03/03/2020 - Jade Springer, Léa Drucker and Philippe Katerine star in this new Aurora Films production, set to be sold by mk2 Films and coming courtesy of the same director as The Apple of My Eye

Actress Léa Drucker and actor Philippe Katerine

Since 26 February, Axelle Ropert has been shooting Petite Solange [+see also:
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Written by the director (who also co-wrote Mrs. Hyde [+see also:
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Produced by Charlotte Vincent for Aurora Films, Petite Solange has been pre-purchased by Ciné+, and enjoys the support of the SOFICA companies Cinémage and Cinécapital, as well as the Ile-de-France and Pays de la Loire regions where the film is due to be shot, with Sébastien Buchmann (Alice and the Mayor [+see also:
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For the record, Aurora Films’ other works notably include the documentary If It Were Love [+see also:
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film profile] by Wissam Charaf (ACID line-up 2016), Diamond Island [+see also:
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film profile] by Davy Chou (Critics’ Week 2016), Sur la planche [+see also:
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(Translated from French)