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CANNES 2007 Market

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The top film at the Italian box office during the Cannes Film Festival, Notturno bus [+see also:
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by Davide Marengo, was also successful at the Marché, where the film produced by Emme and RAI Cinema, in co-production with Poland’s Vision Film, was sold by Intramovies to the UK and South Korea.

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With €757,000 grossed so far, the title is in second place on the charts this week after My Brother is an Only Child [+see also:
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(nearly €5.8m), selected at Cannes in Un Certain Regard and favourably received by the international press. Sold by THINKFilm, Daniele Luchetti’s film was picked up by Revolver for the British market.

Released yesterday, May 30, on 20 screens, The Lark Farm [+see also:
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by brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani is being handled internationally by RAI Trade. Produced by Grazia Volpi for Ager Tre, the film was co-produced by Spain (Sagrera TV), Bulgaria (Nimar Studios) and France (Flach Film and France 2 Cinéma).

Also acquired for France (Epicentre) was Marco Puccioni’s Shelter [+see also:
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. Wide Management sold the film (which is still without a distributor in Italy) to Spain, Portugal, the former Yugoslavian territories and the US as well.

"Unfortunately, countries such as France, Germany and Spain, which are very important for us, buy little Italian product,” said Adriana Chiesa at the Marché. "In these markets, television gives little space to European films so film acquisitions are limited”. Adriana Chiesa Enterprises – whose Cannes slate included Maradona: The Hand of God [+see also:
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by Marco Risi, Pupi Avati’s La cena per farli conoscere, Desert Roses by Mario Monicelli, Last Minute Marocco [+see also:
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by Francesco Falaschi and The Unknown [+see also:
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by Giuseppe Tornatore – has generated interest above all in Latin America, Scandinavia and the Eastern European countries. The low budget film Come le formiche – Wine & Kisses by Ilaria Borrelli (La dolce vita Productions in collaboration with Snai and the Umbria Film Commission) was sold by the company to Canada. It’s Italian release in arthouse theatres is set for June 21.

French outfit Films Distribution also recorded good results for Ferzan Ozpetek’s Saturno Contro, which sold to Spain, Switzerland and various Eastern European countries, while international distributor Snd/M6 sold N: Napoleon and Me [+see also:
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by Paolo Virzì to Mexico, Brazil and Latin America.

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(Translated from Italian)

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