Raw (Grave) is a horror and drama movie directed and written by Julia Ducournau magnificently starred by Garance Marillier who is given a life changing opportunity that does not go wasted.
Terror that is not suitable for all audiences in a movie that goes into the taboo of cannibalism.
Raw is the (already famous) movie directed in 2016 by Julia Ducournau. And, yes, it is about cannibalism, so if you are having a bad day… it is not a movie for you. However, the movie is not bad at all and it surprises us with a different focus and although at times it is sensationalistic and even morbid, it undertakes the narrative in a special, different way and with a blatant setting that matches the plot very well.
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Justine is a brilliant girl who starts studying veterinary sciences. She, and her family, is vegetarian, and a sort of initiation ritual...
Terror that is not suitable for all audiences in a movie that goes into the taboo of cannibalism.
Raw is the (already famous) movie directed in 2016 by Julia Ducournau. And, yes, it is about cannibalism, so if you are having a bad day… it is not a movie for you. However, the movie is not bad at all and it surprises us with a different focus and although at times it is sensationalistic and even morbid, it undertakes the narrative in a special, different way and with a blatant setting that matches the plot very well.
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Justine is a brilliant girl who starts studying veterinary sciences. She, and her family, is vegetarian, and a sort of initiation ritual...
- 1/17/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Stars: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss, Bouli Lanners, Marion Vernoux, Thomas Mustin, Marouan Iddoub, Jean-Louis Sbille | Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau
When Raw was first released it was one of those movies that caught people’s attention based on the fact people felt sickened from watching it, even walked out of the movie theatres instead of watching it to the end. For those who could stomach it though, they found an experience that may be Raw, but is also a very good movie. This of course makes it perfect for a Second Sight Blu-ray re-release.
Raised as a strict vegetarian Justine’s (Garance Mirillier) beliefs are tested when she goes to veterinarian school. When forced to eat meat, this awakens a new hunger in her that she did not expect, which opens up a whole new world to her. This wakes her up...
When Raw was first released it was one of those movies that caught people’s attention based on the fact people felt sickened from watching it, even walked out of the movie theatres instead of watching it to the end. For those who could stomach it though, they found an experience that may be Raw, but is also a very good movie. This of course makes it perfect for a Second Sight Blu-ray re-release.
Raised as a strict vegetarian Justine’s (Garance Mirillier) beliefs are tested when she goes to veterinarian school. When forced to eat meat, this awakens a new hunger in her that she did not expect, which opens up a whole new world to her. This wakes her up...
- 4/28/2021
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Doc & Film International has boarded Italian filmmaker Filippo Meneghetti’s feature debut “Deux” which is being produced by France’s Paprika Films, Luxembourg’s Tarantula and Belgium’s Artémis.
The movie started shooting Oct. 1 and stars German veteran actress Barbara Sukowa (“Lola,””Rosa Luxemburg”), Martine Chevallier (Pas son genre”) and Léa Drucker (“Custody”).
“Deux” follows two retired women, Nina et Madeleine, who are secretly in love with each other, and are believed to be simple neighbors as they live in the same building. One event causes them to separate abruptly while the daughter of Madeleine discovers her mother’s secret life. The two women will seek to reunite in spite of challenges.
Meneghetti wrote the script with Malysone Bovorasmy, in collaboration with Florence Vignon and Marion Vernoux. Meneghetti previously directed three shorts, “Undici,””l’Intruso” and “La Bête.”
Sophie Dulac Distribution will release “Deux” in France. Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin and Laurent Baujard...
The movie started shooting Oct. 1 and stars German veteran actress Barbara Sukowa (“Lola,””Rosa Luxemburg”), Martine Chevallier (Pas son genre”) and Léa Drucker (“Custody”).
“Deux” follows two retired women, Nina et Madeleine, who are secretly in love with each other, and are believed to be simple neighbors as they live in the same building. One event causes them to separate abruptly while the daughter of Madeleine discovers her mother’s secret life. The two women will seek to reunite in spite of challenges.
Meneghetti wrote the script with Malysone Bovorasmy, in collaboration with Florence Vignon and Marion Vernoux. Meneghetti previously directed three shorts, “Undici,””l’Intruso” and “La Bête.”
Sophie Dulac Distribution will release “Deux” in France. Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin and Laurent Baujard...
- 10/2/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss, Bouli Lanners, Marion Vernoux, Thomas Mustin, Marouan Iddoub, Jean-Louis Sbille | Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau
I’ve read the hype, I’ve heard of the faintings and walkouts. And I have no idea what film those “newsworthy” stories were based around. It’s certainly not the film that I saw… In fact I found the film to be somewhat timid compared to the online furore surrounding Julia Ducournau’s film. As a strange, ethereal coming-of-age tale, Raw is very, Very, effective. But as some kind of Martyrs-esque French fear-flick shocker? Less so. Much less so. Don’t buy into the hype and instead enjoy an pathos-filled tale of growing up. All wrapped up in the story of cannibal sisters attending veterinary school! Hey, I never said Raw wasn’t a strange film…
The film follows shy vegetarian...
