28/09/2005

In total, no less than 10 films, 7 of them European, are heading the bill this Wednesday in Belgium and five of those come from France.

Three were screened as previews at the Namur International Film Festival : Une Aventure [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Xavier Giannoli with Ludivine Saignier and Nicolas Duvauchelle distributed by Victory Films ; Les Ames grises [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Yves Angelo, dernier film tourné par Jacques Villeret distributed by Warner Bros Belgium and the Belgian French co-production Entre ses mains [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Anne Fontaine with Benoît Poelvoorde and Isabelle Carré distributed by Alternative Films which has also brought to the screens Le démon de midi by Marie-Pascale Osterrieth with Michèle Barnier, the French comedian. Les Films de L'Elysée, will distribute Il ne faut jurer de rien, French adaptation by Eric Civanyan of the Alfred de Musset piece.

A small film released to great effect in France two years ago, Hic ("de crimes en crimes") by Hungarian György Palfi is distributed by Coopérative Nouveau Cinéma while Kinepolis Film Distribution releases Yasmin the Anglo-German co-prodution by Kenneth Glenaan. Finally, Cinéart-Cinélibre distributes the musical documentary by Finnish Mika Kaurismäki, Brasileirinho and the Cannes film Broken Flowers by the American Jim Jamurch. Also, the Belgian subsidiary of 20th Century Fox releases Nochnoi Dozor (Night Watch) the big budget fantasy film from Russian Timur Bekmanmbetov.

Note, too, that the Belgian Palme d'Or winner for this year, L'Enfant [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne
film profile] by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, released two weeks ago on Belgian screens and last week in Luxembourg doubled its number of spectators, rising from 30 000 to 63 000 admissions.

(Translated from French)