Jamie Parker takes starring role in Le Weekend
The Hide producer Christopher Granier-Deferre is making his directorial debut with Le Weekend, a black comedy written by Geoffrey Gunn.
The History Boys actor Jamie Parker stars alongside rising French actor Pierre Perrier and British newcomer Kirsty Oswald.
The film centres around two reckless romantics on a doomed weekend in Normandy who find themselves sharing their idyllic love nest with a disturbed fugitive.
Granier-Deferre is also producing the film, which will be a French-British co-production between his company Poisson Rouge Pictures and Le Weekend Films.
Catherine Vetere is producing with Dominique Boutonnat associate producing.
Shooting is currently underway in Normandy, moving on to Portsmouth and London.
