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José Garcia

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Twenty years ago we met Quelqu’un de bien (someone good) on our beaches, as stated in the film you shot in Dinard under the direction of Patrick Timsit. Eight years earlier, we discovered you alongside Antoine de Caunes and Philippe Gildas on the set of Nulle Part Ailleurs. Every evening you played a different character. […]

Oulaya Amamra

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In 2016 Houda Benyamina, won all the prizes awarded to a first film at Cannes, the Lumières and the César awards. The same was true for her two actors, Oulaya Amamra (César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2017) and Déborah Lukumuena. First noticed as Héloïse Martin’s best friend in Alexandre Castagnetti’s “Tamara”, Oulaya went […]

Hugo Gélin

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Jean Dujardin, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Niney, Omar Sy, Mélanie Thierry, Franç ois Civil… This dream casting exists, it is that of Hugo Gélin’s career, from his short films to his features. Pierre Niney played alongside Nicolas Duvauchelle, Mélanie Thierry and Franç ois-Xavier Demaison in “Comme des frères”, his first film released in 2012.His second film, […]

Alice Pol

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Alice Pol is a faithful actress: when she films once with an artist, she likes to repeat the experience. She made her debut in the cinema in “Vilaine” alongside Marylou Berry, whom she later reunited with for “Joséphine”. She also crossed paths twice with director Jean-Pierre Améris (“Romantics Anonymous” and “I feel better”) or Guillaume […]

George Blagden

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George Blagden is best known for leading television roles in the historical dramas Versailles and Vikings, where he plays King Louis XIV and the Anglo-Saxon monk Athelstan respectively and the episode Hang the DJ in the Black Mirror series where he plays Lenny His current film releases include Rubikon which premiered at Karlovy Vary and […]

Sofia Essaïdi

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French-Moroccan actress, songwriter and singer Sofia Essaïdi was revealed at the age of eighteen when she competed in Star Academy. This was followed by an international tour and a first album, Mon Cabaret, in 2005. After playing the famous Cleopatra and Velma Kelly (Chicago) on stage, Sofia received the Prix des Jeunes Talents in 2010 […]

Adrian Lester

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Award-winning actor and director Adrian Lester CBE started his career with a string of successful West End productions including Sweeny Todd and Company, for which he received an Olivier Award for Best Actor. He played Hamlet directed by Peter Brook and starred as Henry V and Othello at the National Theatre. He played Ira Aldridge in Red Velvet in London and New […]