11/07/2016 - Director Amélie Van Elmbt (La Tête la première) has just started shooting her second film, produced by the Dardenne brothers for Les Films du Fleuve

Director Amélie Ven Elmbt

Amélie Van Elmbt made a name for herself in 2012 with an almost entirely self-financed first film, Headfirst [+see also:
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Drôle de père [+see also:
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Antoine will be played by Thomas Blanchard (Lulu in the Nude [+see also:
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Q&A: Stéphane Brizé
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(Translated from French)