I’ve read the hype, I’ve heard of the faintings and walkouts. And I have no idea what film those “newsworthy” stories were based around. It’s certainly not the film that I saw… In fact I found the film to be somewhat timid compared to the online furore surrounding Julia Ducournau’s film. As a strange, ethereal coming-of-age tale, Raw is very, Very, effective. But as some kind of Martyrs-esque French fear-flick shocker? Less so. Much less so. Don’t buy into the hype and instead enjoy an pathos-filled tale of growing up. All wrapped up in the story of cannibal sisters attending veterinary school! Hey, I never said Raw wasn’t a strange film…
The film follows shy vegetarian...
- 4/7/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
"A deliciously fevered stew of nightmare fuel." Focus World has debuted a juicy red band trailer for a highly acclaimed indie drama titled Raw, which played to rave reviews at the Toronto Film Festival and Fantastic Fest last fall. The film is about a young veterinarian student named Justine, played by Garance Marillier, who is a vegetarian. Everything changes when she's forced to eat raw meat as part of a hazing ritual at the vet school, and things get bloodier from there on out. The cast includes Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss, Bouli Lanners, Marion Vernoux. This acclaimed film is also playing at Sundance coming up this month. This looks disgusting, but the rave reviews have me interested anyway. Here's the official red band trailer (+ poster) for Julia Ducournau's Raw, direct from YouTube: Everyone in Justine’s family is a vet. And a vegetarian. At...
- 1/12/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A maddening and twisted red-band trailer has been released for a cannibal thriller called Raw. No words are spoken in the trailer, but it's filled with some pretty jacked-up visuals that will make you squirm in your seat. As I mentioned in the title, it's a pretty effective dose of nightmare fuel. It looks absolutely horrific, which obviously means that I have to see it! Here's the synopsis:
Everyone in Justine’s family is a vet. And a vegetarian. At sixteen she’s a brilliant student starting out at veterinary school where she experiences a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her family principles and eats raw meat for the first time. Justine will soon face the terrible and unexpected consequences as her true self begins to emerge.
The film was directed by French filmmaker Julia Ducournau, and the cast includes Garance Marillier Ella Rumpf,...
Everyone in Justine’s family is a vet. And a vegetarian. At sixteen she’s a brilliant student starting out at veterinary school where she experiences a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her family principles and eats raw meat for the first time. Justine will soon face the terrible and unexpected consequences as her true self begins to emerge.
The film was directed by French filmmaker Julia Ducournau, and the cast includes Garance Marillier Ella Rumpf,...
- 1/12/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Father and son wine tour tale reunites directorial duo Benoit Delépine and Gustave Kervern with Gérard Depardieu and Benoît Po
Le Pacte has picked up sales on Benoit Delépine and Gustave Kervern’s latest collaboration Saint Amour, starring Gérard Depardieu and Benoît Poelvoorde as a farmer and his son who bond and find love on an eventful wine tour.
Delépine and Kervern last worked with Depardieu on their 2010 comic road movie Mammuth, which premiered in Berlin, was a breakout arthouse hit in France and sold well internationally.
Poelvoorde is a frequent collaborator with Delépine and Kervern, starring most recently as middle-aged punk in Le Grand Soir – which won Un Certain Regard’s Grand Jury Prize in 2012.
In Saint Amour, Poelvoorde plays disheartened cattle breeder Bruno who is attending the Paris International Agriculture Show with his father Jean, played by Depardieu.
The latter is hoping their prize bull Nabucodonosor will finally take top honours at the event and that...
Le Pacte has picked up sales on Benoit Delépine and Gustave Kervern’s latest collaboration Saint Amour, starring Gérard Depardieu and Benoît Poelvoorde as a farmer and his son who bond and find love on an eventful wine tour.
Delépine and Kervern last worked with Depardieu on their 2010 comic road movie Mammuth, which premiered in Berlin, was a breakout arthouse hit in France and sold well internationally.
Poelvoorde is a frequent collaborator with Delépine and Kervern, starring most recently as middle-aged punk in Le Grand Soir – which won Un Certain Regard’s Grand Jury Prize in 2012.
In Saint Amour, Poelvoorde plays disheartened cattle breeder Bruno who is attending the Paris International Agriculture Show with his father Jean, played by Depardieu.
The latter is hoping their prize bull Nabucodonosor will finally take top honours at the event and that...
- 5/7/2015
- ScreenDaily
They didn’t make our final Top 100 cut, but here is a list of foreign film titles that are on our radar for 2015. We being with…
200. Remember – Dir. Atom Egoyan
199. Suffragette – Dir. Sarah Gavron
198. Kills on Wheels – Dir. Attila Till
197. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend – Dir. Yuen Woo-ping
