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The Film is shooting Rosalie Blum

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- The Paris-based outfit has teamed up with CG Cinéma for the feature debut by Julien Rappeneau and is putting the finishing touches to the edit of Julie Delpy’s Lolo

The Film is shooting Rosalie Blum
Director Julien Rappeneau

Having made one splash after another since it was founded in 2003, with such titles as The Patience Stone [+see also:
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, The Ordeal [+see also:
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, Vinyan [+see also:
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, Espion(s) [+see also:
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and The Time that Remains [+see also:
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to its credit, Paris-based production outfit The Film, headed by Michaël Gentile, is currently buzzing with activity, as it has two features on the boil: Rosalie Blum [+see also:
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 by Julien Rappeneau and Lolo [+see also:
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by Julie Delpy.

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With its shoot under way since the beginning of March, and set to continue until the end of April, Rosalie Blum is the directorial debut feature by screenwriter Julien Rappeneau (nominated for the César Award in 2005 for 36 [+see also:
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 and having been involved in the writing of such titles as Largo Winch [+see also:
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, My Way [+see also:
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, Zulu [+see also:
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, and the films in post-production Belles familles – read the article – and Bamberski – read the article). For his first foray behind the camera, the newly turned filmmaker has decided to adapt the comic book of the same name by Camille Jourdy and has assembled a cast including Kyan Khojandi (a comedian who started out in television and was popular on the big screen in Lou! Journal infime [+see also:
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), Alice Isaaz (nominated for the Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress in 2015 for Smart Ass [+see also:
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), Noémie Lvovsky (nominated for the César Award for Best Actress in 2013 for Camille Rewinds [+see also:
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), Anémone and Philippe Rebbot. The story revolves around Vincent Machot, who lives in a village in the country. His life, which he spends between his hairdressing salon, his over-possessive mother and his cousin’s sexual obsessions, is starting to seem increasingly bleak to him… But one Sunday, he experiences a strange sense of déjà vu when he makes eye contact with the grocer. Where has he met her before? He feels compelled to start following this woman around the village… Produced by Michaël Gentile for The Film and Charles Gillibert for CG Cinéma, Rosalie Blum is co-produced by France 2 Cinéma and has also been pre-purchased by Canal+. Distribution in France will be handled by SND.

Since January, The Film has also been editing Lolo by Julie Delpy (whose previous film, Le Skylab [+see also:
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, was already produced by Michaël Gentile). The director of Two Days in Paris [+see also:
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also stars in the movie, sharing the top of the bill of her fifth feature as a director with the incredibly popular Dany Boon (Welcome to the Sticks [+see also:
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, Nothing to Declare [+see also:
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The Volcano [+see also:
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Superchondriac [+see also:
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), Vincent Lacoste (nominated for the César Award for Best Actor in 2015 for Hippocrates [+see also:
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) and Karin Viard (nominated this year for the César Award for Best Actress for La famille Bélier [+see also:
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). Written by the director together with Eugénie Grandval, the story kicks off as Violette meets Jean-René on holiday in Biarritz. The situation is almost picture-postcard perfect. But that is without taking into account the presence of Lolo, Violette’s darling, overprotected son, who is a genuine sociopath and is prepared to do anything in order to destroy the budding couple and hold on to his position as Violette’s favourite… Co-produced by France 2 Cinéma, Mars Films (which will handle the release in French theatres on 28 October) and Tempête sous un crâne, Lolo has also been pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+ and D8. International sales are managed by Wild Bunch.

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(Translated from French)

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