08/03/2024 - Jehnny Beth, Thibaut Evrard and Mireille Perrier star in this feature film steered by Ping & Pong Productions and Agat Films, with sales entrusted to Be For Film

Actress-singer Jehnny Beth (© Tristane Mesquita/Agences Artistiques)

Since 29 January, Lola Doillon has been shooting Différente, the director’s 4th feature film after Et toi, t’es sur qui? [+see also:
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film profile] (2011) and Fanny’s Journey [+see also:
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interview: Cédric Klapisch
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interview: Justine Triet
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The actress is joined by Belgium’s Thibaut Evrard (acclaimed for Beyond the Horizon [+see also:
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interview: Dominik Moll
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interview: Rebecca Zlotowski
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Written by Lola Doillon, the story of this romantic comedy set against the backdrop of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) revolves around Kati, a brilliant 35-year-old researcher who has a unique way of experiencing her relationships, which are all more or less chaotic. Her participation in a new television report finally helps her to put her difference into words, but this revelation turns her already complicated life upside down.

Différente is produced by Dominique Guérin on behalf of Ping & Pong Productions and by Nicolas Blanc for Agat Films, and has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+. Likewise supported by the Pays de la Loire region, the feature film will be shot over a six-week period (mostly in Nantes), ending this month, with Pierre Milon heading up cinematography. The film’s release in French cinemas will be steered by Memento Distribution while international sales are in the hands of Be For Film.

For the record, Agat Films are overseeing post-production on Eat The Night by Jonathan Vinel and Caroline Poggi, L’asile by Judith Davis (news), En fanfare by Emmanuel Courcol (article), La Pampa by Antoine Chevrollier and La pie voleuse by Robert Guédiguian (article). They are currently preparing the release in French cinemas of Sébastien Lifshitz’s documentary Madame Hoffman (hitting cinemas on 10 April), Antoine Raimbault’s Une affaire de principe (article – launching on 1 May) and Baptiste Debraux’s Chasing Johnny.

(Translated from French)