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French films conquer Spain

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- French cinema does well in Spain, with 1.34 million tickets sold in January alone, the best-performing title: The Pianist

French films are doing excellent business in Spanish theatres. In January 2003 1.34 milllion Spaniards chose to see a Gallic film according to the latest data published by Unifrance, the agency for the promotion of French cinema abroad.
Two English-language French productions stood out: The Pianist [+see also:
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e Le transporteur. Roman Polanski’s film has already attracted 540,000 people while Louis Leterrier’s feature, produced by Luc Besson, sold 329,000 tickets after just two weeks on general release.
Released on 10 January onto 197 Spanish screens (a new record for a Gallic title), Gérard Krawczyk’s Wasabi has sold 130,000 tickets. Also released in January onto 50 screens, Une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps (One Swallow Does Not Make A Summer), was seen by 85,000 people while Cédric Klapisch’s L'auberge espagnole has sold 51,000 tickets to date.
As a consequence, Spain is the best customer for French films, although films like Patrice Leconte’s L'uomo del treno [+see also:
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was seen by over 260,000 Italians and L’auberge espagnole reported a four-week box office take of Euros1.4m.

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(Translated from French)

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