Orange Studio has boarded true-crime-tinged psychological thriller “An Atypical Case” and can launch gross sales at this week’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris. High-lined, co-written and directed by French cinema stalwart Daniel Auteuil, this pulled-from-the-headlines drama additionally boasts “Borgen” and “Westworld” star Sidse Babett Knudsen alongside acclaimed actor Grégory Gadebois (“An Officer and a Spy”).

Auteuil tailored the function from the work of Jean-Yves Moyart – a jurist-turned-blogger-turned-bestselling creator who wrote of his experiences within the French authorized system – and can star as Jean Monier, a disillusioned lawyer defending a person accused of murdering his spouse. Whereas all indicators level to the accused’s guilt, Monier stays steadfast in his presumption of innocence. What begins as an atypical case seems to be something however.

Following within 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 newest authorized drama as soon as once more proves that the courtroom has grow to be a galvanizing setting in up to date French cinema.

“[‘An Ordinary Case’] actually focuses on what it means to be a felony lawyer,” says Orange gross sales chief Charlotte Boucon. “All the pieces falls on their shoulders, so what does that imply, how does that have an effect on somebody in a private {and professional} means? That is additionally an vital movie for Daniel Auteuil, who everyone knows as an actor, and who has actually emerged as an auteur.”

The upcoming Unifrance Rendez-Vous can even host the market premieres of Tamer Ruggli’s “Again to Alexandria,” with Nadine Labaki (“Capernaum”) and Fanny Ardant (“The Younger Lovers”), Isabelle Brocard’s “Madame de Sevigné,” led by Karin Viard (“La Famille Belier”) and Ana Girardot (“Again to Burgundy”), and Baptiste Debraux’s “Chasing Johnny,” which stars Bastien Bouillon (“The Evening of the 12th”) and Léa Drucker (“Final Summer time”).

Rounding out Orange Studio’s slate are Aude Léa Rapin’s sci-fi thriller “Planet B,” with Adèle Exarchopulos, Carine Tardieu’s starry household drama “The Ties that Bind Us,” led by Pio Marmaï (“The Three Musketeers”), Raphaël Quenard (“Junkyard Canine”) and Vimala Pons (“Elle”), and the Nineteen Forties struggle drama “The Final Males,” from “Shut Enemies” director David Oelhoffen.