French director Edouard Bergeon, whose Cesar-nominated debut feature “In the Name of the Land” was a box office hit in 2019, has penned another eco-thriller, “The Green Deal.”
The movie, which is partly set in the Indonesian forest, has been boarded by Playtime and will be pitched to buyers at the Toronto Film Festival.
“The Green Deal” explores crimes and colliding interests in the exploitation of a palm oil and the production of biofuels. The movie is produced by Christophe Rossignon and Philip Böeffard at Nord-Ouest Films, the well-established banner behind “Merry Christmas” and more recently Thomas Cailley’s “The Animal Kingdom,” which was produced by Pierre Guyard.
“The Green Deal” stars Alexandra Lamy as Carole, an English professor leading a tranquil life in rural France. Her world crumbles when she learns that her son, Martin, conducting research for his Ph.D. in Indonesia, has been arrested in Borneo on drug...
The movie, which is partly set in the Indonesian forest, has been boarded by Playtime and will be pitched to buyers at the Toronto Film Festival.
“The Green Deal” explores crimes and colliding interests in the exploitation of a palm oil and the production of biofuels. The movie is produced by Christophe Rossignon and Philip Böeffard at Nord-Ouest Films, the well-established banner behind “Merry Christmas” and more recently Thomas Cailley’s “The Animal Kingdom,” which was produced by Pierre Guyard.
“The Green Deal” stars Alexandra Lamy as Carole, an English professor leading a tranquil life in rural France. Her world crumbles when she learns that her son, Martin, conducting research for his Ph.D. in Indonesia, has been arrested in Borneo on drug...
- 9/4/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
A young woman recalls her childhood on a family farm in the 1980s.
Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever (Bff) has boarded French director Hubert Viel’s rural drama Louloute, for a market launch at Unifrance’s Rendez-vous with French cinema which unfolds online January 13-15.
Set between the 1980s and today, it explores a disappearing French rural life through the childhood memories of a young woman as she revisits the family farm where she grew up on the eve of its sale.
Tender childhood recollections mingle with painful memories as she recalls her parents’ battle to keep the farm working...
Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever (Bff) has boarded French director Hubert Viel’s rural drama Louloute, for a market launch at Unifrance’s Rendez-vous with French cinema which unfolds online January 13-15.
Set between the 1980s and today, it explores a disappearing French rural life through the childhood memories of a young woman as she revisits the family farm where she grew up on the eve of its sale.
Tender childhood recollections mingle with painful memories as she recalls her parents’ battle to keep the farm working...
- 1/7/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The director also stars in the film, alongside Virginie Efira, Laetitia Casta, Mathieu Kassovitz, Nathalie Baye, Patrick Chesnais and Gilles Cohen. A Trésor Films production sold by Pathé. Final stretch for the shoot of Lui by Guillaume Canet, his 7th feature film as a director after Anything You Say, Tell No One, Little White Lies, Blood Ties (out of competition in Cannes in 2013), Rock’n Roll and Little White Lies 2.The cast includes the director himself (seen recently in La Belle Époque and In the Name of the Land), Belgian actress Virginie Efira (currently in French cinemas in Night Shift,...
Alex Lutz, Agnès Jaoui, Veerle Baetens, Hafsia Herzi and Marie Berto star in this production handled by Maneki Films and Arches Films, with Versus in co-production, sold by Playtime. Final stretch for the filming of À l’ombre des filles, the second feature from Étienne Comar following Django (which opened the Berlinale Competition in 2017). The cast includes Alex Lutz (winner of the 2019 César and Lumières awards for Best Actor for Guy; in cinemas on 18 November in 5e set), Agnès Jaoui, Belgian actress Veerle Baetens, Hafsia Herzi (appreciated in her feature debut as director,...
Leonine is opening Russell Crowe thriller ‘Unhinged’ in Germany.
As cinemas begin to reopen again in many territories, Screen is tracking which films are being released in key territories each week.
Cinema reopening dates around the world: latest updates France, opening Wednesday July 15
The French box office entered its fourth full week of activity on July 15, following the reopening of cinemas on June 22 after their 14-week Covid-19 hiatus.
New films on release this week include Francois Ozon’s young adult drama Summer Of 85. Diaphana Distribution pushed the launch forward from France’s typical Wednesday release day to Tuesday, to...
As cinemas begin to reopen again in many territories, Screen is tracking which films are being released in key territories each week.
Cinema reopening dates around the world: latest updates France, opening Wednesday July 15
The French box office entered its fourth full week of activity on July 15, following the reopening of cinemas on June 22 after their 14-week Covid-19 hiatus.
New films on release this week include Francois Ozon’s young adult drama Summer Of 85. Diaphana Distribution pushed the launch forward from France’s typical Wednesday release day to Tuesday, to...
- 7/17/2020
- by 158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦¬1101324¦Elisabet Cabeza¦37¦¬1101325¦Gabriele Niola¦35¦¬1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦¬1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
Both films screened in Cannes virtual market at the end of June.
Paris-based mk2 films has unveiled first deals on its Cannes 2020 label titles The Big Hit and Here We Are, which it screened in the recent virtual edition of the Marché du Film at the end of June.
French director Emmanuel Courcol’s comedy The Big Hit has sold to Benelux (Paradiso Filmed Entertainment), Italy (Teodora Film), Scandinavia (NonStop Entertainment), Spain (Caramel Films), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Poland (Galapagos Films) and Portugal (Nos Lusomundo).
In the rest of the world, deals have been done for Cis (Russian Word Vision), Brazil (Imovision...
Paris-based mk2 films has unveiled first deals on its Cannes 2020 label titles The Big Hit and Here We Are, which it screened in the recent virtual edition of the Marché du Film at the end of June.
French director Emmanuel Courcol’s comedy The Big Hit has sold to Benelux (Paradiso Filmed Entertainment), Italy (Teodora Film), Scandinavia (NonStop Entertainment), Spain (Caramel Films), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Poland (Galapagos Films) and Portugal (Nos Lusomundo).
In the rest of the world, deals have been done for Cis (Russian Word Vision), Brazil (Imovision...
- 7/6/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
Roman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy” is leading the race for the Cesar Awards, France’s top film honors, with 12 nominations, followed by Ladj Ly’s Oscar-nominated “Les Miserables.”
“An Officer and a Spy” earned nominations for best film, director, actor (Jean Dujardin), cinematography, set design, costume and music, among others. Although he’s been at the heart of a backlash, Polanski also just won best director at the Lumieres Awards which are given by the foreign press based in Paris. “An Officer and a Spy” world premiered at the Venice Film Festival and won the Silver Lion.
“An Officer and a Spy” tells the true story of counter-espionage officer Georges Picquart, who defied orders and embarked on a compromising mission to clear the name of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a promising French-Jewish officer who was unfairly accused of spying for Germany in the late 1890s. In spite of calls for boycott in France,...
“An Officer and a Spy” earned nominations for best film, director, actor (Jean Dujardin), cinematography, set design, costume and music, among others. Although he’s been at the heart of a backlash, Polanski also just won best director at the Lumieres Awards which are given by the foreign press based in Paris. “An Officer and a Spy” world premiered at the Venice Film Festival and won the Silver Lion.
“An Officer and a Spy” tells the true story of counter-espionage officer Georges Picquart, who defied orders and embarked on a compromising mission to clear the name of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a promising French-Jewish officer who was unfairly accused of spying for Germany in the late 1890s. In spite of calls for boycott in France,...
- 1/29/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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