YouTube content creator Inès Benazzouz, known online as Inoxtag, has secured his first role in a feature film in the upcoming thriller Nord Loire, directed by Antoine Chevrollier, according to Le Figaro. The production features a prominent cast including Juliette Binoche, Damien Bonnard, and Sayyid El Alami, with an anticipated theatrical release in 2027.
The 24-year-old creator enters the project following the theatrical distribution of his documentary Kaizen, which charted his ascent of Mount Everest and drew 340,000 admissions in September 2024. Nord Loire marks his transition into scripted fiction, according to Letribunaldunet.
Antoine Chevrollier Directs Production Across Anjou
Director Antoine Chevrollier filmed Nord Loire in the Maine-et-Loire department of Anjou during the spring of 2026. The filmmaker previously shot La Pampa in Gennes-Val-de-Loire and the Noyantais region. Itinéraire Productions, the company behind television series such as HPI and Mercato, serves as the producer for the film, according to Urban hit.
The narrative centers on a rural community in the region and incorporates the local traditional sport of boule de fort. Promotional material distributed by Sofica Cinemage explains that the story unfolds in an apparently peaceful Anjou countryside, an insular territory where reputation matters more than anything else and where the group rules and imposes its codes on those who live there
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Ensemble Cast Prepares for 2027 Release
The feature brings together performers from various backgrounds. Alongside Juliette Binoche, the call sheet features Damien Bonnard and Sayyid El Alami, both of whom appeared in Chevrollier’s La Pampa. Actors Franck Trillot and Gulliver Benhadj round out the roster alongside the digital creator.
Sofica Cinemage’s synopsis outlines the psychological tone of the project:
Between solidarity, humor, and a muffled violence, everyone is searching for their place, torn between belonging to this asserted rurality and the need to assert oneself. Power, control, and vengeance play out rawly here, in a nervous rhythm akin to a thriller. A dark tale about the countryside seen from the inside, far from the usual clichés.
Sofica Cinemage
The film is currently in postproduction with an anticipated theatrical rollout scheduled for 2027.