12/09/2019 - Rabah Naït Oufella, Sofian Khammes and Antoine Reinartz lead the cast of this production by Les Films de Pierre, set to be sold by Playtime

As of Monday 9 September, Laurent Cantet – who won Cannes’ 2008 Palme d’Or with The Class [+see also:
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Standing tall among the various cast members are Rabah Naït Oufella (who we enjoyed in Raw [+see also:
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interview: Arnaud Desplechin
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interview: Zita Hanrot
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In addition to Cannes’ 2008 Palme d’Or, Laurent Cantet also took home San Sébastian’s New Directors’ Award in 1999, not to mention the Best First Feature César for Ressources humaines and the Cinema of the Present Lion in Venice 2001 for Time Out. His 3rd feature, Heading South [+see also:
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Written by Laurent Cantet and the duo comprising Fanny Burdino and Samuel Doux (a pair who were also involved in the writing of The Prayer [+see also:
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interview: Joachim Lafosse
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Produced by Marie-Ange Luciani on behalf of Les Films de Pierre, Arthur Rambo is co-produced by Memento Films Production and France 2 Cinéma. Pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature film has also been accorded an advance on earnings by the CNC, as well as support from the Ile-de-France region, the Indéfilms, Cinémage and Cofinova Soficas, and ANGOA (the French National Agency for the Management of Audiovisual Works). The 34-day film-shoot will take place in Paris and is set to wrap at the end of October. Memento will head up French distribution, while international sales are in the hands of Playtime.

(Translated from French)