In a double Virginie Efira casting news type of day, we learn that after dropping in Rebecca Zlotowski’s Vie Privée, the actress will move into the arms (or away) of Arieh Worthalter (from career game-changing The Goldman Case) in Thomas Kruithof’s third feature film. The cineuropa folks report that production on Les Braises has started — so this means Efira has a meatier role here. The French filmmaker has a pair of films under his belt with 2016’s The Eavesdropper (La Mécanique de l’Ombre) and Les Promesses – the 2021 film with Isabelle Huppert and premiered in Venice. 24 25 Films’ Thibault Gast and Matthias Weber are producing — production will last until December. Christophe Beaucarne is the cinematographer here.
Co-written by Thomas Kruithof and Jean-Baptiste Delafon, this follows Karine and Jimmy, a close-knit couple whose lives are thrown into turmoil when Karine becomes involved in the social uprising sweeping the nation.
