04/07/2019 - The acting revelation who made her name in A Wedding will be flanked by Esther Bernet in Marion Desseigne Ravel’s first feature film, a 31 Juin Films and Tripode production sold by Le Pacte

Actress Lina El Arabi (© Giornate degli Autori)

12 August will see filming begin in Paris on Marion Desseigne Ravel’s first full-length picture: Besties [+see also:
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Written by Marion Desseigne Ravel herself, the plot is summarised as follows by the main character’s inner voice: "on a wall in my street, someone has graffitied the words: 'the first one to fall in love has lost'. Personally, I think it’s true. Because afterwards, everyone talks about you. Because afterwards, you’re at the mercy of it, you think about it all the time, and the world seems upside down. I’ve lost. I’m in love with a girl and I don’t know what to do… "

Produced by Agnès Vallée and Emmanuel Barraux on behalf of 31 Juin Films and by Delphine Schmit for Tripode Productions, Les meilleures is co-produced and has been pre-purchased by France 2 Cinéma. It has also been pre-purchased by Ciné+ and is supported by the film foundation Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma, as well as the Sofica companies Cinécap and Cineventure. Desseigne Ravel’s feature film will be shot in Paris over the course of seven weeks, with Lucile Mercier in charge of photography. French distribution and worldwide sales will be entrusted to Le Pacte.

For the record, previous works produced by 31 Juin Films include Hippocrate [+see also:
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(Translated from French)