Rebecca Marder, recently seen in Ozon’s The Stranger, Nadia Melliti, who captured the Cannes Best Actress prize for La petite dernière, and Antoine Reinartz (Anatomy of a Fall) are set to lead the cast of Chercher la fille, the third feature from Thomas Salvador. The Cineuropa folks report that production has already begun in Paris and is scheduled to wrap next month. Salvador and Sophie Cattani round out the ensemble. The film is produced by Julie Salvador, with Olivier Marguerit composing the score and Alexis Kavyrchine serving as cinematographer. Salvador’s last feature was La montagne (2022) – the magical realist alpine misadventure (some rather trippy moments in this film) was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight — so perhaps we are setting this up for a repeat Croisette showcase.
Co-written by Thomas Salvador and Naïla Guiguet, this centers on Chloé, a 30-year-old woman who becomes obsessed with the disappearance of a young woman she has recently met. Convinced that a stranger holds the key to the mystery, she follows him to Brittany, where she recruits Nicolas into an unexpected investigation that gradually transforms into an adventure of its own.
