Pierre Salvadori (particularly acclaimed for The Trouble With You [+leggi anche:
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Stand-out names in the cast include Pio Marmaï (nominated for the 2019 and 2022 Best Actor Césars thanks to The Trouble With You and The Divide [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Catherine Corsini
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intervista: Baya Kasmi, Félix Moati
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intervista: Stéphan Castang
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Written by the director in league with Benoît Graffin and Benjamin Charbit (the winning trio who scooped the 2019 Best Screenplay Lumière for The Trouble With You), the story takes us to Paris in the early 20th century. Convinced that he’s responsible for his wife’s death, in-vogue painter Antoine Balestro just can’t get back to work, to the despair of gallery owner Armand. One drunken evening, seeking forgiveness, Antoine tries to make contact with Irène by way of a medium. But he unwittingly finds himself dealing with a humble street entertainer called Suzanne who doesn’t know anything about the afterlife, having only snuck into the clairvoyant’s caravan to steal some food…

La Vénus électrique is being produced by Philippe Martin and David Thion on behalf of Les Films Pelléas (who’ve teamed up with Salvadori on all of his feature films since Wild Target in 1993), in co-production with France 2 Cinéma and Belgium’s Versus Production. Pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+/OCS and France Télévisions, the feature film also enjoys support in the form of an advance on receipts from the CNC, as well as from the Ile-de-France region, Wallimage, Pio & Co, and the SOFICA companies Cinéaxe, Cinécap, Indéfilms and Palatine. The movie’s ten-week film shoot will continue in Belgium (in Liège and the surrounding area), Paris and the Paris region until 1 August, with Julien Poupard (nominated for the 2020 and 2023 Césars in his speciality via Les Misérables [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ladj Ly
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intervista: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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For the record, Les Films Pelléas previously produced the 2025 and 2023 Palmes d’Or winners It Was Just An Accident [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Justine Triet
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