28/08/2020 - Leading the cast are Pierre Niney, Emmanuelle Bercot and Gilles Lellouche. A Single Man production sold by StudioCanal

Actors Pierre Niney, Emmanuelle Bercot and Gilles Lellouche

Revealed with SK1 [+see also:
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The cast of this politically engaged thriller, at the crossroads of environmental issues, politics and lobbying, the result of an investigation into GMOs and pesticides, includes Pierre Niney (in competition in Venice next week in Lovers [+see also:
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Written by Frédéric Tellier and Simon Moutaïrou (Black Box, The Crew [+see also:
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Produced by Julien Madon (Producer on the Move 2016 of the European Film Promotion, and already partner on Frédéric Tellier’s first two features) for Single Man Productions, Goliath is co-produced by Studiocanal (which will be handling French distribution and international sales) and by Belgian company Gapbusters. Pre-bought by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature film also benefits from the support of the Bretagne région and of the Soficas Sofitvcine, Cinemage, La Banque Postale Image, Indefilms and Palatine Etoile. The nine weeks of filming will take place in Brittany, Paris and Brussels with Renaud Chassaing as director of photography.

For the record, Single Man Productions currently has on its post-production slate Samuel Benchetrit’s Love Songs for Tough Guys [+see also:
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film profile] by Julien Leclerq and Sentinelle by the same director, which is currently in post-production (read the article). Via the company Cheyenne, he also produced Jérémy Guez’s The [+see also:
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(Translated from French)