196. The Go-Between – Dir. Pete Travis
195. Peur de Rien Dir. Danielle Arbid
194. Regular Boy – Dir. Michele Civetta
193. Flaskepost – Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
192. The Lady in the Van – Dir. Nicolas Hytner
191. Zoom – Dir. Pedro Morelli
190. Away from the Sea – Dir. Imanol Uribe
189. Tulip Fever – Dir. Justin Chadwick
188. Ulrike’s Brain – Dir. Bruce La Bruce
187. Tsunami – Dir. Jacques Deschamps
186. And Your Sister? – Dir. Marion Vernoux
185. There Was Las Vegas – Dir. Alexandre Castas
184. Prejudice – Dir. Antoine Cuypers
183. Stepne – Dir. Maryna Vroda
182. Irreplaceable – Dir. Olivier Masset-Depasse
181. Histoire de Judas Iscariot – Dir. Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
180. The First, the Last – Dir. Bouli Lanners
179. Selection Officielle – Dir. Jacques Richard
178. Desierto – Dir.
200. Remember – Dir. Atom Egoyan
199. Suffragette – Dir. Sarah Gavron
198. Kills on Wheels – Dir. Attila Till
197. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend – Dir. Yuen Woo-ping
196. The Go-Between – Dir. Pete Travis
195. Peur de Rien Dir. Danielle Arbid
194. Regular Boy – Dir. Michele Civetta
193. Flaskepost – Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
192. The Lady in the Van – Dir. Nicolas Hytner
191. Zoom – Dir. Pedro Morelli
190. Away from the Sea – Dir. Imanol Uribe
189. Tulip Fever – Dir. Justin Chadwick
188. Ulrike’s Brain – Dir. Bruce La Bruce
187. Tsunami – Dir. Jacques Deschamps
186. And Your Sister? – Dir. Marion Vernoux
185. There Was Las Vegas – Dir. Alexandre Castas
184. Prejudice – Dir. Antoine Cuypers
183. Stepne – Dir. Maryna Vroda
182. Irreplaceable – Dir. Olivier Masset-Depasse
181. Histoire de Judas Iscariot – Dir. Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
180. The First, the Last – Dir. Bouli Lanners
179. Selection Officielle – Dir. Jacques Richard
178. Desierto – Dir.
- 1/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Asia Argento and Nuno Lopes in Obsessive Rhythms She was one of the original Nouvelle Vague stars. Now Fanny Ardant, who after more than 60 films, 25 theatre runs and a dozen-plus television series, has emerged as a grande dame of French cinema, although do not mention the phrase in her presence.
She continues to reinvent herself – not least behind the camera as a director. That’s the reason she’s at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for presentations of Obsessive Rhythms (Cadences Obstinées) a drama about a former cellist stuck in a dead-end relationship with an obsessive architect and featuring an impressive cast of Asia Argento, Nuno Lopes, Ricardo Pereira, Gerard Depardieu, and Franco Nero.
"The point of view of someone else has always interested me" Photo: Richard Mowe The reviews may not have been wildly enthusiastic but Ardant is nonplussed because she never reads the critics. More successful was...
She continues to reinvent herself – not least behind the camera as a director. That’s the reason she’s at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for presentations of Obsessive Rhythms (Cadences Obstinées) a drama about a former cellist stuck in a dead-end relationship with an obsessive architect and featuring an impressive cast of Asia Argento, Nuno Lopes, Ricardo Pereira, Gerard Depardieu, and Franco Nero.
"The point of view of someone else has always interested me" Photo: Richard Mowe The reviews may not have been wildly enthusiastic but Ardant is nonplussed because she never reads the critics. More successful was...
- 7/7/2014
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
★★★☆☆Written and directed by Marion Vernoux, making her return to the big-screen after a decade-long hiatus, Bright Days Ahead (2013) is an observant look at the simultaneous pangs and various liberties of ageing, detailing the story of a retiree who goes on something of a personal and sexual reawakening. The François Truffaut alumni and effortlessly alluring Fanny Ardant plays Caroline, a 60-year-old woman who has begun to reach an impasse in her unexpectedly dull post-retirement life. Caroline, at the behest of her daughters, begins attending classes at her local all-purpose seniors club, 'Bright Days Ahead', which offers fellow pensioners a selection of courses ranging from acting to wine-tasting.
- 6/20/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Following a six year break from the director’s chair, Marion Vernoux returns with the optimistically titled Bright Days Ahead, starring icon of French cinema Fanny Ardant. Ahead of the theatrical release HeyUGuys had the pleasure to speak with both Vernoux and Ardant, who shared with us their thoughts on their careers, their creative approach and the need for real encounters and a belief in the present.
Why your respective careers? Was there that one inspirational moment?
Marion Vernoux: I started when I was young. I wrote my first script when I was nineteen years old, and shot my first film when I was twenty four, although it wasn’t a project of a mature reflection. But that is only slightly true, because from the age of four I wanted to make films, and so I did wait fourteen years.
Fanny Ardant: There is always the mystery of...
Why your respective careers? Was there that one inspirational moment?
Marion Vernoux: I started when I was young. I wrote my first script when I was nineteen years old, and shot my first film when I was twenty four, although it wasn’t a project of a mature reflection. But that is only slightly true, because from the age of four I wanted to make films, and so I did wait fourteen years.
Fanny Ardant: There is always the mystery of...
