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Filming is imminent on Christine Dory’s La mort d'Albino Rodrigue

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- Émilie Dequenne and Galatea Bellugi lead the cast of the French director’s second feature, which is steered by Zadig Films

Filming is imminent on Christine Dory’s La mort d'Albino Rodrigue
Actresses Émilie Dequenne and Galatea Bellugi

3 May will see the first clapperboard slam on La mort d'Albino Rodrigue, the second feature film directed by Christine Dory following on from Les inséparables [+see also:
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in 2008. Standing tall in the cast are Belgium’s Émilie Dequenne (the recent winner of the 2021 Best Supporting Role César for Love Affair(s) [+see also:
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) and Galatea Bellugi (nominated for the Best New Hope César, as well as the Acting Revelation Lumières award in 2019 via The Apparition [+see also:
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, and soon to be seen in Tralala), who will be flanked by Philippe Duquesne (recently well-received in the series Parlement [+see also:
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and in Keep An Eye Out [+see also:
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), Samir Guesmi (hitting cinemas soon in the Cannes 2020 label-decorated Ibrahim [+see also:
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), Romane Bohringer (In the Move for Love [+see also:
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), Matthieu Lucci (nominated for the Acting Revelation Lumières award in 2018 thanks to his part in The Workshop [+see also:
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) and the super young Elsa Hyvaert.

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Written by Christine Dory (who was previously involved in the writing of Burning Ghost [+see also:
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, among other works) and Lise Machebœuf (A Lady in Paris [+see also:
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), the story revolves around 16-year-old Rosemay who lives with a host family all year round and who sets off to join her biological family for the holidays. But when she arrives, her father isn’t at the station to welcome her as planned. A few days pass but still he doesn’t materialise. It’s as if he’s vanished into thin air, and when Rosemay repeatedly questions her mother, the latter continually contradicts herself. Harbouring an intuition of what the truth really is, Rosemay learns to listen to herself, to write and to betray the ones she loves…

Produced by Mélanie Gerin and Paul Rozenberg on behalf of Zadig Films, La mort d'Albino Rodrigue has been pre-purchased by TV5Monde and enjoys support in the form of an advance on receipts from the CNC, not to mention production subsidies from the Ile-de-France and Grand Est regions, having also previously benefited from development support from Procirep/Angoa. Shooting will continue until 12 June, unfolding in the Grand Est (in Rosselange and the surrounding area, as well as in Metz) and Ile-de-France regions, with Jean-Marc Fabre (Rascal [+see also:
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) at the helm of photography. Set design is entrusted to Laurent Baude and costumes to Bethsabée Dreyfus, while distribution rights for France and international sales are in the hands of ARP Sélection.

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(Translated from French)

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