Thursday 3 April will see the first clapperboard slamming on Des femmes comme les autres, Dominique Cabrera’s sixth fiction feature after The Other Shore (unveiled in 1997 in Cannes’ Cinema in France section and nominated for 1998’s Best First Film César), Nadia et les hippopotames (screened in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section in 1999), The Milk of Human Kindness (awarded a Special Mention in Locarno 2002), Folle Embellie (screened in the Berlinale Forum in 2004) and Corniche Kennedy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dominique Cabrera
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The cast is toplined by Hélène Vincent (nominated for the 2025 and 2013 Best Actress Césars thanks to When Fall is Coming [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], and recently appearing in her most recent directorial effort to date The Jolly Forgers [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Yolande Moreau
scheda film]). They’ll be joined by Eva Huault (A Good Jewish Boy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Emmanuel Courcol
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intervista: Alain Guiraudie
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Written by the director in league with Anna Zisman, the story follows a woman who takes her work further than planned one evening (editor’s note: the film’s two protagonists practice embroidery as part of an association), leaving her overwhelmed and her friends’ and best friend’s lives upended...

Des femmes comme les autres is being produced by Gaëlle Bayssière on behalf of Everybody on Deck (who previously steered Corniche Kennedy, the director’s most recent fiction feature), in co-production with Ad Libitum. Pre-purchased by France Télévisions, the film also enjoys support via an advance on receipts from the CNC, as well as backing from the Occitanie region, the City of Montpellier and the SOFICA company Cofinova. The 33-day film shoot will unfold in Montpellier with Patrick Blossier (nominated for the César in his speciality in 1998, 2003 and 2007) heading up photography, and music entrusted to Béatrice Thiriet (nominated for the 2015 César and 2016 Lumière in her speciality). World sales will be managed by The Party Film Sales while distribution in French cinemas falls to Jour2Fête.