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A La Verticale D'Ete
Dir: Tran Anh Hung. France. 2000. 112 mins.Prod co: Les Productions Lazennec. Co-prod: Le Studio Canal Plus, Arte France Cinema. US dist: Sony Picture Classics. Int'l sales: Le Studio Canal, (+33 1 4429 2598). Prod: Christophe Rossignon. Scr: Tran Anh Hung. DoP: Mark Lee. Prod des: Benoit Barouh. Ed: Mario ...
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The Singer (Quand J'Etais Chanteur)
Sadsongs say so much in The Singer, an unashamedlysentimental love story that features one of Gerard Depardieu's most fully-realisedand endearing performances in recent years. Hismelancholy, smalltime singer has the same weary charm as Burt Lancaster's ageinghood in Atlantic City. Depardieu is well matched by Cecile de France andtogether they transcend ...
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The Singer (Quand J'Etais Chanteur)
Sadsongs say so much in Quand j'Etais Chanteur, an unashamedlysentimental love story that features one of Gerard Depardieu's most fully-realisedand endearing performances in recent years. Hismelancholy, smalltime singer has the same weary charm as Burt Lancaster's ageinghood in Atlantic City. Depardieu is well matched by Cecile de France andtogether they ...
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Da Vinci holds well in international arena
The Da Vinci Code maintained much of its allure inthe international marketplace this weekend, in spite of competition from newultra-wide release X-Men: The Last Stand. The X-Men sequel -- which had a record-breaking $107mNorth American debut and opened day-and-date in 95 other territories - couldstill emerge as the international marketplace's ...
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X-Men makes mighty stand with $107m US debut
X-Men: The Last Stand grossed an estimated$107m at the North American box office over the weekend, becoming the fourthbiggest US opener in history and the biggest ever over the Memorial Day holidayweekend. The estimate -- released on Sunday by 20thCentury Fox, which made the film with Marvel Entertainment -- was ...
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Flandres
War isgrim; so is life in rural Flanders. That'sthe message most audiences are going to take from Bruno Dumont's love letter - oris it hate mail - to the area of north-eastern France where the director of L'Humanitewas born and still lives. Criticalreaction after Flandres' Cannes competition screeningwas split (as ...
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Selon Charlie
Tomake another Short Cuts without the spirit of Raymond Carver and the touch of Robert Altman isjust too much of a challenge for this darkly handsome but overlong,melodramatic and ultimately tedious Cannes competition effort, which pretendsto discuss the mystery of human nature, using an anonymous provincial town onthe Atlantic coast ...
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Da Vinci beats X-Men in international arena
The Da Vinci Code fought off competition from newwide release X-Men: The Last Stand to stay dominant in the internationalmarketplace this weekend. The Sony thriller held up impressively with anestimated gross of $92.8m, while the Fox comic book sequel opened with a strong but not quite strong enough $76.1m. In ...
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Wedding Night success tops Rai Trade Cannes sales
RaiTrade, the Rome-based international sales outfit has sealed a host ofsales on its Cannes slate.PupiAvati's Second Wedding Night, a comedy-drama set inthe south of Italyimmediately after the Second World War, was acquired by distributors in Mexico (CinemasNueva Era), Russia (Ruscico), Slovakia (STV), and Poland (TV Polska). Thepicture also sold to ...
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Cannes selections top BFI festival sales
BavariaFilm International (BFI) finished this year's Cannes by announcing numeroussales for Stefan Krohmer's Directors' Fortnight film Summer '04and Norwegian Jens Lien's International Critics' Week title The BothersomeMan.Krohmer'sdrama was sold to Austria (Filmladen), South Korea (Sejong Communications) andVenezuela (Blanco y Travieso), with a distributor deal imminent for France,while Lien's black comedy ...
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Chapman to head UK Film Council's LA office
The UK Film Council has appointed Claire Chapman as executivedirector of the UKFC's Los Angeles office.She takes over for Susan Finlayson-Sitch, who is leaving the post after six years to return tothe UK.Chapman is a producer whohad recently served as head of production and development for Scottish Screen,working on films ...
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Iceland's 101 stands tall against Gladiator
The North American summer box office got a reprieve over the five day holiday weekend, as Warner Bros' The Perfect Storm led the pack to an all-time record Independence Day weekend. At Tuesday, total box office for the weekend was estimated at $193m with predictions for the seven days ending ...
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Tartan takes US rights to Election and Election 2
TartanUSA has acquired all US rights to Jonnie To's Election and Election 2from Celluloid Dreams. Bothfilms played in official selection in Cannes, the first in 2005 andthe sequel this year. Thedeal was brokered by Charlotte Mickie for CelluloidDreams and Tartan USA acquisitions consultant Marie-Therese Guirgis.Boththrillers are set in the underworld ...
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Sales rack up for 12 :08 East Of Bucharest
Sales agent The CoproductionOffice has announced strong sales on its Camera d'Orwinner 12:08 East Of Bucharest by Romanian director Corneliu Porumbiou.The film, which was also awarded the Europa Cinemas Label in Cannes,stars Mircea Andreescu, Teo Corban and Ion Sapdaru.Sales were made to IstitutoLuce in Italy, Filmmuseum in the Netherlands, Bac ...
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EEAP's Cannes buys include Saw III and My Blueberry Nights
Berlin-based EasternEuropean Acquisition Pool (EEAP) went on a shopping spree at last week's CannesFilm Market, picking up titles from Lionsgate, 2929Entertainment, Studio Canaland Darclight for East European territories.After having a huge successreleasing Saw II earlier this year inPoland, the Baltic states, ex-Yugoslavia and CIS, EEAP sealed a deal with Lionsgate ...
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Projects set to shoot from strong Cannes Atelier
The Cannes Film Festival's filmmakers' workshop known as the Atelier hasannounced great success from its second edition. Aspiring filmmakers met with industry professionals from 19 countrieswho helped to set projects up with financing.More than 450 meetings were held this year with eight films set to nowshoot between July and October ...
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Cannes Market attendance up 6% over 2005
The Cannes Film Market hasannounced final figures for this year's edition with a strong increase in Asianpresence.In total, 91 came to themarket with 10,061 professionals registered for a global rise of 6% over 2005. Asian participation was at a high with notable increases from China (82 participants vs.41 last year), ...
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UIP signs with Intercontinental for Hong Kong and Macau
Hong Kong's Intercontinental Film Distributorshas signed an agreement with United International Pictures (UIP) for theatricaldistribution of its slate in Hong Kong and Macau. UIP previously worked with distribution and exhibition group GoldenHarvest to release its product in these territories. Intercontinental isalready the sub-distributor for Buena Vista International in Hong Kong. ...
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Artificial Eye nabs four more from Cannes
UK distributor Artificial Eye has announced a number of acquisitions from Cannes. The company has the UK rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Climates (Iklimler) and Paulo Sorrentino'sThe Friend OfThe Family (L'Amico Di Famiglia), which both played in competition. Climateswon the FIPRESCI prize. As announced before Cannes, Artificial Eye is also ...
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Artificial Eye nabs four more from Cannes
UK distributor Artificial Eye has announced a number of acquisitions from Cannes. The company has the UK rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Climates (Iklimler) and Paulo Sorrentino'sThe Friend OfThe Family (L'Amico Di Famiglia), which both played in competition. Climateswon the FIPRESCI prize. As announced before Cannes, Artificial Eye is also ...