Since 28 September, Amine Adjina has been shooting his debut feature, La petite cuisine de Mehdi, in Lyon. Hailing from the theatre world and a graduate of La Fémis’s 2021 screenplay workshop, the neo-filmmaker has chosen as his lead actors Younès Boucif (well-received in The Rapture [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Vincent Maël Cardona
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Joining them are Gustave Kervern (In the Courtyard [+leggi anche:
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Written by the director, the story revolves around Mehdi who’s struggling to play the part of the perfect Algerian son in front of his mother Fatima whilst also throwing himself into his passion for French cuisine and wine in a bistro. And that’s without mentioning his sisters’ various problems and his nephew’s thwarted circumcision. So when his partner of two years Léa, who’s sick and tired of his family shenanigans, takes things up a notch, Mehdi implodes. She wants to meet his mother. Right now! Mehdi has his back to the wall, and he stumbles across the worst possible solution…

La petite cuisine de Mehdi is being produced by Nicolas Blanc on behalf of Ex Nihilo, in co-production with Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma. Pre-purchased by OCS and HBO Max, the feature film also enjoys support from the Sud region and the SOFICA company Cofimage. The 29-day film shoot, which will unfold in Lyon with Sébastien Goepfert (La nouvelle femme [+leggi anche:
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For the record, Agat Films & Ex Nihilo unveiled The Most Precious of Cargoes [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Michel Hazanavicius
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intervista: Emmanuel Courcol
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intervista: Louise Courvoisier
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intervista: Antoine Chevrollier
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intervista: Caroline Poggi e Jonathan …
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intervista: Lawrence Valin
scheda film] by Lawrence Valin was recently screened at the Venice Film Festival. The firm is also currently overseeing post-production on La Pie voleuse by Robert Guédiguian (due for release in France on 29 January 2025), Bonjour l’asile [+leggi anche:
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