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LOCARNO 2013

Two luxurious Belgian exclusivities in Locarno

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- Locarno welcomes the highly anticipated second feature film by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears and Sam Garbarski’s comedy Vijay and I

The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears [+see also:
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will take part in the prestigious International Competition of the Locarno Film Festival. Four years ago, Amer [+see also:
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, the first feature film by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani left a lasting impression. This real tribute to the erotico-fantastic cinema of the 70’s, and especially to the Italian giallo, was selected in over 80 festivals (winning a dozen prizes), and was, incidentally, named by Quentin Tarantino as one of his favourite films in 2010. The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tearsrecounts the story of a woman who goes missing and whose husband investigates the odd circumstances of her disappearance. Did she leave him? Is she dead? As he goes deeper into his research, he delves into a violent and nightmarish universe. Behind this intriguing title, we find another variation on the giallo theme. Produced by Anonyme Films and Tobina Film in coproduction with EpidemicRed Lion and Mollywood, the film is sold internationally by BAC Films. It will be released in 2014 in France (Shellac), Belgium (Numéro Zéro) and the United Kingdom (Metrodome).

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As for Vijay and I, Sam Garbarski’s new comedy in English, it will open the Piazza Grande, a series of open-air screenings for the public. With an international cast surrounding Patricia Arquette (Lost Highway) and Moritz Bleibtreu (Soul Kitchen [+see also:
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), Vijay and I tells the story of Will, an actor who makes little use of his talent by playing the role of Bad Luck Bunny, an unfortunate green rabbit, in a New York television series for children. Following a misunderstanding, he is thought to have died in a car accident. Instead of restoring the truth, Will decides to make a fantasy real by attending his own funeral... After Le Tango des Rashevski (2003), Irina Palm [+see also:
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 (2007) and A Distant Neighbourhood [+see also:
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 (2010), Vijay and I is the fourth feature film by the Belgian director. Funded by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and Wallimage, the film is produced in Belgium by Entre Chien et Loup and coproduced by Samsa FilmPandora Filmproduktion and the RTBF. The international sales are handled by The Match FactorySenator will distribute the film from September 5th in Germany, just like Xenix, which will handle the distribution in Switzerland. Vijay and I will be released in Belgium on September 18th by Imagine Film Distribution.

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(Translated from French)

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