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Fabrice Luchini and Leïla Bekhti for Un homme pressé

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- The first clapperboard is about to slam for the film by Hervé Mimran, which is being staged by Albertine Productions and sold abroad by Gaumont

Fabrice Luchini and Leïla Bekhti for Un homme pressé
Actors Fabrice Luchini and Leïla Bekhti

23 May will mark the start of the shoot for Un homme pressé [+see also:
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, the third feature by Hervé Mimran, following All That Glitters [+see also:
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 (1.4 million admissions in France in 2010 and nominated for the César Award for Best First Feature Film in 2011) and Nous York [+see also:
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 (614,000 admissions in 2012), both of which he co-directed with Géraldine Nakache. For his first solo outing, the filmmaker will be reunited with Leïla Bekhti (César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2011 for All That Glitters, nominated for the César Award for Best Actress in 2012 for The Source [+see also:
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, and popular in such titles as A Better Life [+see also:
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Astragalus [+see also:
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and All Three of Us [+see also:
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), who will share top billing with Fabrice Luchini (Volpi Cup for Best Actor at Venice in 2015 for Courted [+see also:
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, nominated six times for the César for Best Actor – in 1991, 1997, 2013 for In the House [+see also:
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, 2014 for Cycling with Moliere [+see also:
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, 2016 for Courted and 2017 for Slack Bay [+see also:
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). The cast also includes Igor Gotesman (Five [+see also:
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).

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Written by Hervé Mimran with assistance from Hélène Fillières, and based on the autobiographical story J'étais un homme pressé by Christian Streiff (who was in charge of the car company PSA Peugeot Citroën in 2008 when the incident at the heart of his book occurred), the story revolves around Alain, a busy businessman who is always in a rush. In his life, there is no room for spare time or family. But one day, he suffers a stroke, which makes him lose his grasp of language and use one word in place of another. In hospital, he is looked after by Jeanne, a young speech therapist who helps him relearn the language and to be patient, much like a child. Alain comes to understand that, while he seems to have missed out on a sizeable chunk of his life, everything is still possible: from life’s simple pleasures to making up with his daughter. 

Produced by Matthieu Tarot for Albertine ProductionsUn homme pressé is being co-produced by France 2 Cinéma and Gaumont (which will take care of the French distribution and the international sales). Having been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the film will be shot in Ile-de-France, with Jérôme Alméras (nominated for the Lumière Award in his category in 2014 for The French Minister [+see also:
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 and for the David di Donatello Award for Human Capital [+see also:
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the same year) serving as DoP. 

Albertine Productions, which has Christian Vincent’s Courted, Anne Fontaine’s Gemma Bovery [+see also:
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, Hélène Fillières’ Tied [+see also:
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 and Jean-Patrick Benes’ Arès [+see also:
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 to its credit, launched Eric Judor’s Problemos [+see also:
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in theatres last month.

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(Translated from French)

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