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DISTRIBUTION France

Full marks for Le Pacte

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- With four films from its line-up having swept up five awards at the Cannes Film Festival, Jean Labadie’s company delivers an exceptional performance

The Grand Prix for Reality [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Matteo Garrone
film profile
]
(see the review) by Italy’s Matteo Garrone (photo), the award for Best Director forPost Tenebras Lux [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
by Mexico’s Carlos Reygadas (review), the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Beyond the Hills [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cosmina Stratan
interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Cristian Mungiu
film profile
]
by Romania’s Cristian Mungiu (review) the Jury’s prize for The Angels’ Share [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ken Loach
film profile
]
by UK’s Ken Loach (review) : with five awards for four films in its line-up, French distribution company Le Pacte (which also co-produced the first two films) performed exceptionally at the 65th Cannes Film Festival awards. Confirming its well-known flair for good quality art-house, and especially European, film, Jean Labadie’s company now has some very valid reasons for bringing these features to French cinemas.

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Le Pacte will launch Ken Loach’s The Angels’ Share on June 27, Matteo Garrone’s Reality on August 22 and will probably release Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills and Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux in the autumn.

Worth noting that Le Pacte will also distribute the fierce Sightseers [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ben Wheatley
film profile
]
in France, by Britain’s Ben Wheatley, well received at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, but that the Paris-based company will first release Kill List [+see also:
trailer
interview: Ben Wheatley
film profile
]
on July 11, the director’s previous film by the same director, who is building himself a reputation as a cult author.

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(Translated from French)

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