Cedric Jimenez’s action thriller “The Stronghold” won the Cesar Award which was voted on by nearly 2,000 students from French high schools in France, the U.K., Mayotte and Japan.
The Studiocanal film, which was produced by Hugo Sélignac at Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, a Mediawan company, was nominated for seven Cesar Awards, including best film and two actor nods. Both Jimenez and Selignac were honored at the ceremony which was attended by the Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer and Veronique Cayla, the president of the Cesar Academy.
Headlined by a French cast comprising Gilles Lellouche, Francois Civil, Karim Leklou, Adele Exarchopoulos (“Blue Is the Warmest Color”) and Kenza Fortas, “The Stronghold” is inspired by a true story and follows a police brigade in a crime-ridden neighborhood of Marseille.
After world premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, the film was released in French theaters by Studiocanal and became one of 2021’s rare local box office hits,...
The Studiocanal film, which was produced by Hugo Sélignac at Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, a Mediawan company, was nominated for seven Cesar Awards, including best film and two actor nods. Both Jimenez and Selignac were honored at the ceremony which was attended by the Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer and Veronique Cayla, the president of the Cesar Academy.
Headlined by a French cast comprising Gilles Lellouche, Francois Civil, Karim Leklou, Adele Exarchopoulos (“Blue Is the Warmest Color”) and Kenza Fortas, “The Stronghold” is inspired by a true story and follows a police brigade in a crime-ridden neighborhood of Marseille.
After world premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, the film was released in French theaters by Studiocanal and became one of 2021’s rare local box office hits,...
- 3/10/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
French cinemas have been shut since the end of last October, after 14-week closure last spring.
The French government could be on the verge of giving cinemas the green light to reopen from May 17 after nearly six months of closure, according to local media reports.
The speculation was sparked by a report in the satirical weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaîné on Wednesday (April 21), that culture minister Roselyne Bachelot had secured a government commitment to reopen all cultural places, including cinemas, from mid-May.
France has been under a second national lockdown since the beginning of April due to a third wave...
The French government could be on the verge of giving cinemas the green light to reopen from May 17 after nearly six months of closure, according to local media reports.
The speculation was sparked by a report in the satirical weekly newspaper Le Canard enchaîné on Wednesday (April 21), that culture minister Roselyne Bachelot had secured a government commitment to reopen all cultural places, including cinemas, from mid-May.
France has been under a second national lockdown since the beginning of April due to a third wave...
- 4/22/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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