23/11/2021 - Jean Dujardin leads the cast of this movie adaption of Sylvain Tesson’s tale which is produced by Radar Films

After a nine-week film shoot which kicked off on 14 September, On The Wandering Path [+see also:
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Joining him are Joséphine Japy (nominated for the 2015 Best New Hope César and the Acting Revelation Lumière award, courtesy of Breathe [+see also:
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Loosely adapted by the director and Diastème (the winner of the Orizzonti’s Best Screenplay trophy in 2019 thanks to Back Home [+see also:
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Produced by Clément Miserez and Matthieu Warter on behalf of Radar Films (who also teamed up with the filmmaker on his previous feature), On The Wandering Path is co-produced by France 3 Cinéma, JD Prod, Echo Studio, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma and the Apollo Films - TF1 Studio duo (who have acquired the film’s French distribution and international sales rights), and is pre-purchased by France Télévisions, Canal+ and Ciné+.

For the record, Radar Films’ post-production film slate also includes Belle and Sébastian - Next Generation [+see also:
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(Translated from French)