Exclusive: Deutschland 83 co-creator Jörg Winger’s latest drama series Ouija has added Starzplay as co-producer and the show has set cast, Deadline can reveal.
Co-created by Thomas Bourguignon (Réunions), the France Télévisions series was one of the first development projects detailed when Winger unveiled the Fremantle-backed Big Window Productions, which sits within his former company UFA Fiction. Ouija is co-produced by Big Window and Kwaï, another Fremantle label. Bourguignon is directing.
Principal photography has kicked off in Nice and the surrounding area, with Ophelia Kolb, Katharina Schüttler, Stefan Konarske and Bruno Solo set to lead.
The fast-paced supernatural coming-of-age story recalls the creators’ time partaking in German-French exchange programs.
Set against the backdrop of a generational saga, the six-parter focuses on such an exchange taking place during the 1982 football World Cup but tells the story of characters from three generations – one who fought during World War Two, one...
Co-created by Thomas Bourguignon (Réunions), the France Télévisions series was one of the first development projects detailed when Winger unveiled the Fremantle-backed Big Window Productions, which sits within his former company UFA Fiction. Ouija is co-produced by Big Window and Kwaï, another Fremantle label. Bourguignon is directing.
Principal photography has kicked off in Nice and the surrounding area, with Ophelia Kolb, Katharina Schüttler, Stefan Konarske and Bruno Solo set to lead.
The fast-paced supernatural coming-of-age story recalls the creators’ time partaking in German-French exchange programs.
Set against the backdrop of a generational saga, the six-parter focuses on such an exchange taking place during the 1982 football World Cup but tells the story of characters from three generations – one who fought during World War Two, one...
- 5/18/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
"Mortel" is the France-produced fantasy TV series, created by Frédéric Garcia, starring Carl Malapa, Nemo Schiffman and Manon Bresch, streaming Season1 November 21, 2019 on Netflix:
"...after making a deal with a supernatural figure, two high schoolers emerge with extraordinary powers and join forces to solve a crime..."
Cast also includes Corentin Fila, Anaïs Thomas, Firmine Richard, Raphaëlle Agogué, Marvin Dubart, Léa Léviant, Assa Sylla
and Stéphane Brel.
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"...after making a deal with a supernatural figure, two high schoolers emerge with extraordinary powers and join forces to solve a crime..."
Cast also includes Corentin Fila, Anaïs Thomas, Firmine Richard, Raphaëlle Agogué, Marvin Dubart, Léa Léviant, Assa Sylla
and Stéphane Brel.
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- 11/8/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"I think he fancies you." Film Movement has debuted an official trailer for an indie romantic drama titled The Sower, originally Le Semeur in French. Adapted from Violette Ailhaud's novel, and directed by first-time filmmaker Marine Francen, the film is set in 1851 and is about a small farming village in the Lower Alps that is cutoff from all men. France's autocratic President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte has ordered the arrest of all the men, and so the women take an oath: if a man comes, they will share him as a lover. When a mysterious and handsome stranger arrives, he ignites passions and jealousies that threaten to destroy the tight-knit community. The Sower stars Pauline Burlet as Violette, along with Geraldine Pailhas, Alban Lenoir, Iliana Zabeth, Francoise Lebrun, and Raphaëlle Agogué. Shot in 1.37:1, this looks like it has some lush, gorgeous cinematography amidst all the heavy sexual tension and infighting.
- 3/7/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Chef Mate: Cohen’s Poke at the Restaurant World Written for Fast Food Mentality
Connoisseurs of world food porn will perhaps take keen interest in the Gallic trifle, Le Chef, a 2012 title finally unfurling stateside this summer. So wan and frothy with its generic little plot, even fans of Jean Reno will be slightly disappointed at the saccharine ambivalence evident in every aspect. Hardly as sophisticated as other recently released French food fare, like Catherine Frot headlined Haute Cuisine, or even similarly themed American titles like Jon Favreau’s Chef, director Daniel Cohen would seem inspired by a growing universal trend in the appeal of food themes, even though it technically was written and filmed before these. While it’s certainly not a terrible endeavor to experience (to its credit, the film is certainly better than Roger Gaul’s Tasting Menu) Cohen seems perfectly fine with resting in the gutter of floundering cliché,...
