EXCLUSIVE: Syrine Boulanouar shoots Bombonera

12/11/2024 – Soufiane Guerrab, Emma Boumali and Vimala Pons in the casting of the filmmaker’s first fiction feature, produced by Unité

Since last month, Syrine Boulanouar tours in the Paris region candy boxhis first fiction feature film after the documentary The wandering stars (which he co-directed with Nekfeu).

In the casting stand out Soufiane Guerrab (especially appreciated in Low level [+lire aussi :
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interview : Bertrand Mandico
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interview : Carine Tardieu
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Written by the director with Karim Boukercha (The world is yours [+lire aussi :
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Produced by Bruno Nahon et Thomas Morvan for Unit, candy box was pre-purchased by Netflix and benefits from the support of the advance on receipts from the CNC and Sofica Sofitvciné. The 30 days of filming take place in the Paris region with Fabio Caldironi in the direction of photography. French distribution and international sales will be announced later.

For the record, Unité has to its recent credit Souleymane’s story [+lire aussi :
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