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Our co-productions currently filming and in post-production
Let’s have a look at our co-productions currently shooting, and those which have recently entered post-production.
In production:
🔸Tour de France, a six episodes series with Joséphine Japy, Julien Frison, Félix Lefebvre and Jonathan Zaccaï on screen. The shooting is taking place between Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Spain.
When Nora, a businesswoman, buys a French cyclist team on the brink of collapse, she believes she can impose her own methods to the peloton. However, on the Tour de France, between Mathias, an injured former star who refuses to fade away, and Ayden, young prodigy who comes out of nowhere to become the hope France has been waiting for, she discovers that a team is forged through in pain and sacrifice. To win, each of them must renounce their personal ambitions and learn to trust one another.
A series directed by Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux and Frédéric Jardin and produced by Fédération Studio France, in association with Prime Video and France Télévisions, and in co-production with Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Cinéma and Umedia.
🔸Peau d’Vache, a six episodes series which shed light on Alice Isaaz and Jean Chevalier as main characters. The shooting is taking place in Rennes and around.
Rudy is an intransigent agricultural advisor, nicknamed Peau d’Vache by everyone. During a historical drought, he fails to save Bastien, his childhood friend, who, pushed to the brink, takes his own life. To protect Marianne, Bastien’s widow, from the farm’s crushing debts, Rudy covers up the suicide and makes it look like an accident. For the first time in his life, Rudy begins to question the system he has always defended.
A series directed by Louis Farge, and produced by Gaumont télévision, in co-production with Arte France and Umedia.
🔸Le Client est roi, a comedy that gathers Christian Clavier, Maxime Gasteuil et François Berléand on the big screen. The shooting is mostly taking place in Ibiza.
Philippe, a divorced man set in his ways, is embarked in a series of wild adventures in Ibiza after striking a deal with his new girlfriend’s teenager. He soon finds himself in a luxury hotel which is on the edge of bankruptcy.
A film directed by Arnaud Lemort, and produced by Curiosa Films and Ouille Productions, in co-production with Umedia, and with the support of Wallimage.
🔸Sonny et ses frères, a film starring Tahar Rahim and Louis Memmis as main characters. The shooting is mostly taking place in Essonne.
Abandoned at birth, Sonny infiltrates the world of traveling fairs to get closer to his father, Marco, a former stunt star he has never known. One night, Dawson, the legitimate son and chosen successor of Marco, mysteriously disappears. Meanwhile suspicions and paranoia spread through the community, Sonny sets out to take his missing brother’s place.
A film directed by Jean-Bernard Marlin and produced by Curiosa Films and Vatos Locos Productions, in co-production with France 2 Cinéma, Pathé and Umedia.
Soon on your screens: three co-productions in post-production:
🔸The Lady Grace Mysteries – Season 2, a series adapted from Patricia Finney’s youth novels. The shooting took place in Brussels and in the North-Est of England.
During a dangerous undercover mission to save Sir Francis Drake, Grace comes face to face with Marie, Queen of Scotland. But she discovers, astonished, that her feared enemy is a teenager, just like her! Determined to protect Queen Elisabeh, Grace sets out to put an end to the rivalry between Elisabeth and Marie. However, she must navigate the intrigues of the royal court while facing the constant challenges of being a teenager to succeed.
A series directed by Louise Ní Fhiannachta and Jordan Hoog, and produced by Cottonwood Media, in co-production with BBC Studios, ZDF Studios, Be-FILMS and Umedia.
🔸Monarch of the Glen, a romantic and humorous series with Julia Brown as the main character. The shooting took place between Scotland and Northern Irland.
Isla, a London lawyer, finds herself back at her family’s Highland estate in Northern Irland for her estranged father’s funeral, but expects to be gone in days. Instead, she discovers she has inherited an enormous debt, a bank closing in and a brother who refuses to let go of their ancestral home. Under the same roof for the first time in years, both of them will have to find a way to save the struggling estate before time runs out.
A series directed by Tom Vaughan and produced by Ecosse Films, Northern Irland Screen, Channel 5 and Metropolitan, in co-production with Umedia.
🔸Le Grand Réveil, a film with a casting composed of Anthony Bajon and Benjamin Lavernhe. The shooting took place between Lille and Paris.
Paul, a reporter, is assigned to investigate the world of conspiracy theory. As his investigation unfolds, he uncovers a radicalized cell plotting violent attacks and comes face to face with both fanatical activists and some of the movement’s most dangerous figures. Gaining their trust, Paul infiltrates increasingly secretive circles, until he finds himself trapped by his own undercover mission.
A film directed by Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas and produced by Les Idiots and Tandem, in co-production with Pictanovo and Umedia
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