Connoisseurs of world food porn will perhaps take keen interest in the Gallic trifle, Le Chef, a 2012 title finally unfurling stateside this summer. So wan and frothy with its generic little plot, even fans of Jean Reno will be slightly disappointed at the saccharine ambivalence evident in every aspect. Hardly as sophisticated as other recently released French food fare, like Catherine Frot headlined Haute Cuisine, or even similarly themed American titles like Jon Favreau’s Chef, director Daniel Cohen would seem inspired by a growing universal trend in the appeal of food themes, even though it technically was written and filmed before these. While it’s certainly not a terrible endeavor to experience (to its credit, the film is certainly better than Roger Gaul’s Tasting Menu) Cohen seems perfectly fine with resting in the gutter of floundering cliché,...
- 7/21/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
In spite of the dramatic potential in the real events this Julien Leclercq thriller is based upon, not to mention the credentials of the leading cast – regrettably The Informant is a somewhat generic production, that neither does little to impress nor offend. While making for extremely easy viewing in that regard, you can’t but expect something more accomplished and distinctive.
Set in 1980s Gibraltar, Gilles Lellouche plays Marc Duval, a seemingly untroubled owner of a bar, living a secluded existence with his wife Clara (Raphaëlle Agogué) and young child. However his lust for a more affluent lifestyle is put to the test when he’s approached by customs officer Redjani Belimane (Tahar Rahim) to work as an informant, and tell the authorities of any drug smuggling he comes across. As the money starts flowing, Marc becomes obsessed with this vocation, and though his family are put in danger, he...
Set in 1980s Gibraltar, Gilles Lellouche plays Marc Duval, a seemingly untroubled owner of a bar, living a secluded existence with his wife Clara (Raphaëlle Agogué) and young child. However his lust for a more affluent lifestyle is put to the test when he’s approached by customs officer Redjani Belimane (Tahar Rahim) to work as an informant, and tell the authorities of any drug smuggling he comes across. As the money starts flowing, Marc becomes obsessed with this vocation, and though his family are put in danger, he...
- 4/24/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Xavier Palud, the director of the ridiculously bad remake of The Eye and the stellar little French film Ils (Them), is back with another tale of murder and mayhem from his homeland. Get ready to meet the Blind Man, or À l'aveugle for you purists out there, in this new trailer.
Directed by Palud and produced by Luc Besson (Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element), the flick stars Jacques Gamblin, Lambert Wilson, Raphaëlle Agogué, and Nathalie Vignes.
In the film Gamblin plays a solitary cop investigating a cold case, who suspects that a blind man (Wilson) is the killer, sparking a battle of wits between the two. Look for domestic release details soon as the flick has just entered post-production.
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Directed by Palud and produced by Luc Besson (Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element), the flick stars Jacques Gamblin, Lambert Wilson, Raphaëlle Agogué, and Nathalie Vignes.
In the film Gamblin plays a solitary cop investigating a cold case, who suspects that a blind man (Wilson) is the killer, sparking a battle of wits between the two. Look for domestic release details soon as the flick has just entered post-production.
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- 1/24/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Back in December, we got our first look at Forum Expanded, a program of exhibitions, performances and other works that don't necessarily entail lowering the lights and peering straight ahead at the big white screen. So we already know that we'll be seeing new work by Luke Fowler, Harun Farocki and many others. The first of today's announcements from the Berlinale (February 9 through 19) fills in the details.
The addition, for example, of whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir (image above) by Eve Sussman/Rufus Corporation, "a film edited live in real time which shows a man under surveillance in a fictional East European city," solidifies the impression that Forum Expanded is a rough equivalent of Toronto's Future Projections program and Sundance's New Frontier since, by the time it rolls into Berlin, it'll already have been presented by both.
Other notable additions since December's announcement: Luc Moullet's "uncompleted project about two thieves (mother and daughter...
The addition, for example, of whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir (image above) by Eve Sussman/Rufus Corporation, "a film edited live in real time which shows a man under surveillance in a fictional East European city," solidifies the impression that Forum Expanded is a rough equivalent of Toronto's Future Projections program and Sundance's New Frontier since, by the time it rolls into Berlin, it'll already have been presented by both.
Other notable additions since December's announcement: Luc Moullet's "uncompleted project about two thieves (mother and daughter...
- 1/23/2012
- MUBI
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