Albert Pereira-Lazaro and Emmanual Klotz’s animated feature LesLascars will receive a special out of competition screening at Cannes Critics’Week, which runs from May 14 – 22.
The film, based on a French TV series, is intended for adults and is set during a blistering summer in an inner city where everyone dreams of going on holiday. The voice cast includes Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger and Gilles Lellouche.
The picture’s international sales are being handled by Bac Films.
ScreenDaily’s weekly round up of the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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Participants come Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Peru and Saint Lucia.
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