- 6/19/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Following a six year break from the director’s chair, Marion Vernoux returns with the optimistically titled Bright Days Ahead, starring icon of French cinema Fanny Ardant. Ahead of the theatrical release HeyUGuys had the pleasure to speak with both Vernoux and Ardant, who shared with us their thoughts on their careers, their creative approach and the need for real encounters and a belief in the present.
Why your respective careers? Was there that one inspirational moment?
Marion Vernoux: I started when I was young. I wrote my first script when I was nineteen years old, and shot my first film when I was twenty four, although it wasn’t a project of a mature reflection. But that is only slightly true, because from the age of four I wanted to make films, and so I did wait fourteen years.
Fanny Ardant: There is always the mystery of...
Why your respective careers? Was there that one inspirational moment?
Marion Vernoux: I started when I was young. I wrote my first script when I was nineteen years old, and shot my first film when I was twenty four, although it wasn’t a project of a mature reflection. But that is only slightly true, because from the age of four I wanted to make films, and so I did wait fourteen years.
Fanny Ardant: There is always the mystery of...
- 6/19/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Marion Vernoux’s Bright Days Ahead (Les Baux Jours) offers us a meditation on the turning points of life in the shape of a typical melodic French drama. The director’s interruption of the introductory montage of Caroline (Fanny Ardant) cut up by the bold white font of the cast credits with sharp angles, and the ominous score, opens the film with a sense of biting tension. It gives the impression that the comedy could be swept aside as darker undertones swirl beneath the surface, creating dangerous undercurrents that threaten to pull the film’s leading protagonist beneath the surface, and therein our latest experience of a light-hearted French drama.
But Vernoux knows how to offset pathos with comedy, and this approach is an effective prelude for Caroline, whose journey will be one, as is the tendency in this kind of story to learn that her life is not to be dismissed,...
But Vernoux knows how to offset pathos with comedy, and this approach is an effective prelude for Caroline, whose journey will be one, as is the tendency in this kind of story to learn that her life is not to be dismissed,...
- 6/19/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Marion Vernoux’s Bright Days Ahead (Les Baux Jours) offers us a meditation on the turning points of life in the shape of a typical melodic French drama. The director’s interruption of the introductory montage of Caroline (Fanny Ardant) cut up by the bold white font of the cast credits with sharp angles, and the ominous score, opens the film with a sense of biting tension. It gives the impression that the comedy could be swept aside as darker undertones swirl beneath the surface, creating dangerous undercurrents that threaten to pull the film’s leading protagonist beneath the surface, and therein our latest experience of a light-hearted French drama.
But Vernoux knows how to offset pathos with comedy, and this approach is an effective prelude for Caroline, whose journey will be one, as is the tendency in this kind of story to learn that her life is not to be dismissed,...
But Vernoux knows how to offset pathos with comedy, and this approach is an effective prelude for Caroline, whose journey will be one, as is the tendency in this kind of story to learn that her life is not to be dismissed,...
- 6/19/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chicago – We are victims of our own circumstances, says the old adage. We are also prone to transitions, some caused by decisions we make, others thrust upon us through life itself. In a fascinating new French film, Fanny Ardant embraces a character transforming through such circumstance, and trying to understand what aging means to her in “Bright Days Ahead.”
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The title is a clever device, because it also is the name an activities center for senior citizens – think computer classes, yoga, acting – that Ardant’s character has signed up at, through a gift from her daughters. It is through that symbolically named place that her transition begins, from one life as a respected professional, wife and mother to an individual learning about rejuvenating her nerve endings. The film is blissfully French in atmosphere and attitude, in addition to being a showcase for the delicate beauty and truth of the lead actress.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The title is a clever device, because it also is the name an activities center for senior citizens – think computer classes, yoga, acting – that Ardant’s character has signed up at, through a gift from her daughters. It is through that symbolically named place that her transition begins, from one life as a respected professional, wife and mother to an individual learning about rejuvenating her nerve endings. The film is blissfully French in atmosphere and attitude, in addition to being a showcase for the delicate beauty and truth of the lead actress.
- 5/13/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Bright Days Ahead
Written by Fanny Chesnel and Marion Vernoux
Directed by Marion Vernoux
France, 2013
The opening credits to the new French film Bright Days Ahead, so named for the senior club the lead character joins in the opening scenes offer a sense of the urgency that the film itself isn’t interested in matching. Director Marion Vernoux cuts between the credits, presented in a stylish and large font, and Fanny Ardant’s protagonist, and does so quickly. The movie that follows these credits, which are dealt with briskly, is more laid-back in its style and presentation. While fast pacing isn’t a requirement for quality filmmaking, the imbalance is hard not to notice, as it’s unclear what Vernoux’s choice belies. Did she mean to throw the audience off guard from the outset? Was it simply a case of her wanting to spend as little time as possible on non-story matters?...
Written by Fanny Chesnel and Marion Vernoux
Directed by Marion Vernoux
France, 2013
The opening credits to the new French film Bright Days Ahead, so named for the senior club the lead character joins in the opening scenes offer a sense of the urgency that the film itself isn’t interested in matching. Director Marion Vernoux cuts between the credits, presented in a stylish and large font, and Fanny Ardant’s protagonist, and does so quickly. The movie that follows these credits, which are dealt with briskly, is more laid-back in its style and presentation. While fast pacing isn’t a requirement for quality filmmaking, the imbalance is hard not to notice, as it’s unclear what Vernoux’s choice belies. Did she mean to throw the audience off guard from the outset? Was it simply a case of her wanting to spend as little time as possible on non-story matters?...
