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Sophie Letourneur films Gaby Baby Doll

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- Lolita Chammah, Benjamin Biolay and Félix Moati shine in the cast of this Ecce Films production

Sophie Letourneur films Gaby Baby Doll

The first filming session ended last weekend for Gaby Baby Doll [+see also:
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, the third feature by Sophie Letourneur, noticed with Chicks - Life at the Ranch [+see also:
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 (Grand Prix and Prize of the Public in Belfort in 2009, selected in Rotterdam in 2010) and Les Coquillettes [+see also:
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 (presented out of competition in Locarno in 2012), and the short film Le Marin Masqué (nominated for the César 2011).

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The cast features Lolita Chammah (Copacabana [+see also:
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Memory Lane [+see also:
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), Benjamin Biolay (nominated for the César 2009 for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Stella [+see also:
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, appreciated at the Critics’ Week in Cannes in 2011 in Bachelor Days Are Over [+see also:
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interview: Katia Lewkowicz
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), Félix Moati (nominated for the César 2013 for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Télé gaucho [+see also:
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), Camille Genaud, Laetitia Goffi and Guillemette Coutellier.

Written by the director with Anne-Louise Trividic (who notably co-signed the screenplays of IntimitéHis BrotherGabrielle [+see also:
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and Persecution [+see also:
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by Patrice Chéreau), the screenplay focuses on Gaby, a young girl who, because of a challenge given to her by her lover, tries to spend a month alone in a house while she had been surrounded by her group of friends for a long time. She will meet Nicolas, the solitary guard of the castle that is on the road to the village...

Produced by Emmanuel Chaumet for Ecce Films (which managed all of Sophie Letourneur’s films), Gaby Baby Doll was pre-purchased by Ciné+ and benefits from an advance on receipts from the CNC, the Sofica Cinémage and the Bourgogne region. The filming, which began from September 9-21, will start again for two weeks in October before ending with two more weeks at the beginning of 2014. The French distribution will be handled by Shellac while Ecce Films will handle international sales directly.

Ecce Films is on a positive roll since two of its most recent productions were unveiled in Cannes 2013: La fille du 14 juillet [+see also:
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 by Antonin Peretjatko (read the review and the director’s interview ) in the Directors’ Fortnight, and La bataille de Solférino [+see also:
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by
Justine Triet (read the review) in the ACID alternative programme (before winning the Grand Prix of the Paris Cinéma Festival).

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(Translated from French)

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