The French box office market has been morose lately, but French producer Hugo Selignac has been somewhat immune to the ongoing gloom.

A hip Parisian who speaks his mind, chain-smokes and loves to win, Selignac has often found himself behind every other local hit, with bold movies such as Gilles Lellouche’s “Beating Hearts,” Quentin Dupieux’s “The Second Act,” or this year’s “I Love Peru,” co-directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Raphael Quenard — all of which opened at the Cannes Film Festival and have played well in theaters, including with younger audiences.

Sharing the same owner as Brad Pitt’s Plan B ( Mediawan ), Selignac’s Chi-Fou-Mi Productions is now ready to start a new chapter with his most ambitious film to date, Cedric Jimenez’s €40-million dystopian thriller “Dog 51.” The

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