- 5/9/2014
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Like many of her middle-aged French peers (Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Charlotte Rampling, Isabelle Huppert, and co.), Fanny Ardant remains an in-demand talent across the pond. Whereas in America, actresses over 50 are often delegated to playing the doting mom or frumpy grandma (if they're offered anything at all), in France, the roles seem to get better with time for celebrated actresses. At 65, Ardant (best known to American audiences for her role in 1981’s "The Woman Next Door," directed by her late partner François Truffaut) is afforded one of the best roles of her career in Marion Vernoux's "Bright Days Ahead," which opens today in select theaters (you can also catch it On Demand). In the drama, Ardant plays Caroline, a married, recently retired dentist with two daughters and grandchildren, who takes up computer classes at a senior center. There she meets a 40-ish computer consultant (Laurent Lafitte), and it's...
- 4/25/2014
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
When the twentysomething receptionist at the retirement club sighs with disappointment that she "saw [her] life differently," the irony is clear — although the setup might make you brace for a gut-punch about old age and hindsight. (Wait until time renders your bones brittle, then you can mourn your failed dreams!)
Fortunately, it never comes. Instead, Bright Days Ahead, from writer-director Marion Vernoux, surprises with a lighthearted depiction of life after 60.
Caroline, played by the luminous Fanny Ardant, is a reluctant retiree whose daughters push her into taking classes at the local seniors' club. Frustrated with the infantilizing treatment from her children and instructors, she indulges in a different distraction: an affair with Julien (Laurent Laf...
Fortunately, it never comes. Instead, Bright Days Ahead, from writer-director Marion Vernoux, surprises with a lighthearted depiction of life after 60.
Caroline, played by the luminous Fanny Ardant, is a reluctant retiree whose daughters push her into taking classes at the local seniors' club. Frustrated with the infantilizing treatment from her children and instructors, she indulges in a different distraction: an affair with Julien (Laurent Laf...
- 4/23/2014
- Village Voice
Fifth edition of annual showcase of contemporary French cinema to take place in key cities across the UK from April 23-28.
Marion Vernoux’s Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux Jours) will open this year’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema.
Vernoux and lead actress Fanny Ardant will be in attendance at the Curzon Soho in London for a post-screening Q&A.
Run by UniFrance Films and the Institut français in London, the fifth edition of the annual showcase of contemporary French cinema will take place in key cities across the UK. As well as at the Curzon Soho and Ciné Lumière, films will screen in Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Nottingham, Oxford and at the Duke of York’s in Brighton.
Speaking to Screen, Isabelle Giordano, executive director of UniFrance Films, says the focus of this year’s showcase is to highlight burgeoning talent in France.
“What I would like to do for this edition is to focus on the...
Marion Vernoux’s Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux Jours) will open this year’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema.
Vernoux and lead actress Fanny Ardant will be in attendance at the Curzon Soho in London for a post-screening Q&A.
Run by UniFrance Films and the Institut français in London, the fifth edition of the annual showcase of contemporary French cinema will take place in key cities across the UK. As well as at the Curzon Soho and Ciné Lumière, films will screen in Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Nottingham, Oxford and at the Duke of York’s in Brighton.
Speaking to Screen, Isabelle Giordano, executive director of UniFrance Films, says the focus of this year’s showcase is to highlight burgeoning talent in France.
“What I would like to do for this edition is to focus on the...
- 3/28/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Festival guests include Nathalie Baye, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Jalil Lespert and Vincent Macaigne.
Michael Kohlhaas by Arnaud de Pallieres was awarded best film at the 15th Athens Francophone film festival (March 19-26) backed by Unifrance.
The award sponsored by the French public channel TV5 and the Athens Municipality carries a purse of €9,000 to back the release of the film in Greece by Seven Films and Spentzos Films.
A special mention was given to Bruno Dumont’s Camille Claudel 1915, starring Juliette Binoche in the eponymous role.Videorama Films/Odeon acquired for Greece.
The five-member jury was comprised of the French-Greek actor George Corraface (president), Greek film producer Fenia Kosovitsa, French film scholar and director Antoine Danis, Greek born-French resident composer Olga Kouklaki and Greek film critic Yiannis Zoumpoulakis.
The audience award, backed by Fischer Breweries with €6,000, went to Marion Vernoux’s Les Beaux Jours starring Fanny Ardant. Produced by the French outlet Les Films du Kiosque, the film will...
Michael Kohlhaas by Arnaud de Pallieres was awarded best film at the 15th Athens Francophone film festival (March 19-26) backed by Unifrance.
The award sponsored by the French public channel TV5 and the Athens Municipality carries a purse of €9,000 to back the release of the film in Greece by Seven Films and Spentzos Films.
A special mention was given to Bruno Dumont’s Camille Claudel 1915, starring Juliette Binoche in the eponymous role.Videorama Films/Odeon acquired for Greece.
