The last clapperboard slammed yesterday to mark the end of the shoot for The Test [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], the second feature by Emmanuel Poulain-Arnaud, following Les Cobayes (French release date TBC). After kicking off on 21 September, principal photography for the helmer’s new effort took place in Marseille, Sète, Agde, Frontignan and Montpellier. The cast includes Alexandra Lamy (Ricky [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] and set to grace screens from 10 February next year in Old Fashioned [+leggi anche:
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The story, written by Emmanuel Poulain-Arnaud himself and Noé Debré (nominated for the César Award for Best Screenplay in 2016 for Dheepan [+leggi anche:
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Q&A: Jacques Audiard
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intervista: Michael Roskam
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scheda series]), revolves around contented mother Annie, whose married life with Laurent is a picture of harmony. Her two young kids, Maximilien and César, are brilliant and sensitive boys, and Poupi, her teenage daughter, supports her willingly and patiently in bringing up Milo, her latest arrival. It’s a perfect family that Annie controls with a firm but loving hand. Yet one morning during an apparently uneventful weekend, the discovery of a "forgotten" positive pregnancy test left lying around in the bathroom shatters this harmony into a thousand pieces. Who does the test belong to? As she embarks on a crazy investigation to find out the owner of this object, and despite her best efforts to save face, Annie will see all of her certainties turned on their heads, and the pack of cards that life has dealt her entirely reshuffled.

Produced by Matthias Weber and Thibault Gast for 24 25 Films, The Test is being co-produced by France 3 Cinéma and Apollo Films (which will take care of the French distribution). The feature, which has been pre-purchased by OCS and France 3, has also secured backing from the Sud and Occitanie regions, as well as from the Cofinova, Indéfilms, SG Image and Cinécap Soficas. The international sales are handled by Charades.

As a reminder, 24 25 Films, which is planning to release the thriller Black Box [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Thomas Kruithof (2017) and A Perfect Man [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Yann Gozlan (2015) under its belt.