After beginning on 19 October, filming on The Man in the Basement [+lee también:
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The cast includes Bérénice Béjo (Best Actress award winner in Cannes in 2013 for The Past [+lee también:
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entrevista: Michel Hazanavicius
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entrevista: Charlène Favier
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entrevista: Stephan Streker
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entrevista: Xavier Beauvois
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Written by the director (nominated for the 2014 César award for Best Original Screenplay) together with Gilles Taurand (winner of the 1995 César award for Best Screenplay and nominated six other times, including in 2013 for Farewell My Queen [+lee también:
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entrevista: Benoît Jacquot
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entrevista: Katell Quillévéré
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Produced by Anne-Dominique Toussaint for Les Films des Tournelles (already a partner of the filmmaker three times), The Man in the Basement is co-produced by France 2 Cinéma. Also pre-bought by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature benefits from the support of the Cinémage and La Banque Postale Image Soficas. Filming, which will end on 4 December, is shot by Guillaume Deffontaines (nominated for the 2017 César award in his specialty for Slack Bay [+lee también:
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For the record, Les Films des Tournelles also produced, among other titles, The French Kissers [+lee también:
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