End of filming in sight for Anaïs Volpé’s The Braves

by Fabien Lemercier

05/10/2020 - Déborah Lukumuena, Souheila Yacoub and Sveva Alviti lead the cast of the filmmaker’s second feature, a Unité production set to be sold by mk2 Films

End of filming in sight for Anaïs Volpé’s The Braves

Director Anaïs Volpé (© Alexandre Desane)

Filming on Anaïs Volpé’s The Braves [+see also:
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Written by the director, the script (selected for a public reading at the 2020 Angers European First Film Festival) follows in the footsteps of friends Alma and Margot, two real sisters whom nothing and no-one can come between and who aren’t even rivals in their shared, burning desire to become actresses. Not even when Alma is hired to play the lead role in a play and Margot is her understudy. It’s something else entirely that will eventually decide their fate…

Produced by Caroline Nataf together with Bruno Nahon and Thomas Morvan on behalf of Unité, The Braves has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+. The feature film also enjoys the support of the SOFICA companies Cinéventure and Arte Cofinova, with shooting underway in Paris since 7 September, under the aegis of American director of photography Sean Price Williams (Good Time). Distribution in France is entrusted to KMBO while international sales are managed by mk2 Films.