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Algrange. The dump is the main setting for a film about love, healing, and action.

Algrange. The dump is the main setting for a film about love, healing, and action.

For the past week, a brand-new Calvary has stood at the entrance to the Algrange waste disposal site. Jesus lends his name to the new film by Patrick-Mario Bernard and Pierre Trividic. Filming ends Sunday. The credits include Stanislas Mehrar, Roxane Mesquida, Rehin Hollant, and Sami Ameziane, Count of Bouderbala.
Stanislas Merhar, hero of the film
Stanislas Merhar, hero of the film "Jesus Leopard," filmed at the Algrange waste disposal site. Photo by Armand Flohr

"Do me a favor: does it look like a real one?" Mathieu Buffler is proud of his ordeal with Christ on the cross and fence. This crucifixion looks like it's been there forever. It was only installed barely a week ago, at the entrance to the Algrange recycling center. It is essential to the scene played this Tuesday evening, June 24, which gives its name to the film's title. The Jesus in question wears a leopard-print loincloth. The Christ was salvaged, as was the fence; the cross and pillars are made of wood, but repainted in concrete style. The hero, Dylan, played by Stanislas Mehrar, is employed at the recycling center. He must strip the crucified man and remove the loincloth. But the police are lurking, and Dylan has no peace of mind. Mathieu Buffler is the production designer. He is one of the forty technicians credited in the credits of the film "Jesus Leopard," directed by Patrick-Mario Bernard...

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