Last week began the shoot of the new film from Giordano Gederlini, screenwriter on Ladj Ly’s recent film Les Misérables [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ladj Ly
scheda film], winner of the Jury Prize in Cannes and of the César award for Best Film, but also on Olivier Masset-Depasse’s Mothers’ Instinct [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Olivier Masset-Depasse
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scheda film] by François Troukens and Jean-François Hensgens. Giordano Gederlini presents On the Edge [+leggi anche:
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The film follows the journey of Leo Castaneda. Leo is a Spanish man living in Brussels, where he drives the subway trains of line 6. One evening, he locks eyes with a young man standing on the platform. His eyes are feverish with despair, his face familiar… Leo recognises his son Hugo, just as the latter tragically disappears under the rails. Leo, who hadn’t seen his son for more than two years, will discover that Hugo was involved in a bloody robbery. He will have to face violent criminals in order to try and understand the reasons behind his son’s death. 

Leo will be played by Spanish actor Antonio de la Torre (seen in Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pedro Almodóvar
intervista: Pénélope Cruz
scheda film] and I'm So Excited [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Álex de la Iglesia
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intervista: Alberto Rodríguez
scheda film]). Facing him will be French actress Marine Vacth, revealed in François Ozon’s Jeune et jolie [+leggi anche:
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intervista: François Ozon
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Co-starring in the film with them will be many Belgian actors, including Olivier Gourmet, Fabrice Adde, Tibo Vandenborre and Noé Englebert.

The film is produced by Frakas Production (which is also handling the filming, currently in progress, of Inexorable [+leggi anche:
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