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Mohamed Hamidi shooting Queens of the Field

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- Kad Merad, Alban Ivanov, Céline Sallette, Sabrina Ouazani and Laure Calamy are among the cast of this Quad and Kissfilms production, which will be sold by Gaumont

Mohamed Hamidi shooting Queens of the Field
Director Mohamed Hamidi

Monday 11 June saw the start of the shoot for the fourth feature by Mohamed HamidiQueen of the Field . For the cast, the director of Homeland [+see also:
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(2013), One Man and His Cow [+see also:
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 (1.3 million admissions in France in 2016 and nominated for the European Film Awards in the comedy category the same year) and New Biz in the Hood! (currently in post-production) has assembled Kad Merad (César Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2007 for Don’t Worry, I’m Fine [+see also:
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, topping the bill in Welcome to the Sticks [+see also:
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, Superchondriac [+see also:
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and Superstar [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Giannoli
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, also popular in the series Baron noir and recently in Orchestra Class [+see also:
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 and Kings for a Day [+see also:
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), Alban Ivanov (giving superb performances in Step by Step [+see also:
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 and C’est la vie! [+see also:
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, turning heads at Cannes in Sink or Swim [+see also:
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), Céline Sallette (Lumières Award for Best New Actress in 2012 and nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress the same year for House of Tolerance [+see also:
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interview: Adèle Haenel
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, giving strong performances in titles such as Corporate [+see also:
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interview: Nicolas Silhol
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and One of a Kind [+see also:
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; gracing screens from September in One Nation, One King [+see also:
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interview: Pierre Schoeller
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 and in 2019 in Losing It), Sabrina Ouazani (nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2005 for Games of Love and Chance [+see also:
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, popular in The Past [+see also:
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 and in May Allah Bless France [+see also:
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, set to hit screens in July in Break [+see also:
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 and appearing in Close Enemies [+see also:
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in October) and Laure Calamy (nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2018 for Ava [+see also:
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interview: Léa Mysius
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, making a splash at Cannes in Our Struggles [+see also:
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interview: Guillaume Senez
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, on the cinema listings from 25 July in Roulez jeunesse [+see also:
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 and from December in Claire Darling). 

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The story, written by Mohamed Hamidi and Alain-Michel Blanc (César Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2006 for Live and Become [+see also:
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interview: Radu Mihaileanu
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 and nominated in 2010 for The Concert [+see also:
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; he previously paired up with the filmmaker on Homeland and One Man and His Cow) with contributions from Camille Fontaine (nominated for the César Award for Best Adaptation in 2010 for Coco Before Chanel [+see also:
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), revolves around a coach who tries to save the village football team from being eliminated from the championship by resolving to form an all-female team in order to replace the men and get the missing point that will pull them through. But the situation will turn this small community’s deeply entrenched conventions completely upside down…

Executive-produced by Quad and Kissfilms (with Quad acting as line producer), Queen of the Field is being co-produced by 14è Art, GaumontTF1 Films Production, and Belgium’s La Compagnie Cinématographique and Panache Productions. Having been pre-purchased by TF1, TMC, Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature has also secured support from Pictanovo (the Hauts-de-France region). The eight-week shoot will take place in Ile-de-France and Hauts-de-France. The French distribution and international sales will be handled by Gaumont.

As a reminder, Quad (together with Kissfilms) has produced all of Mohamed Hamidi’s features and also has a number of other movies to its credit, including the films by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano (Untouchable [+see also:
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C’est la vie! and so on), the animated co-production Leap! [+see also:
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, and the more recent titles The Death of Stalin [+see also:
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 by Armando Iannucci and Daniel Roby’s Just a Breath Away [+see also:
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, among others.

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(Translated from French)

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