Marrakech — “Astrakan” director David Depesseville is following on from his debut feature, which plays in man competition at the Marrakech Film Festival, with a second film looking at another real-life French child drama.
Although he’s keeping most specific details under wraps, he’s written the script for his follow-up film, which he will also direct. Carole Chassaing and Anaïs Feuillette are producing.
“Les Nuits d’Octobre” is, he tells Variety, based on the true story of a child that was murdered in France in 2005, followed by a trial in 2015. Depesseville is interested in how the story was told in France.
“I took lots of notes. I was very involved in this trial. It’s my account of what happened.”
On a slightly lighter note, scheduled to shoot next autumn is a short film about three brothers reunited by their mothers’ death called “Le Tremblement.”
“Each film has the right length and medium,...
Although he’s keeping most specific details under wraps, he’s written the script for his follow-up film, which he will also direct. Carole Chassaing and Anaïs Feuillette are producing.
“Les Nuits d’Octobre” is, he tells Variety, based on the true story of a child that was murdered in France in 2005, followed by a trial in 2015. Depesseville is interested in how the story was told in France.
“I took lots of notes. I was very involved in this trial. It’s my account of what happened.”
On a slightly lighter note, scheduled to shoot next autumn is a short film about three brothers reunited by their mothers’ death called “Le Tremblement.”
“Each film has the right length and medium,...
- 11/19/2022
- by Liza Foreman
- Variety Film + TV
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