Since 13 October, Élie Wajeman has been shooting Le joueur, his fourth feature film after Alyah [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Elie Wajeman
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The cast is led by Pio Marmaï (nominated for the César Award for Best Actor in 2019 and 2022 for The Trouble With You [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pierre Salvadori
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intervista: Catherine Corsini
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intervista: Arnaud Desplechin
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intervista: Catherine Corsini
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intervista: Patricia Mazuy
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intervista: Romane Gueret e Lise Akoka
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intervista: Laurent Cantet
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Written by the director and Vincent Sornaga, the story centres on Ivan Katz, a theatre director and pathological gambler who squanders his life on gambling. One fateful night, he gambles away the entire grant for his new play: Chekhov's Platonov. To win back his losses and save his show, Ivan decides to join underground poker games. While rehearsing Platonov by day, Ivan plunges into the dizzying and dangerous world of gambling by night...

Le joueur is produced by Michel Saint-Jean for Diaphana (who will handle French distribution) and co-produced by Belgian company Artémis Production. Pre-bought by Canal+, Ciné+ OCS, the RTBF, Proximus and Be tv, the feature film also benefits from support from the Ile-de-France region, advance funding from the CNC, and of the Sofica Cinecap, Palatine Étoile, Cofinova and Cofimage. Filming will take place in Paris, the Paris region, Forges-les-Eaux and Ostend until 27 November with David Chizallet (the filmmaker's regular collaborator, César and Lumière 2016 award winner in his field for Mustang [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
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As a reminder, on 10 December, Diaphana will release another of its productions in French cinemas, La Condition by Jérôme Bonnell.