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RELEASES France

Perrin’s outstanding Oceans launched on 542 screens

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After the international success of their previous work, Winged Migration (2001), Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud are making an impressive comeback with Oceans [+see also:
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, launched today by Pathé Distribution on 542 screens.

The directors, who reject the term documentary and prefer to speak of a wildlife opera and hymn to the sea, have met with unanimous critical approval. High praise has been heaped on a film described as "spectacular", "lyrical", "wonderful", "magical", "poetic", and "poignant".

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Cluzaud explained: "In an attempt to tell the story of the oceans, we sought to open doors other than those of statistics: those of a fantastic and magical tale, the wonders of the little world of the coral reef, heroic dolphins in full charge, the graceful dances of the humpback whales and giant cuttlefish, the horror of the aggressive attacks on the oceans and their creatures, the incredible sight of the raging sea in a huge storm…"

Oceans was produced by Galatée Films for €49.62m. The budget included co-production support from Pathé, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, Spain’s Notro Films and Switzerland’s JMH and TSR, an advance on receipts from the National Film and Moving Image Centre (CNC) and pre-sales from Canal + and TPS.

Pathé International has sold the film for Germany, Spain, Scandinavia, Austria, Benelux, Greece, Portugal, the Netherlands, Iceland, Switzerland, the Baltic countries, Russia, North America, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and South Africa.

This Wednesday’s other releases include François Ozon’s subtle The Refuge [+see also:
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, which won the Special Jury Prize at San Sebastian (see video interview - Le Pacte on 111 screens); Portuguese director Pedro Costa’s magnificent and radical documentary Change Nothing [+see also:
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, unveiled in last year’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight (see video interview - Shellac on 11 screens); and Dima El-Horr’s French/German/Lebanese co-production Every Day Is a Holiday [+see also:
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(Sophie Dulac Distribution on five screens).

Also hitting theatres are French titles Le Baltringue [+see also:
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by Cyril Sebas (MC4 Distribution/C Comme Cinéma) and Suite Parlée, Récits de Souvenirs Enfouis (“Spoken Follow-up: Stories of Buried Memories”) by Marie Vermillard and Joël Brisse (distributed by Baba Yaga Films); as well as three US films, one Korean, one Japanese and one Israeli title.

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(Translated from French)

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