All France articles – Page 6
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‘Bird’, ‘Bring Them Down’ join line-up of Dinard Festival Of British & Irish Film 2024
‘September Says’, ‘Kneecap’ and ’Paul & Paulette Take A Bath’ are also in the line-up.
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Juho Kuosmanen’s ‘Silent Trilogy’ makes noise with key sales deals (exclusive)
The triptych premiered at Bologna’s Il Cinema Ritrovato festival and then screened in Karlovy Vary.
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French box office dips in August but local titles save three-month summer period
Three French films may now hit 8 million admissions this year, for the first time since 1998.
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Features
‘Paul & Paulette Take A Bath’ director on crafting his Venice Critics’ Week debut “outside of the system”
The dark comedy is the first feature from UK born, Paris-based commericals and music video producer Jethro Massey.
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Reviews
‘Finally’: Venice Review
The 51st feature from French maestro Claude Lelouch is a playful ‘greatest hits’ musical fable
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‘The Mohican’: Venice Review
An unassuming Corsican goatherd becomes the figurehead of a resistance movement in this assured thriller
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‘Youth (Hard Times)’: Locarno Review
The second in Wang Bing’s documentary trilogy returns to the young migrant workers who populate the factories of China’s Xisheng Road
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‘My Everything’: Venice Review
Call My Agent!’s Laure Calamy stars in Anne-Sophie Bailly’s well-acted if one-sided debut feature
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“Calm on set”: How Venice title ‘My Everything’ has helped to pioneer accessibility practices while filming
’My Everything’ and box office smash ’A Little Bit Of Everything’ both boasted the first ’accessibility coordination manager’ role.
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‘And Their Children After Them’: Venice Review
Small town in France, bad teenage decisions for the third feature by the Boukherma twins
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‘Three Friends’: Venice Review
Emmanuel Mouret delivers a knotty Lyon-set romantic drama starring Camille Cottin
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‘Quiet Life’: Venice Review
A Russian family seeking asylum in Sweden face the unexpected in this unsettling drama
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Festival favourite ‘Misericordia’ sells around the world (exclusive)
The film debuted at Cannes and is now screening at the Telluride, Toronto and the New York film festivals.
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Gaumont vice CEO Christophe Riandee exits French major
Gaumont confirmed his departure in a short statement this morning.
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Memento International moves in for Venice Horizons title ‘Familiar Touch’ (exclusive)
‘Familiar Touch’ is described as a coming-of-old-age film by US filmmaker Sarah Friedland.
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Mediawan takes majority stake in Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli’s Our Films
Acquisition adds to European production and distribution group’s labels including Brad Pitt’s Plan B.
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Loco Films swoops on Venice Critics’ Week dark comedy ‘Paul & Paulette Take A Bath’ (exclusive)
The dark comedy is UK-French filmmaker Jethro Massey’s debut feature.
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Buyers fall for Emmanuel Mouret’s ‘Three Friends’ ahead of Venice premiere (exclusive)
Camille Cottin, India Hair and Sara Forestier star as three friends navigating life and love.
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Cannes titles ‘Jim’s Story’, and ‘Wild Diamond’ sell widely for Pyramide (exclusive)
The Larrieu brothers’ ‘Jim’s Story’ is also performing well for an arthouse title at the French box office.
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Alain Delon, French icon of ‘Le Samourai’, dies aged 88
Delon died ”peacefully in his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and his family,” according to a family statement.