German sales agent The Match Factory has turned up at the Cannes Film Festival clutching a strong line-up that includes two films in competition, three movies that will premiere in Un Certain Regard and three pictures in the Directors’ Fortnight. Among the Palme d’Or contenders is Alice Rohrwacher’s (The Wonders [+lire aussi :
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In the German Un Certain Regard flick In My Room [+lire aussi :
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Another Argentinian title is being presented in the Directors’ Fortnight. The drama The Snatch Thief [+lire aussi :
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Furthermore, The Match Factory is presenting the Cannes Classics movie Bergman – A Year in a Life [+lire aussi :
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