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PRODUCTION Switzerland

Max Hubacher to star in Bille August’s next film

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- The young Swiss comedian will star in Train de nuit pour Lisbonne (lit. Night Train for Lisbon), the next film by the Danish director of Goodbye Bafana

Young Swiss actor Max Hubacher, who held the leading role in the successful Alemannic film Der Verdingbub [+see also:
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by Markus Imboden, and who just represented Switzerland at the last Shooting Stars ceremony in Berlin (interview), is to star in the most ambitious Swiss production yet this year, Train de nuit pour Lisbonne.

Danish director Bille August will be in charge of this adaptation of the best-seller by Pascal Mercier. August belongs to the very closed circle of filmmakers who have received not one, but two Golden Palms at the Cannes Film Festival – the first in 1988 for Pelle the Conquerer and the second in 1992 for The Best Intentions.

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(Translated from French)

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