On 1 September, Robert Guédiguian will begin shooting his 25th feature film, Une femme aujourd'hui, in Marseille. For the record, the filmmaker was selected for competition at Cannes in 2002, Berlin in 2005 and 2008, Venice in 2017 and 2019, and San Sebastian in 1998 (winning the Special Jury Prize) and 2004.

The cast of his new film features the filmmaker's usual troupe, including Marilou Aussilloux (notably seen in Guédiguian's latest film Stealing Angel [+leggi anche:
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Written by Robert Guédiguian, Serge Valletti (his sixth collaboration with the filmmaker) and Laurette Polmanss (nominated for a César Award in 2019 for Best Adaptation for An Impossible Love [+leggi anche:
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Une femme aujourd’hui is produced by Marc Bordure and Robert Guédiguian for Agat Films,  coproduced by Arte France Cinéma and Italian company BiBi Films. Pre-boughts by Arte, Canal+ and Ciné+/OCS, the feature has the support of the South region. The eight weeks of shooting will take place in Marseille with Pierre Milon as director of photography, and the music will be composed by Michel Petrossian. International sales will be handled by Playtime and distribution in French cinemas by Diaphana.

Agat Films has on its slate The Great Arch [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Stéphane Demoustier selected for Cannes' Certain Regard section, released in France on 5 November) and in post-production Banquise by Emmanuel Courcol (read article), La petite cuisine de Mehdi by Amine Adjina (article) and Du fioul dans les artères by Pierre Le Gall (article).