The five-member jury was comprised of the French-Greek actor George Corraface (president), Greek film producer Fenia Kosovitsa, French film scholar and director Antoine Danis, Greek born-French resident composer Olga Kouklaki and Greek film critic Yiannis Zoumpoulakis.
The audience award, backed by Fischer Breweries with €6,000, went to Marion Vernoux’s Les Beaux Jours starring Fanny Ardant. Produced by the French outlet Les Films du Kiosque, the film will...
- 3/27/2014
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
The 13th Tribeca Film Festival has announced its complete lineup for next month’s New York celebration, which runs April 16-27. Culled from more than 6,000 submissions, Tribeca 2014 includes 55 world premieres, 37 first-time filmmakers, and 22 female directors. Half the slate had been announced on Tuesday, with Spotlight, Midnight, and Storyscapes films unveiled today, as well as special screenings. “Spotlight and special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s program, both in range of styles and stories,” said Genna Terranova, Tribeca’s director of programming. “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we...
- 3/6/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Tribeca Film Festival 2014 world premieres include Every Secret Thing, Miss Meadows and Zombeavers.
Spotlight features 31 films comprising 22 narratives and nine documentaries, of which 20 receive world premieres. The Midnight section will open with Preservation and includes the Efm buzz title Zombeavers.
Special Screenings include 6, a work-in-progress documentary by The Cove director Louie Psihoyos. The transmedia Storyscapes line-up returns for the second year. As previously announced, the festival will open on April 16 with the Nas documentary Time Is Illmatic and runs through April 27.
“Spotlight and Special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s programme, both in range of styles and stories,” said director of programming Genna Terranova, “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we see personal relationships at pivotal moments of transition. We look forward to sharing these engaging stories with audiences.”
“Whether they made us laugh, squirm, or plain scared the heck out of us, each of the...
Spotlight features 31 films comprising 22 narratives and nine documentaries, of which 20 receive world premieres. The Midnight section will open with Preservation and includes the Efm buzz title Zombeavers.
Special Screenings include 6, a work-in-progress documentary by The Cove director Louie Psihoyos. The transmedia Storyscapes line-up returns for the second year. As previously announced, the festival will open on April 16 with the Nas documentary Time Is Illmatic and runs through April 27.
“Spotlight and Special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s programme, both in range of styles and stories,” said director of programming Genna Terranova, “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we see personal relationships at pivotal moments of transition. We look forward to sharing these engaging stories with audiences.”
“Whether they made us laugh, squirm, or plain scared the heck out of us, each of the...
- 3/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Tribeca Film Festival 2014 world premieres include Every Secret Thing, Miss Meadows and Zombeavers.
Spotlight features 31 films comprising 22 narratives and nine documentaries, of which 20 receive world premieres. The Midnight section will open with Preservation and includes the Efm buzz title Zombeavers.
Special Screenings include 6, a work-in-progress documentary by The Cove director Louie Psihoyos. The transmedia Storyscapes line-up returns for the second year. As previously announced, the festival will open on April 16 with the Nas documentary Time Is Illmatic and runs through April 27.
“Spotlight and Special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s programme, both in range of styles and stories,” said director of programming Genna Terranova, “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we see personal relationships at pivotal moments of transition. We look forward to sharing these engaging stories with audiences.”
“Whether they made us laugh, squirm, or plain scared the heck out of us, each of the...
Spotlight features 31 films comprising 22 narratives and nine documentaries, of which 20 receive world premieres. The Midnight section will open with Preservation and includes the Efm buzz title Zombeavers.
Special Screenings include 6, a work-in-progress documentary by The Cove director Louie Psihoyos. The transmedia Storyscapes line-up returns for the second year. As previously announced, the festival will open on April 16 with the Nas documentary Time Is Illmatic and runs through April 27.
“Spotlight and Special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s programme, both in range of styles and stories,” said director of programming Genna Terranova, “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we see personal relationships at pivotal moments of transition. We look forward to sharing these engaging stories with audiences.”
“Whether they made us laugh, squirm, or plain scared the heck out of us, each of the...
- 3/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Keeper of Lost Causes, Bright Days Ahead, Concussion get release dates.
Picturehouse Entertainment, the distribution wing of exhibition chain Picturehouse, has announced a 2014 slate including Concussion, The Keeper of Lost Causes and Bright Days Ahead.
Stacie Passon’s Sundance debut Concussion, picked up from Content Media, chronicles a middle-aged mother who begins a double life as an escort for female clients.
The Berlinale Teddy Award-winner is set for a May 16 release.
June 20 will see the release of Marion Vernoux’s French rom-com Bright Days Ahead, starring Fanny Ardant and Laurent Lafitte, was acquired from Le Pacte.
The film follows a former dentist in the midst of a late-life crisis finds comfort in the arms of a much younger man.
Mikkel Norgaard’s thriller The Keeper of Lost Causes, adapted from the first instalment of the best-selling Department Q novels by Jussi Alder-Olsen, is the story of a flawed police Inspector and his assistant’s investigation into the...
