Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone), Makita Samba (Paris, 13th District) and Marton Csokas (The Equalizer) have joined the cast of the Halle Berry drama Fleur.
Berry stars in the feature from Our Father, the Devil director Ellie Foumbi, playing a New York housewife who flees her husband, and America, to reinvent herself in Paris a Fleur, an high-end escort and dominatrix. Csokas will play her husband.
Fleur has begun shooting on location in Paris.
Christine Vachon (Materialists, May December) is producing through her Killer Films banner, together with Berry and Holly Jeter for HalleHolly, and Gabriel Mayers of Plot Twist Pictures. Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios will finance and co-produce the feature.
Victor Hadida’s Davis Films has acquired French rights and will distribute there through Metropolitan Filmexport.
AGC’s Ford, Miguel Palos and Zach Garrett are executive producing together with Hadida, Killer Films’ Pam Koffler, and Lorelle Lynch. AGC International are handling international sales on the film, and co-repping U.S. rights with UTA Independent Film Group and WME Independent.
Fombi’s feature debut Our Father, The Devil, was a breakout at the Tribeca film festival in 2022. The psychological thriller revolves around a woman living a quiet life in a small French town is is forced to confront past traumas.
Belgian star Schoenaerts, last seen in the Netflix feature The Old Guard 2, is co-starring alongside Milly Alcock in Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s French drama Violette. Csokas, known for playing baddies in The Equalizer (2014), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), and Sleeping Dogs (2024), will be seen next in Mel Gibson’s upcoming The Passion of the Christ sequel Resurrection. French actor Samba is best known for his starring roll in Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District (2021), which earned him a César Award Nomination for Most Promising Actor. He recently starred in Alexe Poukine’s Kika (2025) which premiered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week sidebar last year.
Matthias Schoenaerts is repped by Rosalie Cimino, CAA, Agence Adequat and Apex PR; Makita Samba is repped by Zelig; Marton Csokas is repped by Independent Talent Group, Sue Barnett and Associates, and Mosaic; and Anant Tamirisa negotiated on behalf of AGC Studios.
