Patricia Mazuy is shooting La Prisonnière de Bordeaux
- Isabelle Huppert and Hafsia Herzi share the lead in this feature film which is steered by Rectangle Productions and Picseyes, and sold by Les Films du Losange
Since 17 October, Patricia Mazuy has been shooting La Prisonnière de Bordeaux (working title), her 6th fiction feature film after Thick Skinned (screened in Cannes’ 1989 Un Certain Regard section and nominated for 1990’s Best First Film César), The King’s Daughters (gracing Cannes' Un Certain Regard section in 2000 and awarded eight nominations at the 2001 Césars), Of Women and Horses [+see also:
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film profile] (shown in the Piazza Grande in 2011), Paul Sanchez is Back! [+see also:
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interview: Patricia Mazuy
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Standing out at the head of the cast is the legendary Isabelle Huppert (recently well-received in The Sitting Duck [+see also:
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interview: François Ozon
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interview: Élise Girard
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Written by François Bégaudeau (who scooped the 2009 Best Adapted Screenplay César for The Class [+see also:
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La Prisonnière de Bordeaux is produced by Alice Girard and Édouard Weil on behalf of Rectangle Productions and by Xavier Plèche for Picseyes, in co-production with Arte France Cinéma. Pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+ and Arte, the feature film also enjoys support from the Nouvelle Aquitaine region and from the departments of Landes and Gironde. The 32-day film shoot is due to wrap on 30 November, unfolding exclusively in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region, with Simon Beaufils (nominated for the 2021 César in his speciality thanks to My Donkey, My Lover and I [+see also:
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For the record, Rectangle Productions recently offered up Just the Two of Us [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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