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The Boss and the Customs Officer: Julie Le Breton and Édouard Baer star in Manon Briand’s next film

Julie Le Breton and French actor Édouard Baer will defend the lead roles in the comedy The boss and the customs officerQuebec director Manon Briand’s next film, which begins shooting September 14 in Montreal.

Sylvain Marcel, Élodie Fontaine, Lélia Nevert, Oussama Farès, Douaa Kachache, Normand Chouinard, Michèle Deslauriers and Dominic Paquet will also join the cast.

Montreal chef Samuel Sirois, Canadian nominee for the 2023 Bocuse d’or, will work on the film as consultant and culinary stylist.

Manon Briand’s first feature film since Liverpool, which opened in 2012, The Chef and the Customs Officer tells the story of a French chef on a quest for fame (assisted by Édouard Baer) who is trying to raise a child (Élodie Fontaine). help win a culinary competition. However, he must contend with an entire village’s hostility towards his mother, the unyielding local customs officer (Julie Le Breton).