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‘Stillwater’ Writer Noé Debré Talks Feature Debut ‘A Nice Jewish Boy,’ Reveals New Projects With Tom McCarthy, Alexander Payne (EXCLUSIVE)
Writer-director Noé Debré tackles urban alienation with a bittersweet directorial debut, while developing new projects with U.S. auteurs.
Noé Debré, the co-writer of “Dheepan” and “Stillwater” and creator of the European Parliament sendup series “Parlement,” marks his feature directorial debut with the bittersweet comedy “A Good Jewish Boy.” Produced by Moonshaker, sold by Charades and making its world market premiere at this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris, the freewheeling film follows a 27-year-old man-child Beliisha (Michael Zindel) and his ailing mother, Giselle (Agnès Jaoui), who together make up the last remaining Jews living in a working class neighborhood that all of their friends and family have long since fled. In fact, I designed the film around star Michael Zindel’s comic persona; he has the same energy as Chaplin or Peter Sellers in “Being There.” He’s such a singular presence.
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