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Orange Studio Nabs Daniel Auteuil Legal Thriller ‘An Ordinary Case’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Launching at Unifrance's Rendezvous in Paris, Daniel Auteuil's psychological thriller 'An Ordinary Case' puts the French justice system on the stand.
Top-lined, co-written and directed by French cinema stalwart Daniel Auteuil, this pulled-from-the-headlines drama also boasts “Borgen” and “Westworld” star Sidse Babett Knudsen alongside acclaimed actor Grégory Gadebois (“An Officer and a Spy”). Auteuil adapted the feature from the work of Jean-Yves Moyart – a jurist-turned-blogger-turned-bestselling author who wrote of his experiences in the French legal system – and will star as Jean Monier, a disillusioned lawyer defending a man accused of murdering his wife. Following in the footsteps of Alice Diop’s Venice and César winner “Saint Omer,” of Cédric Kahn’s Cannes-acclaimed “The Goldman Case,” and of Justine Triet’s awards juggernaut “Anatomy of a Fall,” this latest legal drama once again proves that the courtroom has become a galvanizing setting in contemporary French cinema.
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