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Shoot about to kick off for Julia Ducournau’s Raw

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- Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Naït Oufella, Laurent Lucas and Bouli Lanners feature among the cast of this Petit Film production that will be sold by Wild Bunch

Shoot about to kick off for Julia Ducournau’s Raw
Director Julia Ducournau (© AngersMag.info)

On 3 November, the shoot will get under way for the feature debut by Julia Ducournau, entitled Raw [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Julia Ducournau
film profile
]
. A Franco-Belgian co-production straddling the genres of comedy, drama and horror, according to Cineuropa’s sources the film will have a cast comprising young actress Garance Marillier, Franco-Swiss actress Ella Rumpf (nominated for the Swiss Film Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in 2015 with Chrieg [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Simon Jaquemet
film profile
]
), Rabah Naït Oufella (who appeared in such films as The Class [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Carole Scotta
interview: Laurent Cantet
film profile
]
and Girlhood [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Céline Sciamma
interview: Céline Sciamma
film profile
]
), Joana Preiss (Dans Paris [+see also:
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trailer
film profile
]
), Laurent Lucas (popular recently in the TV series The Returned and in Florida [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
), Belgian actor Bouli Lanners (winner of the Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2013 for Rust & Bone [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jacques Audiard
interview: Jacques Audiard
film profile
]
and nominated for Best Actor in 2015 with Lulu in the Nude [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
) and filmmaker Marion Vernoux (Bright Days Ahead [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
, Half Sister, Full Love).

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Written by the director (who studied at La Fémis and shot to fame in the Cannes Critics’ Week in 2011 with the short film Junior), the main character in the story is 16-year-old Justine. All the members of her family are veterinary doctors and vegetarians. On her first day at vet school, she dramatically strays from her family principles when she eats meet, and she soon faces unexpected consequences when her true self arises.

Produced by Jean des Forêts for Petit Film, Raw is being co-produced by Paris-based outfit Rouge International (Julie Gayet and Nadia Turincev) and by Belgian company Frakas Productions (Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts). Having been pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+, RTBF and VooTV, the feature is also backed by the advance on receipts from the CNC (which also provided the movie with development aid), the Belgian Tax Shelter via Casa Kafka, Ezekiel Film Productions, Wallimage-Bruxellimage, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the Arte/Cofinova 8 Sofica, the TorinoFilmLab, the Media/Creative programme and Ciclic (which provided writing aid). Interestingly, the project was selected by such platforms as the Villa Medici/Institut Français, TorinoFilmLab FrameWork, Frontières@Brussels and the Venice Gap-Financing Market.

The shoot, which will last 38 days, will take place in the veterinary clinic at the University of Liège, Belgium, with Belgian DoP Ruben Impens (The Broken Circle Breakdown [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Felix van Groeningen
interview: Felix Van Groeningen
interview: Felix Van Groeningen
film profile
]
) in charge of the cinematography. Distribution in France and international sales will be handled by Wild Bunch.

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(Translated from French)

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