27/03/2012 - The screenwriter who was awarded a César for Indigènes will be supported by an advance on receipts for his first feature film.

Among the four first feature film projects selected in March by the National Centre for Cinema and the moving image (CNC)’s first commission for an advance on receipts is Ciel rouge (lit. “Red sky”) by the talented screenwriter Olivier Lorelle (photo), who this time will be behind the camera.

Olivier Lorelle won the 2007 César for Best Original Screenplay for Indigènes [+see also:
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Ciel rouge will tell the complicated love story of a young French soldier and a Vietnamese girl his age, in 1947, at the beginning of the Indochina War. Jérôme Dopffer will be in charge of production for Les Productions Balthazar, known for Moon Child [+see also:
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Promises of advances on receipts also went to Terre battue by Stéphane Demoustier (produced by Frédéric Jouve for Les Films Velvet), Vincent by Thomas Salvador (Christmas in July), and Les petits princes by Vianney Chesneau-Lebasque (Mes Films and Rhamsa Productions).

(Translated from French)