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Romain Duris toplines Cessez-le-feu

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- The shoot is about to get under way for the feature debut by Emmanuel Courcol, produced by Polaris; Céline Sallette and Grégory Gadebois also star

Romain Duris toplines Cessez-le-feu
Romain Duris

There is a very attractive cast lined up for Cessez-le-feu [+see also:
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 (lit. “Ceasefire”), the feature debut by Emmanuel Courcol. According to Cineuropa's sources, the shoot for the movie will get under way next week and will see the involvement of Romain Duris (nominated for the César Award for Best Actor in 2006 and 2011 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped [+see also:
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and Heartbreaker [+see also:
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, currently to be seen on the big screen in The New Girlfriend [+see also:
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), Céline Sallette (nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2012 for House of Tolerance [+see also:
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interview: Adèle Haenel
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, on the big screen at the moment in The Connection [+see also:
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), Grégory Gadebois (César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2012 for Angel & Tony [+see also:
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, nominated for the César Award for Best Actor in 2014 for One of a Kind [+see also:
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, popular recently at Venice in Le dernier coup de marteau [+see also:
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), Julie-Marie Parmentier and Maryvonne Schiltz.

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Written by the director, the story kicks off in 1923. Georges Laffont, a WW1 hero, has fled his wartime memories by going to Africa, where he is living a life full of adventure. But his journey leads him into a dead end, and so he returns to France to meet up with his brother Marcel, a deaf and dumb war invalid, at his mother’s house. In Europe, life has been going on without him, with the post-war generation attempting to forget all the trauma of the conflict. Georges tries to find his place, thanks to Hélène, a sign-language teacher with whom he strikes up a turbulent relationship, and thanks to his family, whose wounds he attempts to heal – although it is now a little late for that.

Produced by Christophe Mazodier for Polaris Films Production & Finance, Cessez-le-feu is co-produced by France 2 Cinéma and the Belgian outfits Umedia and Fontana. Having been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature is also being backed by the Manon, Cinémage and Cofinova Soficas. The shoot will take place in Africa (in Burkina Faso and Senegal in December) and in France (from January until early February, and then again at the end of May). Distribution in France will be handled by Le Pacte and international sales by Indie Sales

Polaris has 2 Days in Paris [+see also:
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 and 2 Days in New York [+see also:
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 by Julie Delpy to its credit, in addition to The Smell of Us [+see also:
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interview: Pierre-Paul Puljiz
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 by Larry Clark.

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(Translated from French)

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