Fine riprese in vista per Petit pays di Éric Barbier

di Fabien Lemercier

08/03/2019 - Il regista si immerge nel Burundi nel 1992 mentre si profila la guerra civile e la tragedia ruandese. Una produzione guidata da Jerico e venduta da Pathé

Fine riprese in vista per Petit pays di Éric Barbier

Una foto dal set di Petit pays (© Super 8 Productions)

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Filming on Eric Barbier's Small Country: an African Childhood [+leggi anche:
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The film stars Jean-Paul Rouve (winner of a César Award in 2003 for Most Promising Performance and nominated for a César in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor in Podium, also very popular in the Les Tuche [+leggi anche:
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Written by the director after the novel Small Country by Gaël Faye, the film focuses on the story of Gabriel in 1992, a 10-year-old boy who lives in Burundi with his French father (Rouve), an entrepreneur, his Rwandan mother and his little sister, Ana, in a comfortable ex-pat neighbourhood. Despite enjoying a peaceful childhood, his life soon changes course when his parents separate, civil war looms and tragedy strikes in Rwanda...

Produced by Eric Jehelmann and Philippe Rousselet for Jerico and by Jérôme Salle for Super 8 Production, Small Country: an African Childhood was co-produced by France 2 Cinéma, the Belgian outfit Scope Pictures and by Pathé, which will be also managing the film’s French distribution and international sales. Pre-purchased by Canal + and Ciné +, the feature film benefited from eight weeks of filming (which kicked off on 14 January), with Antoine Sanier on board as the director of photography.