04/12/2012 - Lambert Wilson, Vincent Rottiers, Ramzi Bedia, and Leila Bekhti to star in the first feature to be produced by Hugo Sélignac's company

After his talent was revealed with The Barons [+see also:
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interview: Nabil Ben Yadir
film profile], Nabil Ben Yadir is to start shooting his second feature, social comedy La Marche (lit. "The march"), on February 11. According to our information, this Franco-Belgian co-production produced by Parisian production company Chi-Fou-Mi is to star Lambert Wilson (nominated for a 2011 Cesar for best actor for Of Gods and Men [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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interview: Christa Théret
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Written by the director with Nadia Lakhdar and Ahmed Ahmidi, the screenplay is inspired by real events and is set back in 1983. For many "Arabs" across France, racist crimes and police brutality are inevitable. Youth from the Minguettes (a neighbourhood in Vénissieux, on the outskirts of Lyon), who are no better armed than the others, decide to stop "hanging out" and to do everything so as not to be considered as second class citizens. In the way of Gandhi, they have the idea of a great non-violent march. With the support of Christophe Dubois, the Minguettes' priest, they start a "March for equality and against discrimination". From Marseille to Paris.

Produced by Hugo Sélignac (who gained experience at Productions du Trésor, notably with Little White Lies [+see also:
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(Translated from French)