Now in post-production, Jean-Marc Peyrefitte’s first feature film The Vanished President [+leggi anche:
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The cast also features Christian Hecq, Cyril Couton, Astrid Whettnall, Laura Benson, Anna Mouglalis, Patrick d’Assumçao, Marie-Elisabeth Cornet, Lola Naymark, Alexandre Von Sivers and Olivier Claverie.

Written by Jean-Marc Peyrefitte and Marc Syrigas with Christophe Duthuron as artistic advisor, the story revolves around a given question: "How could we have elected a man who wanted to abolish the death penalty, give women the right to vote and allow the colonies their independence?"; a question which was posed by Georges Clemenceau, who has just lost the presidential election, against all odds, to an unknown opponent by the name of Paul Deschanel. This new president throws himself into his brand-new role, and even though the task is huge and the pressure intolerable, his first steps make quite an impression. But the cynicism of the political world, the game played by the institutions and the brutality of media campaigns soon catch up with and derail him. And then, one evening, he falls out of a train and vanishes into thin air…

The Vanished President is produced by Jérémy Zelnik and Tancrède Ramonet on behalf of Dibona Films and by Camille Gentet for Pan Européenne Production, in co-production with Orange Studio, Tandem, Belgian firm Wrong Men North (Benoît Roland), Temps Noir and Flamme Film. Pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+, BeTV/VOO and Proximus, the feature film also enjoys the support of the Île-de-France and Pays de la Loire regions, and of the SOFICA companies Cinémage, Cinéventure, Cofimage, La Banque Postale Image, Palatine and Indéfilms.

Having wrapped on 31 July, the film shoot unfolded in settings including the Élysée Palace, the Quai d'Orsay, the Palace of Versailles’ Conference Room, the Château de Champs-sur Marne and Clemenceau’s home in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard within the Vendée region. Photography comes courtesy of Lubomir Bakchev (who has previously worked with Abdellatif Kechiche and on seasons 3, 4 and 5 of The Bureau), set design is by Jérémy Duchier (who won the 2017 César in his category for Chocolat [+leggi anche:
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Mandates for the film’s French distribution and international sales have been jointly acquired by Tandem and Orange Studio.