02/10/2017 - Jules Benchetrit, Lambert Wilson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Michel Jonasz and Elsa Lepoivre all feature in the cast of this Récifilms production, sold by TF1 Studio

Actors Jules Benchetrit, Lambert Wilson and Kristin Scott Thomas

Filming is set to commence on 7 October for In Your Hands [+see also:
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film profile] (1.13 million admissions). Bernard wrote the screenplay for the film along with Johanne Bernard (kept secret for the moment), which includes: Jules Benchetrit (noted for her roles in Macadam Stories [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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interview: Anamaria Vartolomei
film profile], and in Volontaire next year), the British Kristin Scott Thomas (nominated for Best Actress in 1997 for The English Patient and for a Golden Globe in 2009 for I've Loved You So Long [+see also:
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film profile], which also earned her the European Film Award for Best Actress and one of her three nominations for the César in the category; also appreciated recently in The Party [+see also:
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Q&A: Sally Potter
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Produced by Eric Juherian and Mathias Rubin (Producer on the Move 2014 from the European Film Promotion - read the interview here) for Recifilms, In Your Hands was co-produced by TF1 Studio (which will drive international sales). Pre-bought by Canal+ and France 2 Cinéma, filming on the feature is set to continue until 8 December in Paris and in the surrounding region with Thomas Hardmeier (winner of a César in his category in 2014 for The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet [+see also:
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making of
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interview: Jalil Lespert
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Recifilms also has The New Kid [+see also:
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interview: Rudi Rosenberg
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(Translated from French)