All the Dead Ones: A Golden Bear hopeful for Indie Sales
- The French sales agent is pinning its hopes on the Berlin competition title by Brazil’s Caetano Gotardo and Marco Dutra as well as on the Panorama-screened documentary Days of Cannibalism
French international sales agent Indie Sales will be able to boast a jam-packed line-up of 12 titles at the European Film Market of the 70th Berlinale (20 February-1 March). Standing out in particular is a feature that will be vying for the Golden Bear: All the Dead Ones [+see also:
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The story, written by the pair of directors, kicks off in 1899, shortly after slavery has been abolished in Brazil. After the death of their last house slave, the three women of the Soares family are at a loss in the rapidly expanding city of São Paulo. The family, which once owned coffee plantations, is now on the brink of ruin and struggling to adapt. At the same time, the Nascimento family, who used to work as slaves on the Soares’ farm, now find themselves adrift in a society in which there is no place for recently freed black people. Interestingly, the cinematography was entrusted to Hélène Louvart (Alice Rohrwacher’s regular collaborator, who also turned heads last year for her work on The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão [+see also:
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At Berlin, the Indie Sales team headed up by Nicolas Eschbach (who will be aided by Florencia Gil, Simon Gabriele and Clément Chautant) will also have high hopes for the documentary Days of Cannibalism [+see also:
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film profile] by US helmer Teboho Edkins, which will be unveiled in Panorama. Produced by France (Janja Kralj for KinoElektron) together with South Africa (Days Zero Films) and the Netherlands (Keplerfilm), the movie delves deep into Africa, to the western-like landscapes of today’s Lesotho, where modern pioneers of capitalism clash with local traditions, and aspiring Chinese merchants compete for supremacy with traditional Basotho cattle breeders.
Indie Sales will also be topping up the sales of Our Lady of the Nile [+see also:
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Standing out among the movies being pre-sold (and currently in post-production) are On a Half Clear Morning [+see also:
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interview: Bruno Dumont
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interview: David Verbeek
film profile] by Dutch director David Verbeek (a vampire flick set in an Asian megalopolis – a production by Lemming Film together with Taiwanese outfit House on Fire International) and the doc Bigger Than Us [+see also:
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film profile] by France’s Rémi Chayé (Long Way North [+see also:
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Lastly, Indie Sales will be organising market-premiere screenings of Adventures of a Mathematician [+see also:
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As a reminder, Indie Sales’ Belgian subsidiary, Best Friend Forever, will also be hard at work at the EFM, showcasing several strong titles (see the article).
(Translated from French)
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