And A little something extra d’Artus broke all records with nearly 11 million spectators in theaters, second in the rankings is not very far away. Worn by Pierre Niney and with a 5-star cast, The Count of Montecristo exceeded 9 million admissions, making it one of the greatest successes in the history of French cinema. A huge success, especially for its main producer, Dimitri Rassam, who must obviously be very happy with the French interest in great romantic adventures, like the one written by Alexandre Dumas.
For his next project, Carole Bouquet’s son decided to tackle a monument of French literature, The Cursed Kings by the writer Maurice Druon. “My conviction is that there is a treasure trove of stories in European heritage, and that we can tell them from Europe”he explains this Tuesday, December 17, in an interview given to Figaro. To carry out this project, Charlotte Casiraghi’s ex has just launched a new project called Yapluka, a European financing fund. “This new structure has just raised several tens of millions of euros from Pathé, M6, CMA Médias and ‘family offices’”, as detailed by our colleagues.
Yapluka, a structure dedicated to European cinema
“I am delighted to bring together in this round table actors whose ambition in cinema is galvanizing. (…) There is a need for ambitious European groupscapable of financing films with strong international potential whose budget ranges between 20 and 80 million euros”adds the one who spoke of his sometimes complex relationship with Carole Bouquet. For this particularly ambitious project, Dimitri Rassam “does not hide being inspired by the functioning of the Americans Legendary, at the origin of the Dune saga, and Media Rights Capital, or ‘the great era of EuropaCorp’ by Luc Besson”. With this new structure, which he promoted on his Instagram account, the 43-year-old producer and his Yapluka platform will make it possible to finance “three to four films of European ambition per year”.
A new large-scale project for Dimitri Rassam, who intends to establish himself as a major player in European cinema.
