variety.com
45%
183
Playtime Acquires Philippe Le Guay’s Thriller ‘The Man From the Basement’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentPlaytime has acquired international sales rights to Philippe Le Guay’s “The Man From the Basement,” a Paris-set thriller produced by Anne-Dominique Toussaint’s Les Films des Tournelles.Now in post, the film shot during the lockdown on location in Paris, with a stellar cast including François Cluzet (“Intouchables,” “Sink or Swim”), Jérémie Renier (“Slalom”), Bérénice Bejo (“The Artist,” “The Past”) and Jonathan Zaccaï (“The Bureau”).Written by Le Guay, Gilles Taurand, the critically acclaimed screenwriter of “Wild Reeds” and “Farewell, My Queen,” and Marc Weitzmann, a French journalist and novelist.The thought-provoking thriller revolves around a Parisian couple who decide to sell an unsanitary
