15/04/2022 - Benoît Poelvoorde, Daphné Patakia and Agnès Jaoui are in the cast of this Elzévir Films production set to be sold by Pyramide

Actor Benoît Poelvoorde (© Georges Biard) and actresses Daphné Patakia (© Unifrance) and Agnès Jaoui (© Georges Biard)

Since 13 April, Marie Garel-Weiss has been filming A Wonderful Girl [+see also:
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interview: Marie Garel-Weiss
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Standing out in the cast are Belgium’s Benoît Poelvoorde (currently in French cinemas in Inexorable [+see also:
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interview: Fabrice Du Welz
film profile], and soon in Smoking Causes Coughing [+see also:
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film profile]), Belgian/Greek actress Daphné Patakia (2016 Shooting star with the European Film Promotion, nominated in 2022 for the Most Promising Actress Lumière award and the Most Promising Actress Magritte award for Benedetta [+see also:
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film profile], soon in The Five Devils [+see also:
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film profile], The Third War [+see also:
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interview: Giovanni Aloi
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Written by Marie Garel-Weiss, Ferdinand Berville, Salvatore Lista (Meteorites [+see also:
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interview: Pierre Salvadori
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Produced by Marie Masmonteil and Ulysse Payet for Elzevir Films, A Wonderful Girl is co-produced by Belgium’s Panache Productions. Pre-bought by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature film is also supported by the advance on receipts of the CNC, the Brittany region and the Cinémage, Palatine Étoile, and Sofitvciné Soficas. The 35 days of filming will take place in Paris and in Brittany (in Rennes and Saint-Malo) with Jeanne Lapoirie (nominated in 2003, 2014 and 2018 for the César award in his craft) as director of photography. Editing will be done by Flora Volpelière (2020 César winner for Les Misérables [+see also:
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interview: Ladj Ly
film profile]). French distribution and international sales will be handled by Pyramide.

For the record, Elzévir Films — which produced Party Girl [+see also:
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interview: Marie Amachoukeli, Claire B…
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(Translated from French)