love Affair(s) [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Emmanuel Mouret
scheda film], a winner in the Most Promising Actor category in 2017 for Dark Inclusion [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Arthur Harari
scheda film], and set to grace screens soon in Les tourmentés and the forthcoming De Gaulle diptych), Salim Kechiouche (Blue Is the Warmest Colour [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Abdellatif Kechiche
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intervista: Jacques Audiard
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scheda film], The Temple Woods Gang [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], hitting theatres on 21 May next year in Ollie [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] and also in next year’s Baise-en-ville), Grégoire Colin (putting on a great performance recently in Meeting With Pol Pot [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], in cinemas from 12 February in Across the Sea [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
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intervista: Dragan Bjelogrlić
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The story, written by Matt Alexander, revolves around Badh Siracine, who has distanced herself from her mysterious past in order to forge an uneventful new life for herself in Essaouira, Morocco. When her husband, Ilias Siracine, is targeted by Mansour Khoury, the man who heads up a powerful Moroccan cartel, Badh regains her thirst for justice and vengeance. Because Badh is actually a former agent from the Alpha section of the Directorate General for External Security, specially trained to eliminate “high-value targets” and protect France’s interests. These are agents dubbed “The Killers of the Republic”.

Produced by Marc-Étienne Schwartz for M.E.S. Productions and by Marc Stanimirovic for Monkey Pack Films, Badh is being co-produced by Ginger & Fed and WTFilms, which will team up to manage the international sales. Having been pre-purchased by Netflix, the feature, the shoot for which will wrap on 15 January in Morocco, sees Pierre Cottereau in charge of the cinematography and will be edited by Mathilde Van de Moortel (César Award in her category in 2016 and 2023 for Mustang [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
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intervista: Eric Gravel
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As a reminder, M.E.S. Productions will be releasing À bicyclette by Mathias Mlekuz in theatres on 26 February.