Newen Connect, which is attending Canneseries with Stefano Lodovichi’s mafia thriller “Christian” playing in main competition, is growing its slate of English-language and international shows through partnerships with third-party producers and talents.
Bringing together the commercial activities of Newen Group, TF1 Studio and ReelOne International, Newen Connect has just signed a deal with Swedish banner Mopar Studios to co-develop and distribute globally two ambitious political thrillers, “9th Dynasty” and “The Walls Between Us.”
An epic love story spanning 30 years in the late 20th century, “The Walls Between Us” follows the dangerous and compromised lives of three former students through the Cold War, rise of terrorism, and political shifts of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
“9th Dynasty,” meanwhile, deals with the abuse of personal data sharing and how destructive it can be. The series follows two young analysts – one English, one Chinese – who seek to uncover the truth about the murder...
Bringing together the commercial activities of Newen Group, TF1 Studio and ReelOne International, Newen Connect has just signed a deal with Swedish banner Mopar Studios to co-develop and distribute globally two ambitious political thrillers, “9th Dynasty” and “The Walls Between Us.”
An epic love story spanning 30 years in the late 20th century, “The Walls Between Us” follows the dangerous and compromised lives of three former students through the Cold War, rise of terrorism, and political shifts of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
“9th Dynasty,” meanwhile, deals with the abuse of personal data sharing and how destructive it can be. The series follows two young analysts – one English, one Chinese – who seek to uncover the truth about the murder...
- 10/11/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
While handsomely shot, well-cast, and occasionally atmospheric, the latest from Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz qualifies as a watchable disappointment. Inexorable reaches for the somber allure of Claire Denis’ Bastards and instead has the psychological force of a particularly rote ’90s thriller. A shame when all the ingredients are in place for something deeper and more unsettling.
Benoît Poelvoorde, so memorable as the lead in 1992’s Man Bites Dog—streaming on Criterion Channel, still a must-watch—is Marcel Bellmer, a novelist moving into a gob-smackingly large country estate with his wife and young daughter. Said wife is Jeanne (Mélanie Doutey), and the estate was the home of her late father, a noted publisher. The giant mansion goes oddly unexplored in Inexorable, and that is a literal waste of space. We never get a sense of its geography or feel any sense of its hidden corridors.
Into this environment comes Gloria...
Benoît Poelvoorde, so memorable as the lead in 1992’s Man Bites Dog—streaming on Criterion Channel, still a must-watch—is Marcel Bellmer, a novelist moving into a gob-smackingly large country estate with his wife and young daughter. Said wife is Jeanne (Mélanie Doutey), and the estate was the home of her late father, a noted publisher. The giant mansion goes oddly unexplored in Inexorable, and that is a literal waste of space. We never get a sense of its geography or feel any sense of its hidden corridors.
Into this environment comes Gloria...
- 9/11/2021
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Netflix officially opened its offices in Paris a year ago today and to mark the anniversary the streamer has confirmed details of four upcoming projects.
On the film side, Guillaume Pierret will direct a sequel to his 2020 action pic Lost Bullet, which was a hit for Netflix, attracting more than 37 million viewers in its first four weeks, the company said.
Also in film, Régis Blondeau will remake the 2014 Korean film A Hard Day as A Tombeau Ouvert, starring Franck Gastambide and Simon Abkarian.
In TV, the company confirmed production today on two new series including The 7 lives Of Lea, created by Charlotte Sanson and produced by Empreinte Digitale. The cast will feature Raïka Hazanavicius, Khalil Ben Gharbia, Mélanie Doutey and Samuel Benchetrit. The story follows a woman who stumbles upon the body of Ismael, a teenager who disappeared thirty years earlier, with the event taking her back to 1991 and seeing...
On the film side, Guillaume Pierret will direct a sequel to his 2020 action pic Lost Bullet, which was a hit for Netflix, attracting more than 37 million viewers in its first four weeks, the company said.
Also in film, Régis Blondeau will remake the 2014 Korean film A Hard Day as A Tombeau Ouvert, starring Franck Gastambide and Simon Abkarian.
