Wild Bunch to take Toronto by storm

08/09/2006

Three new projects have been added to the impressive line-up of French international sales outfit Wild Bunch, who hope to do good business at the Toronto International Film Festival, which kicked off yesterday.

Pre-sales will start on the sci-fi thriller Dante 01 (an Eskwad production) by Marc Caro, starring Lambert Wilson; animated title Film Noir, a Miodrag Certic production directed by D. Jud Jones and Risto Topaloski; and on Puffball by British helmer Nicolas Roeg, starring Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson and Donald Sutherland.

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As for films in post-production, Wild Bunch will present the promo reels of Laurent Tirard’s Molière (with Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante and Ludivine Sagnier); Deuxième souffle (lit. “Second Breath”) by Alain Corneau (Daniel Auteuil, Monica Bellucci and Michel Blanc); Hors de prix [+see also:
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There will also be a teaser of Éric Barbier’s Le serpent [+see also:
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Sales will continue on Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s Actrice (lit. “Actress”), starring the Bruni Tedeschi alongside Mathieu Amalric, Louis Garrel and Valeria Golino. Vincent Maraval’s sales team also hope to secure deals in the few still remaining territories for the documentary Le premier cri by Gilles de Maistre and the Untitled Woody Allen Summer Project.

The Toronto festival has selected ten Wild Bunch titles, including three world premieres: My Best Friend [+see also:
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Other screenings at the event are the Venice title The Golden Door [+see also:
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interview: Alexandre Mallet-Guy
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Wild Bunch’s spectacular catalogue also includes a remake of Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales along with Azur & Asmar [+see also:
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