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Corpus Christi tra i progetti del Paris Coproduction Village

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- In inglese: Il nuovo film del regista polacco Jan Komasa brilla tra i 16 titoli selezionati dalla piattaforma di coproduzione, che si apre oggi

Corpus Christi tra i progetti del Paris Coproduction Village
Director Jan Komasa

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Organised over three days as part of the professional sidebar of the Champs-Élysées Film Festival, the Paris Coproduction Village (helmed by the team behind the Les Arcs European Film Festival) kicks off today, showcasing 12 feature-film projects at the funding stage, which are joined by six projects by the residents of the Cannes Film Festival’s Cinéfondation (see the news on the selection). Standing out among the European titles is Corpus Christi [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bartosz Bielenia
intervista: Jan Komasa
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by Polish director Jan Komasa, who won an award at Cannes in 2004 with his short film Nice to See You, took part in the competition at Rotterdam with the omnibus film Ode to Joy, turned heads in the Berlinale Panorama in 2011 with his first feature as a solo director, Suicide Room [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jakub Gierszal - Shooting …
intervista: Jan Komasa
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, and was behind a very impressive box-office success in his country in 2014, with Warsaw 44 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Zofia Wichlacz
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Written by the director, the story of Corpus Christi revolves around 20-year-old Daniel, who, while serving his sentence in a youth detention centre, has been thinking about becoming a priest. However, just before he is paroled, he learns from the chaplain that because of his crime, no seminary will accept him. Upon his release, he puts on a clerical collar he stole previously and presents himself in the town as a priest on his holidays. He stands in for the local parish priest – a burnt-out secret alcoholic. His lack of experience, moral doubts and fear of being exposed are offset by his oratorical talent and charisma that flows from true faith. However, not everyone finds his unique pastoral methods appealing: the mayor and the sexton look upon him with suspicion...

Produced by Aurum Film (the producer of The Last Family [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dawid Ogrodnik
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, which won an award at Locarno last year and took over 500,000 admissions in Poland), Corpus Christi is in search of co-producers, distributors and an international sales agent. The project is slated to shoot from 7 March-17 April 2018.

The other European projects accepted for the 2017 Paris Coproduction Village are Fingerplay by Switzerland’s Mauro Mueller, Heaven Is Dark by British duo Joseph Bull and Luke Seomore, and the Swedish co-production Amparo [+leggi anche:
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by Colombia’s Simón Mesa Soto. They are joined by the following projects from the Cannes Cinéfondation: Aria by Cyprus’ Myrsini Aristidou, The Empty House by Georgia’s Rati Tsiteladze, Sole [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Carlo Sironi
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by Italy’s Carlo Sironi and The Unwanted by British director of Moroccan heritage Anwar Boulifa.

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