02/11/2012 - Sales have started at the AFM for The Brotherhood of Tears and Salvo. Gaspard Ulliel stars in Saint Laurent

Beyond the six titles in its line-up planned as market screenings at the American Film Market (including Belgian director Frédéric Fonteyne's Tango libre [+see also:
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Several other titles also stand out in Nicolas Brigaud-Robert and François Yon's team's line-up: the duo Fabio Grasso - Fabrizio Piazza's Italian project Salvo about a Mafia assassin caught up in an unexpected kidnapping. The film is to star Saleh Bari, Sara Serraioicco, Luigi Lo Cascio, and Mario Pupella, and Daniele Cripri is to be director of photography. Produced by Cristaldi Pictures and Acaba Produzioni, the film is to be co-produced by the French from Mact and Cité Films.

Bertrand Bonello's Saint Laurent (production: Mandarin Cinéma), a film to be shot next year and to star Gaspar Ulliel, is also among future titles to be sold by Films Distribution.

Films Distribution is also selling, among others, Pascale Ferran's Bird People (in post-production - news), Emmanuel Naccache's Kidon, Panos Koutras's Greek-French-Belgian co-productionXenia, and Israeli director Eytan Fox's Bananas, as well as the duo Benjamin Rocher - Thierry Poiraud's pre-apocalyptic and football-themed Goal of the Dead.

(Translated from French)