The French international sales companies in action at Toronto (7 to 17 September) have announced several new additions to their line-ups, as well as some major sales. Here’s a quick summary.

Wild Bunch has kicked off pre-sales for Vision [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Japanese Naomi Kawase (selected to compete at Cannes five times since 2003, winning the Grand Prix in 2007 with The Morning Forest and competing this year withRadiance [+leggi anche:
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scheda film]). French actress Juliette Binoche (Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1997, nominated for Best Actress in 2001, winner of Best Actress at Cannes in 2010 and winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin in 1997) is set to shine in the main role as a journalist looking for a mysterious type of herb that only appears every 997 years in the Japanese countryside. Production is managed by the French companySlot Machine, along with the Japanese outfit Kumie Inc. (the filmmaker's own company). Filming is set to kick off in September, before recommencing in November, and Haut et Court, the director's usual French partner, the will be distributing the film in France.

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Juliette Binoche has also been cast in another of Wild Bunch's films, High Life [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Claire Denis
scheda film] by Claire Denis (read more here), which is in pre-sales and is currently being filmed. Robert Pattinson and Mia Goth star alongside her in leading roles. The cast also includes German Lars Eidinger (Home for the Weeekend [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Charles Gillibert
intervista: Olivier Assayas
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Among the North-American acquisitions announced at Toronto, it's worth noting that Bac Films International has sold David Freyne’s Irish-British zombie film The Cured [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Teemu Nikki
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Also of note in The Bureau Sales‘s line-up is debut feature, Only You [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sebastian Schipper
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intervista: Francis Lee
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Last but not least is MK2, which has already seen some excellent sales at Toronto with its Venetian titles The House By the Sea [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Robert Guédiguian
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intervista: Sara Forestier
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Q&A: Christophe Honoré
scheda film] by Christophe Honoré (currently in post-production with Pierre Deladonchamps, Vincent Lacoste and Denis Podalydès in the cast - read more here).