The Paris region during the attacks of November 13, 2015 will once again be the scene of a work of fiction.
Filmmaker Cédric Jimenez will shoot mid-May
November
with Jean Dujardin, the production announced on Wednesday.
The film is "a plunge into the heart of anti-terrorism during the five days of tracking that followed the attacks of November 13," said StudioCanal in a press release.
The director, Cédric Jimenez, is used to crime fiction and the world of the police, having already signed
La French
in 2014, in which Jean Dujardin played Judge Michel and his fight to the death against drug trafficking, and
Bac Nord
, which awaits the reopening of the rooms to leave.
On the casting side, Jean Dujardin will be surrounded by Sandrine Kiberlain, Jérémie Renier, Anaïs Demoustier and Sofian Khammes, soon to be featured in
La nuée
.
The screenplay is signed by Olivier Demangel, who notably worked on the
Baron Noir
series
.
Filming, in Île-de-France, Greece and Belgium, is due to begin on May 12 for twelve weeks.
November 13, inspiration of cultural works
Another project,
Un año, una noche
, has just been shot by Spanish filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta, played by Nahuel Perez Biscayart, (
120 Beats per minute
) and Noémie Merlant (
Portrait of the girl on fire
).
The film is adapted from the testimony of a Spanish survivor of the Bataclan attack and is not "about the attack itself", one of the French producers, Jérôme Vidal, recently told AFP .
In addition to these two films in preparation, director Mikhaël Hers directed
Amanda
in 2018, on the story of a little girl who loses her mother in a (fictitious) attack in the Bois de Vincennes, recalling the atmosphere of post-mourning Paris. 13-November.
As for the series, directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache were also inspired by the post-November 13 trauma for
En Thérapie
, broadcast on Arte and which enjoyed significant popularity with more than 41 million online views of its 35 episodes.
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