Reda Kateb (nominated for the 2018 and 2020 Best Actor Cesars and recently seen in Our Brothers [+lee también:
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entrevista: Rachid Hami
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Loosely based on Caroline Simonds and Bernie Warren’s book Le Rire Médecin - Journal du Docteur Girafe, the story, penned by Reda Kateb and Fadette Drouard (nominated for 2018’s Best Adaptation Cesar via Patients [+lee también:
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Sur un fil is produced by Robin Boespflug-Vonier and Stéphane Parthenay on behalf of Pyramide Productions. The movie has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Amazon Prime Video, and enjoys the support of the SOFICA companies Cofinova and La Banque Postale Image. Scheduled over seven weeks, shooting is unfolding in Paris with Sébastien Goepfert (A Tale of Love and Desire [+lee también:
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