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Sébastien Betbeder to start filming Debout sur la montagne

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- A Gloria Films and Les Films du printemps production to be sold by WTFilms, the film stars Izïa Higelin, William Lebghil and Bastien Bouillon

Sébastien Betbeder to start filming Debout sur la montagne
Director Sébastien Betbeder

Filming is due to kick off on 8 October on Debout sur la montagne [+see also:
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, the 7th feature film by Sebastien Betbeder, a filmmaker revealed in Locarno in 2007 with Nuage [+see also:
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 and selected at Toronto in 2012 with Nights with Theodore [+see also:
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and again this year with Ulysses & Mona [+see also:
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, also showcased in the Cannes ACID programme in 2013 and 2016 with 2 Autumns 3 Winters [+see also:
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and Journey to Greenland [+see also:
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, respectively.

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The cast stars Izïa Higelin (César award in 2013 for Most Promising Performance in Mauvaise fille [+see also:
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, nominated for a César award in 2015 for Best Supporting Actress in Samba [+see also:
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 and a Lumières award for Best Actress in Summertime [+see also:
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, also in a main role in One Nation, One King [+see also:
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interview: Pierre Schoeller
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), William Lebghil (noted for his performance in Love At First Fight [+see also:
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interview: Thomas Cailley
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, appreciated in (Girl)Friend [+see also:
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 and Some Like It Veiled [+see also:
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 and currently in cinemas in The Freshman [+see also:
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) and Bastien Bouillon (nominated for a Lumières award in 2013 for his performance in High Society [+see also:
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, and also recently seen in The Apple of My Eye [+see also:
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 and Carnivores [+see also:
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interview: Jérémie and Yannick Renier
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, and due to hit our screens in March in Le mystère Henry Pick). They will be supported by Jérémie Elkaïm (Declaration of War [+see also:
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Faultless [+see also:
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), Estéban (Just To Be Sure [+see also:
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The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu [+see also:
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), the Belgian actor André Wilms (nominated for a European Film Award in 2011 for Best Actor in Le Havre [+see also:
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interview: Aki Kaurismäki
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), François Chattot (The Minister [+see also:
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), Guillaume Labbé (Les hommes du feu [+see also:
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) and Laëtitia Spigarelli (Heartbeat Detector [+see also:
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).

Written by the director, the screenplay focuses on Hugo, Stan and Bérénice, three childhood friends who meet up in the mountain village where they grew up to bury Hugo's brother. The reunion marks the beginning of an adventure and a new life! It seems it’s not so easy to leave behind the place where everything started and where everything is still possible... 

Produced by Laurent Lavolé for Gloria Films and by Juliette Hayat for Les Films du printemps, Debout sur la montagne was co-produced by Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, and received an advance on earnings from the  CNC and Sofica Cinecap. Filming will take place from 8 October to 23 November in Isère, in Normandy and in the region of Paris, with Sylvain Verdet (nominated for a Lumières Award in 2016 for The Wakhan Front [+see also:
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) as the director of photography. The film's French release will be managed by Sophie Dulac Distribution, while international sales are being handled by WTFilms.

For the record, Gloria Films also recently produced My Favourite Fabric [+see also:
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 by Gaya JijiAmerica [+see also:
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 by Claus DrexelBelinda [+see also:
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 by Marie Dumora and Nothingwood [+see also:
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 by Sonia Krolund.

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(Translated from French)

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