04/03/2022 - Léonie Dahan-Lamort and Lilith Grasmug are toplining the filmmaker’s first feature, which is produced by Easy Tiger and sold by Films Boutique

After several days of filming in January, shooting on Romain de Saint-Blanquat’s debut feature film La Morsure is now in full swing, with its 25-day set scheduled to wrap on 31 March.

Eye-catching names in the cast include Léonie Dahan-Lamort (whom we’ll soon be seeing in Les Braves), Lilith Grasmug (recently at her absolute best in Bloody Oranges [+see also:
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Penned by Romain de Saint-Blanquat, the story takes us back to Shrove Tuesday in 1967. Seventeen-year-old Françoise is a boarder in a Catholic High School. Convinced she only has one night to live before she dies, she sneaks out with her friend Delphine to attend a costume party and live this night as if it were her last.

Produced by Marc-Benoit Créancier on behalf of Easy Tiger, Bitten [+see also:
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For the record, Easy Tiger have just won this year’s Best First Film César via Vincent Maël Cardona’s Magnetic Beats [+see also:
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(Translated from French)