Monday 11 June saw the start of the shoot for the fourth feature by Mohamed Hamidi, Queen of the Field . For the cast, the director of Homeland [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Adèle Haenel
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intervista: Nicolas Silhol
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intervista: David Oelhoffen
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intervista: Léa Mysius
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intervista: Guillaume Senez
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The story, written by Mohamed Hamidi and Alain-Michel Blanc (César Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2006 for Live and Become [+leggi anche:
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Executive-produced by Quad and Kissfilms (with Quad acting as line producer), Queen of the Field is being co-produced by 14è Art, Gaumont, TF1 Films Production, and Belgium’s La Compagnie Cinématographique and Panache Productions. Having been pre-purchased by TF1, TMC, Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature has also secured support from Pictanovo (the Hauts-de-France region). The eight-week shoot will take place in Ile-de-France and Hauts-de-France. The French distribution and international sales will be handled by Gaumont.

As a reminder, Quad (together with Kissfilms) has produced all of Mohamed Hamidi’s features and also has a number of other movies to its credit, including the films by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano (Untouchable [+leggi anche:
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