16/01/2013 - This new distribution structure launching Giorgio Diritti’s film in France will also soon be releasing Scialla and Basilicata Coast To Coast

Italian movies, usually brought to French screens by Bellissima Films, have found a new vector through a new distribution company: White Pictures. Created by Paolo Ansaldi, the structure is launching The Man Who Will Come [+see also:
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White Picture’s line-up also includes Scialla! [+see also:
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According to Paolo Ansaldi: "The distribution market is a rather closed circle in Italy. In France, it is much more open. White Pictures is starting out by showing three quality Italian films that the French public have not yet had the chance to discover, but which are also amazing works that depart from the usual style of today’s Italian film production. We will, however, also distribute French films, starting in late April with Les yeux fermés by Jessica Palud (with Simon Buret, Linh Dan Pham and Clémence Podatz [editor’s note])."

Cycling with Molière by Philippe Le Guay (news), widely praised by critics thanks to the Fabrice Luchini - Lambert Wilson duo, will also be released this Wednesday (Pathé Films, in 432 cinemas). Also on the bill, Paulette [+see also:
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(Translated from French)