In TV, the company confirmed production today on two new series including The 7 lives Of Lea, created by Charlotte Sanson and produced by Empreinte Digitale. The cast will feature Raïka Hazanavicius, Khalil Ben Gharbia, Mélanie Doutey and Samuel Benchetrit. The story follows a woman who stumbles upon the body of Ismael, a teenager who disappeared thirty years earlier, with the event taking her back to 1991 and seeing...
- 3/30/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Read about all the leading titles coming to cinemas.
France, opening Wednesday October 7
Mainstream French comedies and dramas topped the release schedule in France once again this week, in the absence of US studio titles.
The biggest release of the week was romantic comedy The ABCs Of Love for Ugc Distribution on some 480 prints. Rising star Vincent Dedienne plays a thirtysomething babysitter, who unwittingly gets entangled in the parent teacher association of the school that his nine-year-old charge attends but finds love along the way.
Other local features included long triangle drama Dreamchild, starring Jalil Lespert, Louise Bourgoin and Mélanie Doutey...
France, opening Wednesday October 7
Mainstream French comedies and dramas topped the release schedule in France once again this week, in the absence of US studio titles.
The biggest release of the week was romantic comedy The ABCs Of Love for Ugc Distribution on some 480 prints. Rising star Vincent Dedienne plays a thirtysomething babysitter, who unwittingly gets entangled in the parent teacher association of the school that his nine-year-old charge attends but finds love along the way.
Other local features included long triangle drama Dreamchild, starring Jalil Lespert, Louise Bourgoin and Mélanie Doutey...
- 10/9/2020
- by Ben Dalton¬Melanie Goodfellow¬Gabriele Niola¬Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Nicole Garcia’s romance thriller “Lovers” has lured a raft of distributors before and after its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. The love-triangle movie also played at Toronto as part of the Industry Select lineup.
France Televisions Distribution, which represents “Lovers” in international markets, has sold the film to Switzerland (Jmh), Belgium (Vertigo Films Distribution), Poland (Hagi), Portugal (Pris Audiovisuais), Japan (At Entertainment), Brazil (Providence Filmes), and Russia, Ukraine, Baltics (Russian Report). Other deals are currently being negotiated.
“Lovers” is headlined by a French cast that includes Stacy Martin, Pierre Niney and Benoit Magimel. The movie revolves around Lisa and Simon, a pair of lovers who have been passionate about each other since they were teenagers.
When a tragedy occurs, provoked by Simon’s criminal activities, Simon flees and leaves Lisa behind without any notice. Three years later, Lisa is married to Leo, a wealthy man,...
France Televisions Distribution, which represents “Lovers” in international markets, has sold the film to Switzerland (Jmh), Belgium (Vertigo Films Distribution), Poland (Hagi), Portugal (Pris Audiovisuais), Japan (At Entertainment), Brazil (Providence Filmes), and Russia, Ukraine, Baltics (Russian Report). Other deals are currently being negotiated.
“Lovers” is headlined by a French cast that includes Stacy Martin, Pierre Niney and Benoit Magimel. The movie revolves around Lisa and Simon, a pair of lovers who have been passionate about each other since they were teenagers.
When a tragedy occurs, provoked by Simon’s criminal activities, Simon flees and leaves Lisa behind without any notice. Three years later, Lisa is married to Leo, a wealthy man,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The filmmaker is bringing together Jalil Lespert, Louise Bourgoin and Mélanie Doutey in the cast of this feature film piloted by Ts Productions and sold by France Télévisions Distribution. Filming has entered the final straight for Raphaël Jacoulot’s L’Enfant rêvé, whose shoot is set to wrap on 11 October. For his 4th feature film, in the wake of Barrage (Berlinale Forum 2005), The Night Clerk (2011) and Heatwave (2015), the filmmaker has enlisted the acting talents of Jalil Lespert (recently seen in Bro and soon to be hopping back in front of the camera to film Dévorants – read our article), Louise Bourgoin and Mélanie Doutey (who recently attracted attention in The Connection and Sink Or Swim). Written by Raphaël Jacoulot, Benjamin Adam, Iris Kaltenbäck and Fadette Drouard (César-nominated within the Best Adaptation category for Step by Step...
