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The last clapperboard slams for Et ta sœur? by Marion Vernoux

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- The director is wrapping the shoot for her adaptation of Lynn Shelton’s film, produced by Films du Kiosque and to be distributed by Le Pacte

The last clapperboard slams for Et ta sœur? by Marion Vernoux
Director Marion Vernoux

Having kicked off on 20 October, the shoot for Et ta sœur? [+see also:
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(lit. “And your sister?”) by Marion Vernoux is set to wrap this Wednesday in Brittany. This is the director’s seventh feature, following Nobody Loves Me (in competition at Locarno in 1994 and nominated for the César Award for Best Debut in 1995), Love, etc. (nominated for the César Award for Best Actress in 1996), Empty Days (in competition at Venice in 1999), A Hell of a Day (selected at Venice in 2001 in the Cinema of the Present section), Bottoms Up (2004) and Bright Days Ahead [+see also:
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(which took 472,000 admissions in France in 2013 and sold very well abroad).

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For her new opus, a French adaptation of the American film Your Sister’s Sister (written and directed by Lynn Shelton), Vernoux has assembled a cast that boasts a couple of rising stars: Belgium’s Virginie Efira (popular in 20 ans d'écart [+see also:
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, Dead Man Talking [+see also:
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and Second Chance [+see also:
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; set to be seen on the big screen in 2015 in Caprice [+see also:
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 by Emmanuel Mouret and Une famille à louer by Jean-Pierre Améris) and French actress Géraldine Nakache (who shot to fame in Tout ce qui brille [+see also:
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, and also put on some fine performances in HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami [+see also:
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, Playing Dead
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and French Women [+see also:
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). They are joined by comedian Grégoire Ludig (who has already dabbled in the world of cinema, including in Babysitting [+see also:
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), Vincent Furic and Mélanie Malhère.

Written by the director, the story revolves around Pierrick (Grégoire Ludig), who is still feeling emotional after his brother’s recent disappearance. And so why not accept an invitation from Tessa (Géraldine Nakache), his best friend, to head over to her family home and spend a week there on his own, reflecting on his life? However, when he gets there, Pierrick finds that the house is already occupied by Marie (Virginie Efira), Tessa’s half-sister, who has come there to nurse a broken heart. After a booze-fuelled evening, followed by the sudden arrival of Tessa herself, the trio will progress from awkward situations to unexpected revelations...

Produced by François Kraus and Denis Pineau-Valencienne for Les Films du Kiosque (which staged the director’s previous movie), Et ta sœur? is being co-produced by Direct Cinéma. Having been pre-purchased by OCS (Orange Cinéma Séries) and D8, the film, which is also being backed by the Manon and La Banque Postale Image Soficas, will be distributed in France and abroad by Le Pacte.

On 10 December, Les Films du Kiosque will launch Qu’Allah bénisse la France [+see also:
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by Abd Al Malik (read the article – winner of the FIPRESCI Prize in the Discovery section at Toronto) in theatres. The Paris-based outfit also has Boomerang [+see also:
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 by François Favrat (read the article), Papa Lumière [+see also:
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by Ada Loueilh (read the article) and La tête Haute by Emmanuelle Bercot (read the article) in post-production.

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(Translated from French)

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