Cameras are rolling on Elie Wajeman’s A Night Doctor
- Vincent Macaigne, Sara Giraudeau and Pio Marmaï top the bill of the filmmaker’s third feature film, a Partizan Films production set to be sold by Be for Films
9 December saw Elie Wajeman commence filming on A Night Doctor [+see also:
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Shining bright in the cast are Vincent Macaigne (nominated Best Supporting Actor at the 2018 Césars for C’est La Vie! [+see also:
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interview: Régis Roinsard
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interview: Pierre Salvadori
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Written by Elie Wajeman, alongside Agnès Feuvre (Dark Inclusion [+see also:
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A Night Doctor is produced by Georges Bermann on behalf of Partizan Films, and is co-produced by Domino Films. Pre-purchased by OCS and Ciné+, the feature film also enjoys the support of the Ile-de-France region and the SOFICA companies Cinécap and Cinéaxe. The five-week film shoot will roll on until 17 January, with David Chizallet (who worked on Elie Wajeman’s first two feature films and was César nominated within his speciality in 2016 for Mustang [+see also:
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interview: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
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For the record, Partizan Films also produced Microbe et Gasoil [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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