Company also announces first sales on ‘Between Two Worlds’.
France TV Distribution has boarded sales on French director Raphaël Jacoulot’s upcoming love triangle drama Dreamchild starring Jalil Lespert, Louise Bourgoin and Mélanie Doutey.
The company has also unveiled a slew of sales on its other Tiff titles, including Juliette Binoche-starring social drama Between Two Worlds, as the market kicks off.
Set in a small frontier town on the French-Swiss border, the provisionally titled Dreamchild began shooting in eastern France on August 5 and will wrap final scenes in October.
Lespert plays the owner of a family-run saw mill who...
France TV Distribution has boarded sales on French director Raphaël Jacoulot’s upcoming love triangle drama Dreamchild starring Jalil Lespert, Louise Bourgoin and Mélanie Doutey.
The company has also unveiled a slew of sales on its other Tiff titles, including Juliette Binoche-starring social drama Between Two Worlds, as the market kicks off.
Set in a small frontier town on the French-Swiss border, the provisionally titled Dreamchild began shooting in eastern France on August 5 and will wrap final scenes in October.
Lespert plays the owner of a family-run saw mill who...
- 9/5/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Amazon
To celebrate the release of The Connection, out now on DVD, What Culture are giving 2 lucky winners the chance to win a copy of the DVD.
The Connection follows young investigating magistrate Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin) who arrives in Marseille, a city riddled with organised crime, in 1975 with his wife (Céline Sallette, House Of Tolerance, Rust and Bone, Marie Antoinette) and children. He sets to work tackling the French Connection, a mafia organisation that exports heroin around the world. Despite protests from his family and colleagues, he sets his own safety aside to embark on a personal crusade against Gaëtan Zampa (Gilles Lellouche, Little White Lies, The Players, Point Blank), the iconic underworld figure and untouchable godfather of the French Connection. But as he delves deeper into the case, Pierre realises his old methods no longer apply.
A blend of style and intensity, The Connection is a visually stunning...
To celebrate the release of The Connection, out now on DVD, What Culture are giving 2 lucky winners the chance to win a copy of the DVD.
The Connection follows young investigating magistrate Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin) who arrives in Marseille, a city riddled with organised crime, in 1975 with his wife (Céline Sallette, House Of Tolerance, Rust and Bone, Marie Antoinette) and children. He sets to work tackling the French Connection, a mafia organisation that exports heroin around the world. Despite protests from his family and colleagues, he sets his own safety aside to embark on a personal crusade against Gaëtan Zampa (Gilles Lellouche, Little White Lies, The Players, Point Blank), the iconic underworld figure and untouchable godfather of the French Connection. But as he delves deeper into the case, Pierre realises his old methods no longer apply.
A blend of style and intensity, The Connection is a visually stunning...
- 10/20/2015
- by Laura Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
When it comes to battles between cops and criminals, sometimes the key conflict isn't about gun fights and shootouts, but the intricacies of the law. Ideally, cops have to have to play by the book, and smart criminals know how to work around the rules, so taking down some of the biggest bad guys sometimes means stepping into to murky territory. And that's just what Jean Dujardin does in this exclusive clip from the gritty French crime drama "The Connection." Directed by Cédric Jimenez, co-starring Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette, Mélanie Doutey and Benoît Magimel, and inspired by true events, the movie tells the story of real-life Marseilles magistrate Pierre Michel and his relentless crusade to dismantle the most notorious drug smuggling operation in history: the French Connection and its kingpin, Gatean "Tany" Zampa. As you'll see in the scene below, this criminal enterprise is far-reaching and...
- 5/21/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
The Connection (La French) Drafthouse Films Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for Shockya. Databased on Rotten Tomatoes. Grade: A- Director: Cédric Jimenez Screenwriter: Cédric Jimenez, Audrey Diwan Cast: Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lelloche, Céline Salette, Mélanie Doutey, Benoît Magimel Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 4/29/15 Opens: May 15, 2015 There’s a reason that users of illegal drugs are penalized for purchasing heroin, cocaine, and crack. If there were no users, there would be no distributors. The market would dry up, and the narcotics problem would go away. Here in the U.S. we have to face the fact that our users are responsible for the anarchy in Mexico, for the deaths of 60,000 [ Read More ]
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- 5/1/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
From Drafthouse Films comes the new trailer & poster for The Connection, the action-packed European flip side to The French Connection, starring Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin.
