Films Distribution set to steal the show
With Robert Guédiguian’s Lady Jane [+see also:
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The team headed by Nicolas Brigaud-Robert will also be looking for success with Eran Riklis’ Lemon Tree [+see also:
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At EFM, the company will unveil promotional reels for Bertrand Bonello’s De la guerre (“Of War”, starring Mathieu Amalric, Asia Argento, Guillaume Depardieu, Clotilde Hesme and Michel Piccoli – see news); Hany Tamba’s Melodrama Habibi (see news); Arnaud des Pallières’ Park [+see also:
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The line-up is also packed with other enticing titles in production and post-production: Rithy Panh’s Un barrage contre le Pacifique (“A Dam Against the Pacific”), starring Isabelle Huppert and Gaspard Ulliel (see news); Philippe Garrel’s La frontière de l’aube (“The Border of Dawn”); Jean-Claude Brisseau’s A l’aventure; Joachim Lafosse’s Elève libre (“Free Pupil”); and Anne Fontaine’s Coco Chanel project, set to star Audrey Tautou (see news).
Other noteworthy films include Eric Forestier’s La troisième partie du monde (“The Third Part of the World”, see news); L’occupation (“The Occupation”) by directorial duo Pierre Trividic and Patrick Mario Bernard (see news); and Bouli Lanners’ Eldorado (see news).
Finally, among the ten completed features screening at the market are Gilles Legrand’s La jeune fille et les loups (“The Young Girl and the Wolves”, see news); Nicolas Boukhrief’s Cortex [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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