09/05/2017 - With two titles in the Official Selection, one in the Directors’ Fortnight and two in the Critics’ Week, the firm is likely to strike some lucrative deals at Cannes

French international sales agent Pyramide International (managed by Eric Lagesse) will be able to flaunt a solid and tantalising line-up comprising 17 titles at the Film Market of the 70^th Cannes Film Festival (17-28 May). Agathe Valentin’s team will most notably be banking on five features that are being showcased in the various selections on the Croisette, and which give top billing to young filmmakers.

Un Certain Regard will play host to the premiere of the French-Italian-Belgian co-production After the War [+see also:
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Pyramide is also selling Plot 35 [+see also:
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Another documentary on Pyramide’s slate is Nothingwood [+see also:
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Two French features zooming in on some fascinating topics will be included on the special screenings programme of the Critics’ Week: A Violent Life [+see also:
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At the Film Market, Pyramide will be pre-selling ten films in post-production: Rainbow - A Private Affair [+see also:
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interview: Paolo Taviani
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film profile] by Tonie Marshall (toplined by Emmanuelle Devos), Gaspard Goes to the Wedding [+see also:
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interview: Antony Cordier
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film profile] by Elsa Diringer, The Party Is Over [+see also:
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interview: Marie Garel-Weiss
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Lastly, Pyramide’s luxuriant Cannes line-up is topped off by John Trengove’s The Wound [+see also:
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(Translated from French)