14/10/2024 - Virginie Efira and Arieh Worthalter lead the cast of this new movie produced by 24 25 Films, sold by Elle Driver and directed by the filmmaker who previously gave us Promises

Actress Virginie Efira (© Dario Caruso/Cineuropa) and actor Arieh Worthalter (© Marie Rouge/Unifrance)

The first clapperboard has slammed today on Les Braises, Thomas Kruithof’s 3rd feature film after the acclaimed works The Eavesdropper [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (2017) and Promises [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Thomas Kruithof
film profile] (well-received in Venice’s 2021 Orizzonti line-up). Dazzling at the head of the cast is Belgian actress Virginie Efira (awarded 2023’s Best Actress César for Paris Memories [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alice Winocour
film profile] and nominated for the same trophy in 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024, also named Best Actress at the 2023 Lumière Awards for Other People’s Children [+see also:
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interview: Rebecca Zlotowski
film profile], and seen last year in Just the Two of Us [+see also:
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interview: Valérie Donzelli
film profile] and All To Play For [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Delphine Deloget
film profile]) alongside her compatriot Arieh Worthalter (awarded the Best Actor César, Lumière and Magritte trophies in 2024 for The Goldman Case [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Cédric Kahn
film profile], as well as the 2019, 2020 and 2024 Magritte for Best Supporting Actor thanks to Girl [+see also:
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interview: Lukas Dhont
film profile], Mothers’ Instinct [+see also:
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interview: Olivier Masset-Depasse
film profile] and All To Play For).

Written by Thomas Kruithof himself, in league with Jean-Baptiste Delafon (who previously collaborated with the director on Promises and also co-wrote the series Of Money and Blood [+see also:
interview: Xavier Giannoli
series profile], among other works), the story revolves around Karine and Jimmy, a tight couple whose lives are upended when Karine takes part in the social revolt which is rocking the nation...

Les Braises is produced by Thibault Gast and Matthias Weber on behalf of 24 25 Films (of Mediawan Group) in co-production with Wild Bunch (who are also managing distribution in French cinemas), France 3 Cinéma, Atelier de Production, Kallouche Cinéma, Les Films Velvet and Srab Films. Pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+ and France Télévisions, the feature film also enjoys support from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

The seven-week film shoot will press on until 2 December in Île-de-France and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (specifically in Limoges and Angoulême) with Belgium’s Christophe Beaucarne (awarded the 2022 César in his speciality for Lost Illusions [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Xavier Giannoli
film profile] and nominated a further six times since 2010) heading up photography and Jean Rabasse (Oscar-nominated in 2021 for Vatel and the winner of two Césars) as art director. International sales are entrusted to Elle Driver.

For the record, 24 25 Films have produced all of Thomas Kruithof’s feature films and are set to release Hassan Guerrar’s Little Algérie [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] in French cinemas on 16 October. They’re also overseeing post-production on Peter Dourountzis’ Rapaces (read our article – toplined by Sami Bouajila and Mallory Wanecque).

(Translated from French)