Scenes of French Film 'A Fond' directed by Nicholas Benamou Filmed in Skopje

The French film "A Fond" by director Nicholas Benamou is expected to be projected in cinemas in France on December 21. The main location of the filming took place exactly on the Skopje bypass.


Last year, in the midst of filming, the bypass was closed from September 7-11 from 7 to 19 PM. Traffic was banned from the junction near Hipodrom to Saraj area.

After filming on the bypass, the whole machinery of the movie moved at the Negotino- Veles highway, where the section was also closed during shooting until October 23.

For this film 120 Macedonian drivers were part of the most exciting scenes of Macedonian highways, and were trained by French stunts. For the filming of the scenes are used the most modern technology ,for the first time used in Macedonia.

The crew counts 200 people from France and Macedonia. Additional were engaged about 300 domestic extras. For the purposes of shooting the film were provided from 300 to 400 vehicles.  For the transport of the team behind the scenes have been used more than 20 trucks, 15 vans, buses, forklifts and cranes.

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