23/08/2017 - Lily-Rose Depp, Laurent Lafitte and Camille Cottin are among the cast of the second feature by the director, staged by Kazak Productions and to be shot in the autumn

The final preparations are under way ahead of the autumn shoot for the second feature by Vincent Mariette, Savage [+see also:
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Written by the director together with Marie Amachoukeli (Party Girl [+see also:
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Produced by Amaury Ovise for Kazak Productions (a partner of the director’s ever since his short films), Savage has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and OCS, and is benefiting from support from the CNC’s advance on receipts, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, and the Cinemage and Cofimage Soficas. The seven-week shoot will take place this autumn in Dordogne. The French distribution will be entrusted to Diaphana Distribution, while the international sales are at an advanced stage of negotiations.

Kazak Productions (also headed up by Jean-Christophe Reymond) will bring out The Price of Success [+see also:
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(Translated from French)