The first clapperboard is set to slam tomorrow on À la frontière, the debut fiction feature film by Stéphane Marchetti who distinguished himself in the documentary field, notably via Rafah, chroniques d’une ville dans la bande de Gaza (awarded the Golden FIPA for Major Reports and the Albert-Londres Prize), before taking part in La Fémis’ Screenplay Workshop in 2019 and in Emergence in 2021.

Stand-out names in the cast include Florence Loiret-Caille (nominated for 2010’s Best New Hope César via Someone I Loved [+leggi anche:
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Written by Stéphane Marchetti in collaboration with Laurette Polmanss (nominated for 2022’s Best Original Screenplay César thanks to The Divide [+leggi anche:
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À la frontière is produced by Bertrand Gore on behalf of Blue Monday Productions, in co-production with Le Bureau and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma. Pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature film also enjoys backing from the Sud Paca region and from the SOFICA company Cofinova. The movie’s 29-day film shoot will include four weeks in Briançon and the surrounding area, and two weeks in Lyon, with Sébastien Goepfert (Bloody Milk [+leggi anche:
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For the record, Blue Monday Productions recently produced Léonor Serraille’s Cannes competitor Mother and Son [+leggi anche:
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