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THE BLACK HEART OF THE FOREST (LE CŒUR NOIR DES FORETS)
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Post-Production - FRENCH - Drama - 95 minutes




Previous markets

  • Cannes 2010 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2018 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2020

Director(s) : Serge MIRZABEKIANTZ
 Writer(s) : Serge MIRZABEKIANTZ, Patrick DELPERDANGE, Benjamin D'AOUST
 Cast : Elsa HOUBEN, Aurélia PETIT

 Producer(s) : Anthony REY (Hélicotronc), Ron DYENS (SACREBLEU PRODUCTIONS)

Synopsis

Nicholas is 16 and lives in a foster home. His girlfriend Camille is several months pregnant. They decide to run away and hide in the forest to see the pregnancy through, making sure that no-one comes to get in their way.
It is in the heart of this mysterious forest that Nicholas will discover his past as an abandoned child.
Through the trials and encounters that he faces, he will become a man, and the father that he never had.
But what must he sacrifice?

Production

Country(ies) : BELGIUM, FRANCE

 Financing plan : Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles
Proximus
Shelter Prod
Région Bourgogne Franche-Conté
Eurométropole de Strasbourg

 Start of shooting : October 2018

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