Directed and co-written by Cédric Jimenez, The Connection was entirely shot on 35 mm and is the European flipside to William Friedkin’s The French Connection.
A stylish, 70’s-period crime thriller inspired by true events, it tells the story of real-life Marseilles magistrate Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin) and his relentless crusade to dismantle the most notorious drug smuggling operation in history: the French Connection.
In his crosshairs is charismatic and wealthy kingpin, Gatean “Tany” Zampa (Gilles Lellouche), who runs the largest underground heroin trade into the States. Though the fearless and tenacious Michel, aided by a task force of elite cops, will stop at nothing–including boldly orchestrated drug raids, devastating arrests, and exacting interrogations–to ensure the crime ring’s demise, Zampa’s “La French...
Directed and co-written by Cédric Jimenez, The Connection was entirely shot on 35 mm and is the European flipside to William Friedkin’s The French Connection.
A stylish, 70’s-period crime thriller inspired by true events, it tells the story of real-life Marseilles magistrate Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin) and his relentless crusade to dismantle the most notorious drug smuggling operation in history: the French Connection.
In his crosshairs is charismatic and wealthy kingpin, Gatean “Tany” Zampa (Gilles Lellouche), who runs the largest underground heroin trade into the States. Though the fearless and tenacious Michel, aided by a task force of elite cops, will stop at nothing–including boldly orchestrated drug raids, devastating arrests, and exacting interrogations–to ensure the crime ring’s demise, Zampa’s “La French...
- 4/1/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Being a movie enthusiast can be depressing for women, especially when "majors" believe they only adore romantic films and, to a lesser extent, comedies. Despite a few plot holes, Le bal des actrices is worth your time. In fact, the film tries - by taking the form of a documentary - its best to address the difficulties that actresses face in the movie industry.
A female movie director (Maïwenn Le Besco) is making a documentary about what it means to be an actress in France with an Hdv camera. In the process, Maïwenn conducts interviews actresses that are either well-known, more or less known and unknown.
Mélanie Doutey, a blockbuster actress, receives a lot of script to read, clothes/jewels from fashion companies (ex: Chanel) to wear at big-shot events and deals from magazines that want to put her face (note from the editor: and what a lovely one!) on their cover.
A female movie director (Maïwenn Le Besco) is making a documentary about what it means to be an actress in France with an Hdv camera. In the process, Maïwenn conducts interviews actresses that are either well-known, more or less known and unknown.
Mélanie Doutey, a blockbuster actress, receives a lot of script to read, clothes/jewels from fashion companies (ex: Chanel) to wear at big-shot events and deals from magazines that want to put her face (note from the editor: and what a lovely one!) on their cover.
- 1/3/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Next week blogging will return to normal but this weekend I'm mostly offline. That's normally hard for me (My name is Nathaniel and I'm an internet addict) but this wedding weekend is such a blast that I haven't much though of movies... except for when we passed the Alamo Ritz earlier.
Before I left I took in my last Tribeca film, All About Actresses [Q & A] which is a French mockumentary about actresses and their neurosis. The actresses play themselves... but comedic false versions of themselves. The writer/director/star Maïwenn looked So familiar to me and I just couldn't place her. This is what IMDb is for. Turns out she played the diva Plavalaguna in The Fifth Element. Well, how about that? I always loved her scene in that movie. Her new film is... unusual... but despite my francophilia, I feel like more knowledge of French cinema would have definitely helped...
Before I left I took in my last Tribeca film, All About Actresses [Q & A] which is a French mockumentary about actresses and their neurosis. The actresses play themselves... but comedic false versions of themselves. The writer/director/star Maïwenn looked So familiar to me and I just couldn't place her. This is what IMDb is for. Turns out she played the diva Plavalaguna in The Fifth Element. Well, how about that? I always loved her scene in that movie. Her new film is... unusual... but despite my francophilia, I feel like more knowledge of French cinema would have definitely helped...
- 5/2/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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