‘Magnetic Beats’ Director Sets Crime Thriller ‘De Grace’ for Mediawan Banner, Arte France (EXCLUSIVE)
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentVincent Maël Cardona, whose 2021 pic “Magnetic Beats” won a prize at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight and a Cesar Award for best first film, is set to direct “De Grâce,” a sprawling crime thriller unfolding in the northern French port city of Le Havre. The series is being co-produced and commissioned by Arte France (“En thérapie,” “Real Humans”), and is produced by Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin (“Two of Us,” “The Velvet Queen”) at Ego Productions, a Mediawan company. Belgium’s Savage Films is co-producing.