Late 2018, the US producers of Unsolved Mysteries reached out to us for a cine documentary they were pitching to Netflix. It was about a famous French crime story known as the "Dupont de Ligonnes" case.
They’ve asked me to make research about the case, source the voices that could tell the story and all the people who had previously worked on solving the case. After a month of research, the pitch was ready, sent and approved by Netflix.
January 2019, we entered in the production process, budgeting the projet, hiring the best bilingual local crew, renting high rang camera, light and grip equipment, looking for various locations in Paris, Nantes and south of France.
The shoot took place in May 2019. It was decided that the voices of the story would be the attorney of the suspect’s family, a crime investigation journalist, a childhood friend, two neighbors and a retired policeman. We also had actors (the main suspect, the family members, policemen, forensic) and a lot of recreation scenes to shoot.
Here's a selection of some behind the scenes pictures:
This shoot could not have happen without our amazing French team:
Fixer: Cléophée Demoustier
Line Producer: Atlas Vidal de la Blache
First Assistant camera: Margaux Hallenstein
Second Assistant camera: Vincent Vandries
Assistant director: Guy William ADOH
Gaffer : Benjamin Masset
Gaffer South : Patrick Allard
Grip: Tristan Morin
Grip South: Philippe Marton
Swing: Benoit Morvan
Audio Mixer Gaetan Chodzko
Audio Mixer South Frédéric Buy
Locations Manager Renata Pepper
Art Director Nicolas Desmarest
Art Director assistant: Thomas Fevre et Mathieu Jourdan
Translator Alexis PLOSSIGNAC
PA #1/Camera Pierre Emmanuel Jue
PA #2/Crew Florian Morel
PA #3/Crew Paris Ryan KHOOBARRY
PA#4/Crew Nantes Lisa PEROUSSE
PA#5/Crew Roquebrunes Stephane Defolie
Drone Pilote: Walter ROMAND
Drone operator: Lucien Duris
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