26/12/2018 - Isabelle Huppert stars in the new film by Jean-Paul Salomé. A Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films production, with Scope Pictures in co-production

The end is in site for filming on Jean-Paul Salomé's Mama Weed [+see also:
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The cast stars Isabelle Huppert (who has won numerous awards over the years at Cannes in 1978 and 2001, at Berlin in 2002 and at Venice in 1988 and 1995, as well as a Golden Globe for Best Actress in 2017 and a nomination that same year at the Oscars for Elle [+see also:
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Q&A: Arnaud Desplechin
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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Written by Jean-Paul Salomé and Hannelore Cayre as an adaptation of a novel by Cayre (published by Métailié), the screenplay centres on Patience Portefeux, a Franco-Arab judicial interpreter specialising in telephone tapping for the Stups. Precarious work, paid for underhand. One day, Patience infiltrates a network and ends up becoming “la Daronne,” right in the heart of Belleville...

Produced by Kristina Larsen for Les Films du Lendemain and by Jean-Baptiste Dupont for La Boétie Films, Mama Weed was co-produced by the Belgian outfit Scope Pictures. Filming, which started on 5 November, is taking place in Paris and the surrounding region, with Julien Hirsch (César Award in 2007 for Lady Chatterley [+see also:
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interview: Pierre Schoeller
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Les Films du Lendemain are currently processing Casanova, Last Love [+see also:
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(Translated from French)