The Fifth Season arrives at the heart of the summer

by Fabien Lemercier

24/07/2013 - Unveiled in Venice, the film by Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens is launched by Equation. Also on screens, the competitor from Berlin Gold

In stark contrast with the gridlock that affects autumn releases, the heart of the summer season is usually signalled in France by a very reasonable – if not limited – number of new films: nine this Wednesday, just like last week, and only seven on July 31st. Deserted by the great majority of French distributors, this period is put to good use by the subsidiaries of major American studios and French companies that bet on non-national European titles.

Equation thus launches today the Belgian-Dutch-French coproduction The Fifth Season [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Jessica Woodworth
film profile] by duo Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens, unveiled in competition during the Mostra in Venice in 2012 and Prix Cineuropa at the European Film Festival of les Arcs. As for Happiness Distribution, it bets on Gold [+see also:
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interview: Thomas Arslan
film profile] by German director Thomas Arslan, discovered in competition during the Berlinale 2012.

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This Wednesday, it is also worth noting the distribution by Mona Films of Grand’Tour [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Belgian director Jérôme Lemaire, which benefitted from an original promotion campaign at the time of its national release (article).

Le Pacte bets on genre cinema with the thriller and Franco-Belgian coproduction Paris Countdown [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Edgar Marie (read the article).

Finally, the little group of European releases of July 24th sees Zootrope Films unveil La chair de ma chair (read the article), the new movie by original French filmmaker Denis Dercourt, who has been living in Berlin for a few years.

Wednesday, July 31st will be this year’s lightest day in terms of releases with only seven titles in total, including three European movies: Magnifica presenza [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] by Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek (read the review and the article about The TIDE Experiment - distribution DistriB Films), Landes by French director François-Xavier Vives (article - Sophie Dulac Distribution) and Dutch coproduction Los memores temas by Nicolas Pereda (Capricci Films).