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Raphaël Jacoulot shoots Coup de chaud

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- Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Grégory Gadebois, Karim Leklou and Carole Franck star in the new feature film produced by TS Productions

Raphaël Jacoulot shoots Coup de chaud
Jean-Pierre Darroussin

The first take was shot today in the Lot-et-Garonne department for Coup de Chaud [+see also:
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, the 3rd full-length feature film by Raphaël Jacoulot after Barrage (Berlinale Forum 2005) and The Night Clerk [+see also:
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(2011). The scapegoat phenomenon is explored during the film which features Jean-Pierre Darroussin (nominated in 1999 and 2008 for a César Award for Best Actor, a regular feature in Robert Guédiguian films and recently starred in Paris Follies [+see also:
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), Grégory Gadebois (received a César Award in 2012 for Most Promising Actor for Angel and Tony [+see also:
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, nominated in 2014 for a César Award for Best Actor for One of a Kind [+see also:
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and will be seen competing in Venice with Le Dernier Coup de Marteau [+see also:
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), Karim Leklou (Suzanne [+see also:
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) and Carole Franck (Hippocrate [+see also:
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).

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Written by the director and Lise Machebeuf (the filmmaker’s usual partner), the story is set in a little village at the height of a particularly hot summer. Joseph Bousou, son of a gypsy scrap merchant family is found stabbed to death. An investigation is opened, revealing the rising fever that gripped the entire village during the months before the tragedy…

Produced by Miléna Poylo and Gilles Sacuto for TS Productions, Coup de Chaud has been pre-bought by Canal+ and Cine+. The feature film also has support from the Aquintaine region (where the film was shot up until the beginning of October), the Lot-et-Garonne department and Sofica La Banque Postale Image. Distribution in France will be carried out by Diaphana and foreign sales will be managed by Doc & Film International.

TS has recently produced A Few Hours of Spring [+see also:
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by Stéphane Brize, A Lady in Paris [+see also:
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by Imar Raag and Violette [+see also:
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by Martin Provost. The Parisian company is currently co-producing Je suis mort mais j’ai des amis [+see also:
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by Belgian Guillaume and Stéphane Maladrin (read the article here). 

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(Translated from French)

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