PRODUCTION / FUNDING France / Belgium
End of filming in sight for Morgan Simon’s A Free Woman
- The French director has assembled a cast composed of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Félix Lefebvre and Lubna Azabal for his second feature, steered by Trois Brigands Productions and Wild Bunch
The final clapperboard is due to slam on 9 March on A Free Woman, Morgan Simon’s second feature film after A Taste of Ink [+see also:
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For the occasion, the filmmaker has pulled together a cast composed of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (recently nominated for the 2022 Best Actress Cesar via The Divide [+see also:
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interview: François Ozon
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Written by the director himself, the story revolves around Nicole and her son Serge. Living in a tower block apartment on the outskirts of Paris, they enjoy a symbiotic love which thrives against all odds. But, as the Christmas holidays approach, Nicole has her cheque book and debit card confiscated, turning their relationship and their lives upside down…
A Free Woman is produced by Fanny Yvonnet for Trois Brigands Productions and by Florence Gastaud for Wild Bunch (who are also steering cinema distribution), with the movie likewise benefitting from the involvement of Belgium’s Frakas Productions in co-production, but also from pre-purchasing agreements courtesy of Canal+ and Ciné+.
(Translated from French)
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