Anthony Dechaux's La guerre des prix is now in post-production
- Ana Girardot, Olivier Gourmet and Julien Frison lead the cast of the director’s first feature, produced by Les Films de Jeanne and La Filmerie and sold by France.tv distribution
Thursday 13 February saw filming wrap on Anthony Dechaux’s debut feature film, La guerre des prix.
Ana Girardot (recently well-received in Madame de Sévigné and hitting cinemas this year in L’affaire de l’esclave Furcy) steals focus in the cast of this financial thriller, and she’ll notably be joined by Belgian actors Olivier Gourmet (who recently appeared in the series Samber and Grace of Heaven) and Julien Frison (at his very best in Marguerite’s Theorem [+see also:
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Written by the director in collaboration with Maël Piriou, Benjamin Charbit, (nominated for the 2014 Best Original Screenplay César via The Trouble With You [+see also:
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La guerre des prix is being produced by Laurence Méoc on behalf of Les Films de Jeanne (the firm’s first feature film) and by Aurélie Trouvé-Rouvière for La Filmerie, in co-production with France 3 Cinéma. Pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+ and France Télévisions, the feature film also enjoys support from the Normandy region, as well as from the SOFICA companies Cofimage and SG Images. The six-and-a-half-week film shoot unfolded in Île-de-France and Normandy with Pierre Dejon (Acide [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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