27/12/2021 - Steered by TS and toplined by Guillaume de Tonquédec and Victor Belmondo, the director’s new movie is now in post-production

Actors Guillaume de Tonquédec and Victor Belmondo (© Olivier Allard)

Shot between 16 November and 17 December, Lie With Me [+see also:
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Dazzling names in the cast include those of Guillaume de Tonquédec (nominated for the 2013 Best Supporting Role César via What’s In A Name? [+see also:
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Adapted by the director, alongside Vincent Poymiro (Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle [+see also:
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Produced by Anthony Doncque, Miléna Poylo and Gilles Sacuto on behalf of TS Productions, Lie With Me has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, and enjoys support in the form of an advance on receipts from the CNC, as well as backing from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, the Charente department (where the film was shot, notably in Cognac and its surrounds, with Martin Rit at the wheel of photography) and the SOFICA company La Banque Postale Image. Editing is entrusted to Damien Maestraggi, while distribution in France will be steered by KMBO.

For the record, recent films by TS Productions notably include The Heroics [+see also:
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(Translated from French)