Get the latest gossip
‘A Little Something Extra,’ Starring Actors With Disabilities, Dethrones ‘Dune 2’ at French Box Office and Sparks Remake Deals
"A Little Something Extra," a French comedy featuring non-professional actors with disabilities, has smashed the box office in France.
It’s a mighty feat, considering that that unlike “La Famille Belier,” in which the deaf and speech-disabled characters are played by bankable European stars — Karin Viard and Francois Damiens — “A Little Something Extra” has an ensemble cast of young non-professionals with different types of disabilities. “A Little Something Extra” marks the feature directing debut of Artus, a well-known French standup comedian who also stars alongside Clovis Cornillac(“Brice de Nice”) as a son and his father who rob a shop in a small town and hop on a bus to lay low without realizing that it’s taking them to a summer camp for young adults with disabilities. “It was a long journey to source this MG; we got it together from nine partners,” says Wong, citing financial institutions, Cineaxe, Entourage and Cinecap; as well as BNParibas’ fund dedicated to first films, as well as three indie producers, Vincent Roger at Same Player, who is currently behind Netflix’ hit shark movie “Under Paris,” Echo Studio and Cabo.
Or read this on Variety