08/12/2023 - Marina Foïs and Théo Christine lead the cast of this Dharamsala and Darius Films production, set to be sold by Pyramide

Actress Marina Foïs (© Georges Biard) and actor Théo Christine

Having kicked off on 30 October, filming on Cyprien Vial’s Magma is wrapping today in Guadeloupe. This will be the director’s third feature film after Young Tiger [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (nominated for the Best First Film Lumière in 2016) and Embrasse-moi ! [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (co-directed with Océan in 2017).

Leading the cast are Marina Foïs (nominated for the Best Actress César in 2008 and 2012, and in 2017 for Faultless [+see also:
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film profile] and again in 2018 for The Workshop [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Cantet
film profile]; recently at her best in The Beasts [+see also:
film review
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interview: Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabe…
film profile] and The Sitting Duck [+see also:
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interview: Jean-Paul Salomé
film profile], and hitting screens next year in Je le jure) and Théo Christine (notably well-received in Authentik [+see also:
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film profile], My Best Part [+see also:
film review
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interview: Nicolas Maury
interview: Nicolas Maury
film profile] and the series B.R.I, hitting French cinemas on 27 December in Vermin [+see also:
film review
interview: Sébastien Vaniček
film profile] and on screens next year in Ollie and Vivre, Mourir, Renaître).

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Penned by the director and Nicolas Pleskof (Murder Party), the story revolves around Katia Reiter who is 50 years old and who directs the Guadeloupe Volcano Observatory. A passionate volcanologist,  she’s waved goodbye to the idea of one day fulfilling her professional dream of managing a major eruption. But she hadn’t appreciated the unpredictable nature of the Soufrière... or of young volcanologist Aimé Lubin.

Magma is produced by Isabelle Madelaine on behalf of Dharamsala and by Émilie Tisné for Darius Films. The movie is pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+ and TMC and also enjoys support from the CNC – in the form of an advance on receipts – as well as from the SOFICA companies Indéfilms and Cinéaxe. The six-week film-shoot unfolded over six weeks in Guadeloupe, while distribution in France and international sales will be entrusted to Pyramide.

For the record, Dharamsala and Darius Films previously joined forces to produce Alice Winocour’s three most recent feature films, notably Paris Memories [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alice Winocour
film profile].

(Translated from French)