Quebec filmmaker Sophie Deraspe (to whom we owe Antigone) is back behind the camera for a brand new film, titled Shepherd.
The shooting of the feature film, inspired by the novel Where are you from, shepherd? by Mathyas Lefebure, began on May 22 in Arles, in the south of France. It will end on July 7 in the Alps.
Shepherd tells the story of Mathyas (played by Quebecer Félix-Antoine Duval), a man losing his senses who decides to leave his job as an advertiser in Montreal for that of a shepherd in Provence. However, his journey towards pastoral tranquility will be strewn with obstacles…
The film is a Canada-France co-production (micro_scope and the French company Avenue B); Sophie Deraspe and Mathyas Lefebure sign the adaptation. Shepherd will be released in Quebec in 2024.