08/06/2015 - Mathieu Amalric, Fabrizio Rongione, Victor Ezenfis, Natacha Régnier and Dominique Blanc are among the cast of this Coffee and Films production

Director Eugène Green

Since 9 June, Eugène Green has been shooting the Franco-Belgian co-production Le fils de Joseph [+see also:
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Written by the director, the story revolves around a young man (Ezenfis) who lives with his mother (Régnier). Having never known his father, he heads off to look for him. He finds a cynical and Machiavellian man (Amalric) who works as a publisher in Paris. After he attempts to kill him, he will then find filial love thanks to his uncle (Rongione)... According to Eugène Green, “It’s a very topical story, that of a child who doesn’t know his father, but I have incidentally drawn a parallel with certain incidents in the Bible in a very intuitive way. There is a mythological dimension to it, but it’s also practically a film noir. But it won’t be a classic crime film, of course.”

Produced by Francine and Didier Jacob for Coffee and Films, Le fils de Joseph is benefiting from a co-production by Belgian outfit Les Films du Fleuve (managed by the Dardenne brothers), an advance on receipts from the CNC, backing from the Ile-de-France region and the support of the Arte Cofinova Sofica. The seven-week shoot will take place in Paris, in the Paris region and in Normandy. Distribution in France and international sales will be handled by Les Films du Losange.

(Translated from French)