EXCLUSIVE: Shoot about to kick off for Pauline Loquès’ Nino
- Théodore Pellerin, William Lebghil, Salomé Dewaels and Jeanne Balibar star in the filmmaker’s feature debut, produced by Blue Monday and sold by The Party Film Sales
On 7 October, the shoot will get under way for Nino, the feature debut by Pauline Loquès. Having turned heads with her short film La vie de jeune fille (2019), the filmmaker has now assembled a cast including Canada’s Théodore Pellerin (popular in titles such as Never Rarely Sometimes Always [+see also:
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The story, written by the director herself, depicts three days in the life of Nino – the wanderings of a young man in Paris, as he is torn between his yearning for solitude and his need for other people.
Nino is being produced by Sandra da Fonseca for Blue Monday Productions and is being co-produced by France 2 Cinéma. Having also been pre-purchased by Ciné+, OCS and Disney+, the feature is also being backed by the CNC’s advance on receipts, the Cinémage Sofica and the Île-de-France region, where the six-week shoot will take place until 14 November, with Lucie Baudinaud (Olga [+see also:
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interview: Vincent Perez
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interview: Emma Benestan
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As a reminder, Blue Monday Productions currently has Ari [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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