Picturehouse Entertainment, the distribution wing of exhibition chain Picturehouse, has announced a 2014 slate including Concussion, The Keeper of Lost Causes and Bright Days Ahead.
Stacie Passon’s Sundance debut Concussion, picked up from Content Media, chronicles a middle-aged mother who begins a double life as an escort for female clients.
The Berlinale Teddy Award-winner is set for a May 16 release.
June 20 will see the release of Marion Vernoux’s French rom-com Bright Days Ahead, starring Fanny Ardant and Laurent Lafitte, was acquired from Le Pacte.
The film follows a former dentist in the midst of a late-life crisis finds comfort in the arms of a much younger man.
Mikkel Norgaard’s thriller The Keeper of Lost Causes, adapted from the first instalment of the best-selling Department Q novels by Jussi Alder-Olsen, is the story of a flawed police Inspector and his assistant’s investigation into the...
- 11/25/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Rating movies by gender equality may be a blunt tool but it raises serious issues
Cinemas in Sweden have instituted a classification system for films, based not on the violence or sexual content they contain, but on how sexist they are.
To be awarded the highest A rating for gender equality, a film must pass the so-called Bechdel test: the movie must contain at least two named women characters who talk to each other about something other than a man.
The test – whose origins are in a 1985 storyline in Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For – may sound like an incredibly low bar. But an alarming number of films showing in cinemas fail to reach it. "The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, all Star Wars movies, The Social Network, Pulp Fiction and all but one of the Harry Potter movies fail this test," said Ellen Tejle, who runs Stockholm's Bio Rio,...
Cinemas in Sweden have instituted a classification system for films, based not on the violence or sexual content they contain, but on how sexist they are.
To be awarded the highest A rating for gender equality, a film must pass the so-called Bechdel test: the movie must contain at least two named women characters who talk to each other about something other than a man.
The test – whose origins are in a 1985 storyline in Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For – may sound like an incredibly low bar. But an alarming number of films showing in cinemas fail to reach it. "The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, all Star Wars movies, The Social Network, Pulp Fiction and all but one of the Harry Potter movies fail this test," said Ellen Tejle, who runs Stockholm's Bio Rio,...
- 11/7/2013
- by Charlotte Higgins
- The Guardian - Film News
Lukas Moodysson, Laurent Cantet and James Gray to receive honorary awards; focus on Greece and environmental docs
The Reykjavik International Film Festival is to open on Sept 25 with This Is Sanlitun by the Icelandic-Irish director Robert Douglas and will end Oct 6 with the Nordic premiere of Palme d’Or winner Blue Is The Warmest Colour.
Riff will honour three filmmakers with an award for creative excellence. They are the Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson, Us director James Gray and France’s Laurent Cantet.
Riff’s main award, the Golden Puffin, will be awarded to a film in the category New Visions, which screens debut and sophomore films of up and coming filmmakers.
The 12 films are:
Bethlehem, Yuval Adler Coldwater,Vincent Grashaw Free Fall, Stephan LacantLa Jaula De Oro, Diego Quemada-DiazLes Apaches, Thierry de Peretti The Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra Miss Violence, Alexandros Avranas One Shot, Robert OrhelSalvation Army, Abdellah Taïa Spaghetti Story, Ciro De Caro The Geographer...
The Reykjavik International Film Festival is to open on Sept 25 with This Is Sanlitun by the Icelandic-Irish director Robert Douglas and will end Oct 6 with the Nordic premiere of Palme d’Or winner Blue Is The Warmest Colour.
Riff will honour three filmmakers with an award for creative excellence. They are the Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson, Us director James Gray and France’s Laurent Cantet.
Riff’s main award, the Golden Puffin, will be awarded to a film in the category New Visions, which screens debut and sophomore films of up and coming filmmakers.
The 12 films are:
Bethlehem, Yuval Adler Coldwater,Vincent Grashaw Free Fall, Stephan LacantLa Jaula De Oro, Diego Quemada-DiazLes Apaches, Thierry de Peretti The Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra Miss Violence, Alexandros Avranas One Shot, Robert OrhelSalvation Army, Abdellah Taïa Spaghetti Story, Ciro De Caro The Geographer...
- 9/20/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
As the Toronto Film Festival winds down this weekend, we’ve rounded up a list of the deals coming out of the annual fest. For a complete look at all the deals, combine this list with our first deal report of the week. Here’s what’s happened since:
A24 is close to gaining the U.S. distribution rights to Jake Gyllenhaal’s Enemy, which also stars Melanie Laurent and Sarah Gadon and tells the story of a history professor who sees his double in a film and decides to track him down. It’s based on an adaptation of...
A24 is close to gaining the U.S. distribution rights to Jake Gyllenhaal’s Enemy, which also stars Melanie Laurent and Sarah Gadon and tells the story of a history professor who sees his double in a film and decides to track him down. It’s based on an adaptation of...
