01/10/2019 - The filmmaker is bringing together Jalil Lespert, Louise Bourgoin and Mélanie Doutey in the cast of this feature film piloted by TS Productions and sold by France Télévisions Distribution

Actor Jalil Lespert and actresses Louise Bourgoin and Mélanie Doutey

Filming has entered the final straight for Raphaël Jacoulot’s Dreamchild [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Larivière
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interview: Guillaume Nicloux
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interview: Joachim Lafosse
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Written by Raphaël Jacoulot, Benjamin Adam, Iris Kaltenbäck and Fadette Drouard (César-nominated within the Best Adaptation category for Step by Step [+see also:
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Produced by Miléna Poylo and Gilles Sacuto on behalf of TS Productions (who previously partnered with the director for Heatwave), Dreamchild has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, and has been granted an advance on earnings by the CNC, as well as support from the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and the SOFICA companies Cofimage, Palatine Etoile and La Banque Postale Image. Filming, which kicked off on 5 August, is unfolding in the Doubs region, with photography in the hands of Céline Bozon (who won the 2018 Lumières Award, in her category, for Félicité [+see also:
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interview: Alain Gomis
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TS Productions’ current post-production slate includes Les Héroïques by Maxime Roy (read our article), while the company recently co-produced Tel Aviv on Fire [+see also:
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interview: Sameh Zoabi
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film profile] by Manon Ott and Gregory Cohen. Stand-out works amongst the firm’s filmography include five feature films by Stéphane Brizé (in particular A Woman’s Life [+see also:
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Q&A: Stéphane Brizé
film profile], A Few Hours of Spring [+see also:
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film profile] by Martin Provost and Ordinary People [+see also:
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interview: Vladimir Perisic: Ordinary …
film profile] by Vladimir Perisic, not to mention the co-productions La Ciénaga and Incendies [+see also:
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(Translated from French)