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PRODUCTION / FUNDING France

Anthony Bajon, Karim Leklou and Leïla Bekhti gearing up for La Troisième Guerre

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- The trio of actors will topline Giovanni Aloi’s film, the shoot for which will kick off in October; production duties are being handled by Capricci and sales by Wild Bunch

Anthony Bajon, Karim Leklou and Leïla Bekhti gearing up for La Troisième Guerre
Actors Anthony Bajon and Karim Leklou and actress Leïla Bekhti

The first clapperboard will slam on 16 October for the French production The Third War [+see also:
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interview: Giovanni Aloi
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]
 by Italy’s Giovanni Aloi, a filmmaker who has turned heads with his short films, such as A passo d'uomo (2014) and E.T.E.R.N.I.T (which won an award at Venice in 2015, was nominated for the European Film Awards and was in the national competition at Clermont-Ferrand in 2016), and who is currently in post-production with Tensione superficiale (his debut feature-length fiction film, produced in Italy, as were his documentaries La promessa, Lives and Pan Play Decadence).

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Standing out among the cast are Anthony Bajon (Best Actor at Berlin in 2018 for The Prayer [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Cédric Kahn
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]
, which was popular in the Cannes Critics’ Week; currently gracing screens in You Deserve a Lover [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Hafsia Herzi
film profile
]
; set to hit the cinema listings on 25 September in In the Name of the Land [+see also:
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and on 8 January in Wonders in the Suburbs [+see also:
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; and who has just been shooting Teddy – see the article), Karim Leklou (nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2019 for The World Is Yours [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Romain Gavras
film profile
]
, Best Actor at Turin in 2015 for Heatwave [+see also:
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and set to appear in BAC Nord next year – see the article) and Leïla Bekhti (seen earlier this year in Battle of the Classes [+see also:
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trailer
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]
, due to grace screens from 2 October in I'll Go Where You Go – see the article – from 27 November in Chanson douce – see the article – and from 4 October 2020 in How I Became a Superhero – see the news).

The story of The Third War, written by Dominique Baumard and Giovanni Aloi, kicks off on the streets of Paris, where three soldiers assigned to Operation Sentinelle are on patrol. They are on alert, expecting some kind of imminent but invisible danger. But the more inaction there is, the more relationships become strained, particularly those with Léo, who is beset by doubt. And one day, when a demonstration gets out of hand, he also spins out of control and is consumed by a whirlwind of paranoia and violence…

Produced by Thierry Lounas for Capricci, The Third War will be co-produced by Bien ou Bien Productions. Having been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature has also secured support from the CNC’s advance on receipts, the Pays de la Loire region and the Angoa. The shoot will take place from 16 October-29 November in the Paris region and in Pays de la Loire. The French distribution will be handled by The Jokers and Capricci, while the international sales are being entrusted to Wild Bunch.

As a reminder, Capricci currently has two titles in production: The Swarm [+see also:
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interview: Just Philippot
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]
by Just Philippot and Bruno Reidal [+see also:
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interview: Vincent Le Port
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by Vincent Le Port.

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(Translated from French)

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