Emmanuelle Bercot begins filming her new film with Marion Cotillard and Benoit Magimel
She will direct Marion Cotillard for the first time in L’Enragé, a historical film.
Five years later During his lifetimeEmmanuelle Bercot returns to the camera for her ninth feature film.
Currently showing in Martin Jauvat’s comedy, City fuck (photo above) she put on her director’s outfit again to launch the filming of The madmana historical drama adapted from the novel of the same name by Sorj Chalandon.
Co-written with Armel Gourvennec, the screenplay takes place in 1934 in the children’s penal colony of Belle-Île-en-Mer, where “56 kids beaten and humiliated by their guards, revolt and manage to escape. But surrounded by the sea, they are quickly captured and sent back to prison. All except one. Jules Bonneau, nicknamed La Tigne, a skinned teenager who finds refuge with Anne and Jean Kadarn, a nurse and a fisherman with progressive ideas. Jules struggles to survive, driven by the rage that forged him. In the heart of violence, an unexpected light can emerge.”
The film features Marion Cotillard in the cast, who collaborates for the first time with Emmanuelle Bercot.
We will also find Benoît Magimel, a regular of the director after Head held high (2015), The Girl from Brest (2016) and During his lifetime (2021). They are joined by Aaron Debarre, Robin Dancoing and Christophe Montien (Comédie-Française) to complete the cast.
Produced by Les Films du Worso (Sylvie Palat, Benoît Quainon) and Pathé (Ardavan Safaee), which holds all the mandates, The madman promises to be an ambitious and poignant project.
No release date yet.
