24/08/2016 - Philippe Rebbot joins Mohamed Amine Hamzaoui, Corinne Masiero and Kacey Mottet Klein in the cast of the director’s feature debut, which is being staged by Barney Production

Walid Mattar (right) chats to his lead actor, Philippe Rebbot, who plays the role of a man who loses his job after his factory is relocated to Tunisia (© La Voix du Nord)

Walid Mattar has been filming his feature debut, Vent du Nord [+see also:
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Written by Leyla Bouzid (Europa Cinemas Label at Venice last year for As I Open My Eyes [+see also:
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Produced by Saïd Hamich for Barney Production, Vent du Nord is the first feature to have been initiated by the Paris-based production house that co-produced Much Loved [+see also:
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(Translated from French)