DE L'AUTRE COTE DU PERIPH (DACP)

Description

Created in 2008 by Laurence Lascary, De l'Autre Côté du Périph' (DACP) produces features and short-films. The company burst on to the radar with Ludovic Bernard’s "The Climb", a romantic comedy about a Black Frenchman who embarks on an expedition to climb Mount Everest in order to prove his love. It garnered more than 1 million admissions in France and was picked up by Netflix for the rest of the world. DACP’s latest feature, Sugar and Stars was released in February 2023.

Objective

The name of Lascary’s company De l'Autre Côté du Périph’, which translates as « from the wrong side of the tracks », describes the types of project that interest her. « I like projects with a modern outlook, either in their subject matter or treatment », she says. I want to talk about contemporary France with stories that capture it’s plurality ».