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Pierre Deladonchamps and Ophélie Bau starring in Rascal

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- The acting duo is currently performing in Peter Dourountzis’ feature debut, which is being produced by 10:15 Productions and will be sold by Kinology

Pierre Deladonchamps and Ophélie Bau starring in Rascal
Actor Pierre Deladonchamps and actress Ophélie Bau

The shoot for Rascal [+see also:
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, the feature debut by Peter Dourountzis (who won the UniFrance Grand Prize for a Short Film for Errance in 2015, among other accolades), kicked off on 27 October and is due to wrap on 28 November.

Toplining this thriller are Pierre Deladonchamps (César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2014 for Stranger by the Lake [+see also:
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interview: Alain Guiraudie
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, nominated for the César Award and the Lumières Award for Best Actor in 2017 for A Kid [+see also:
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interview: Philippe Lioret
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, giving great performances in Sorry Angel [+see also:
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Q&A: Christophe Honoré
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]
, Little Tickles [+see also:
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and With the Wind [+see also:
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interview: Bettina Oberli
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]
; set to grace screens in Notre dame [+see also:
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from 18 December, and in Madame Claude and Eiffel next year) and Ophélie Bau (nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2019 and winner of the Lumières Award for Best New Actress for Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno [+see also:
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, also appearing at Cannes last May in Mektoub My Love: Intermezzo [+see also:
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and due to hit the cinema listings in 2020 in Naufrages).

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The story, written by the director, revolves around Djé, who arrives in Paris penniless but with one sole skill: his charm. He seizes every opportunity he possibly can to work, to love, to sleep. And to kill…

Produced by Sébastien Haguenauer for 10:15 Productions, Rascal is being supported by the Arte Cofinova, Cinéaxe and Cinécap Soficas, as well as by the Nouvelle Aquitaine region. The five-week shoot is taking place in Limoges, with Jean-Marc Fabre serving as DoP. The French distribution will be handled by Rezo and the international sales by Kinology.

As a reminder, 10:15 Productions has 9 Fingers [+see also:
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by FJ Ossang (Best Director Award at Locarno in 2017) and My Revolution [+see also:
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interview: Anamaria Vartolomei
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]
by Ramzi Ben Sliman (presented at the 2016 Berlinale, as part of the Generation programme) under its belt, and co-produced Lola [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Micheli
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by Laurent Micheli (set to be released in France on 27 November) and Forbach Swing [+see also:
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by Marie Dumora (unveiled at this year’s Cinéma du Réel Festival).

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(Translated from French)

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