09/03/2018 - The cast of this Diaphana production, which will be sold by Playtime, includes Juliette Binoche, François Civil, Nicole Garcia, Charles Berling and Guillaume Gouix

Since 28 February, Safy Nebbou has been in Paris shooting Who You Think I Am [+see also:
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For the cast, the filmmaker has enlisted the services of Juliette Binoche (Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1997 and nominated for Best Actress in 2001, Best Actress Award at Cannes in 2010, at Berlin in 1997 and at Venice in 1993, popular recently in Bright Sunshine In [+see also:
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Written by the director together with Julie Peyr (nominated for the César Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2016 for My Golden Days [+see also:
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Produced by Michel Saint-Jean for Diaphana Films (which has worked with Safy Nebbou twice in the past), Who You Think I Am is being co-produced by France 3 Cinéma and by Belgian outfit Scope Pictures. Having been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature is also being backed by the La Banque Postale Image, Manon and Cinécapital Soficas. The shoot will continue for 43 days, with Gilles Porte serving as DoP. Interestingly, the music will be composed by Ibrahim Maalouf (the winner of the César and Lumières Award in his respective category in 2017 for In the Forests of Siberia, also nominated for the César Award in 2015 for Yves Saint Laurent [+see also:
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(Translated from French)