15/03/2016 - The director of 17 rue Bleue is adapting his play for his second feature film, which is being produced by TS Productions and will be sold by Films Distribution

On Monday 14 March filming started for De toutes mes forces [+see also:
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Adapted by Chad Chenouga and Christine Paillard from the play of the same name written by the former (which he himself directed in 2011 at the Nanterre-Amandiers Theatre), the screenplay for De toutes mes forces (which won its writers the Sopadin Grand Prize for Best Screenplay in 2015 – see news article) centres around Nassim, a 16-year-old boy who is placed with a family in the suburbs following the death of his drug addict mother. But he refuses to integrate into the social setting that surrounds him. He invents another life for himself, similar to that of his mates at the big Parisian high school he goes to. There’s no reason for that to change. His two lives, his home life and his school life, must be kept separate at all costs.

Produced by Miléna Poylo and Gilles Sacuto for TS Productions, De toutes mes forces has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+. Supported by the CNC with an advance on receipts and the "Images de la diversité" Fund, the Aquitaine region and the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, shooting for the film will take place until 4 May in Paris, in the Paris Region and Pau. The film will be distributed in French cinemas by Ad Vitam and international sales will be handled by Films Distribution.

TS Productions is also currently handling the post-production of Une vie [+see also:
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(Translated from French)