26/08/2013 - With Eastern Boys in Orizzonti and Salvation Army in the Critics’ Week, the Parisian production company will shine during the Mostra

After a noticed start in feature film production with Yves Saint Laurent - Pierre Bergé, l'amour fou [+see also:
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film profile] and J'aime regarder les filles [+see also:
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interview: Lou de Laâge
film profile] (discovered in Toronto in 2010 and 2011), as well as L'illusion comique by Mathieu Amalric (selected for the Spectrum in Rotterdam in 2011), the production company Les Films by Pierre, managed by Hugues Charbonneau and Marie Ange Luciani, follows up with two films selected for the 70^th Venice Mostra (August 28 to September 7, 2013).

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In the Orizzonti section, the Parisian company will unveil Eastern Boys [+see also:
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interview: Robin Campillo
film profile] by Robin Campillo (photo – read the article). It is also worth mentioning that the filmmaker (also co-screenwriter and editor of Laurent Cantet’s films) had presented his first feature as a director They Came Back in the same Venetian programme in 2004. The cast of Eastern Boys features Olivier Rabourdin (Of Gods and Men [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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The second Venetian asset of Les Films de Pierre is Salvation Army [+see also:
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film profile] by Abdellah Taïa, which will premiere on the Lido during the Critics’ Week before joining the Discovery section of the Toronto Film Festival (September 5-15, 2013). As a first feature as a director by the author (who adapted his novel by the same name), the film portrays the impossible love between a Moroccan teenager and his elder brother in a family where silence and violence are the absolute masters. The cast features Said Mrini, Karim Ait M'hand and Amine Ennaji, while Agnès Godard is in charge of cinematography. Salvation Army was coproduced by Les Films Pelléas, the Swiss from Rita Production and Moroccan company Ali N'Films, for a total budget of 1.15 M€ including an advance on receipts from the CNC. The international sales are handled by Pascale Ramonda.

(Translated from French)