- 9/13/2013
- by Samantha Highfill
- EW - Inside Movies
Tribeca Film will acquire U.S. rights to Marion Vernoux’s “Bright Days Ahead,” the indie company said Friday from the Toronto International Film Festival. The purchase comes as the French film is scheduled to make its North American premiere at the Canadian festival on Friday night. The film, with a screenplay adapted by Vernoux from Fanny Chesnel’s novel “Une jeune fille aux cheveux blancs” (A Young Girl with Gray Hair), stars César-winning actress Fanny Ardant and was produced by Les Films du Kiosque and 27.11 Production. It follows a retired woman who gets fed up with idle days and joins the neighborhood senior.
- 9/13/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Tribeca Film acquired U.S. rights to the Marion Vernoux-directed Bright Days Ahead, which gets its North American preem tonight at Toronto after being released in France earlier this year. The Vernoux-scripted adaptation of the Franny Chesnel novel A Young Girl With Gray Hair stars Fanny Ardant, along with Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Chesnais, Jean-Francois Stevenin, and Marie Riviere. Pic’s a co-production between Les Films du Kiosque and 27.11 Production. A retiree finally gets the chance to take care of her children and husband and she is bored to tears in no time. She’s invited to her neighborhood’s senior club and finds mischief there and a break from obligation and conformity.
- 9/13/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Toronto – Tribeca Film has snagged the U.S. rights to Marion Vernoux’s Les beaux jours (Bright Days Ahead) ahead of the North American bow for the French film on Friday night in Toronto. The Fanny Ardant and Laurent Lafitte starrer about a love affair between a man and a woman twice his age had an earlier theatrical release in France. Toronto: THR's Behind the Lens Interviews "Bright Days Ahead is the kind of engaging adult drama we rarely get to see," said Geoffrey Gilmore, chief creative officer at Tribeca Enterprises, in a statement Friday. Patrick Chesnais, Jean-Francois Stevenin, and
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- 9/13/2013
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tribeca Film today announced they they're acquiring U.S. rights to Marion Vernoux's "Bright Days Ahead" ahead of its North American premiere tonight at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, based on Fanny Chesnel's novel "A Young Girl with Gray Hair" and starring the iconic Fanny Ardant, was released in France earlier this year. Here's the synopsis, per Tribeca: In "Bright Days Ahead" Caroline (Fanny Ardant) has retired, at last. A new life lies before her: time to take care of her children, of her husband, and -- above all -- herself. She soon comes to realize that this new freedom is synonymous with boredom and idleness. Especially when she receives a membership to her neighborhood’s senior club as a birthday present. Reluctant at first, she decides to take the plunge. Oddly enough, she meets great people there, starting with the young computer science teacher, who is...
- 9/13/2013
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
The 38th Toronto International Film Festival has released an incredible guest list of celebrated talent from around the globe. Filmmakers expected to present their world premieres in Toronto include: Catherine Breillat, Nicole Garcia, Pawel Pawlikowski, Bertrand Tavernier, Steve McQueen, Godfrey Reggio, Denis Villeneuve, Bill Condon, Jean-Marc Vallée, John Wells, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Ayoade, Atom Egoyan, Matthew Weiner, John Carney, Jason Reitman, Jason Bateman, Yorgos Servetas, Liza Johnson, Megan Griffiths, Fernando Eimbcke, Alexey Uchitel, Johnny Ma, Biyi Bandele, Rashid Masharawi, Paul Haggis, Ron Howard, Eli Roth, Álex de la Iglesia, Bruce McDonald, Jennifer Baichwal, John Ridley, and Justin Chadwick.
The Festival also welcomes thousands of producers and other industry professionals bringing films to us.
The following filmmakers and artists are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival:
Ahmad Abdalla, Hany Abu-Assad, Yuval Adler, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Alexandre Aja, Bruce Alcock, Gianni Amelio, Thanos Anastopoulos, Madeline Anderson, Nimród Antal, Louise Archambault,...
The Festival also welcomes thousands of producers and other industry professionals bringing films to us.
The following filmmakers and artists are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival:
Ahmad Abdalla, Hany Abu-Assad, Yuval Adler, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Alexandre Aja, Bruce Alcock, Gianni Amelio, Thanos Anastopoulos, Madeline Anderson, Nimród Antal, Louise Archambault,...
- 8/21/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Toronto International Film Festival® has announced the addition of 3 Galas and 19 Special Presentations to the 2013 Festival programme, including a further 12 World Premieres. Representing countries from around the world, the Gala and Special Presentations programmes offer a lineup of diverse titles and genres.
Toronto audiences will be among the first to screen films by directors Fred Schepisi, Alberto Arvelo, Reha Erdem, Dexter Fletcher, Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, Megan Griffiths, Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu, Kevin Macdonald, Arie Posin, Charlie Stratton, Nils Tavernier and John Turturro.
The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5 to 15, 2013.
Galas Blood Ties
Guillaume Canet, France/USA North American Premiere
New York, 1974. 50-year-old Chris has just been released on good behavior after spending several years in prison. Waiting for him reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, yet blood...
Toronto audiences will be among the first to screen films by directors Fred Schepisi, Alberto Arvelo, Reha Erdem, Dexter Fletcher, Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, Megan Griffiths, Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu, Kevin Macdonald, Arie Posin, Charlie Stratton, Nils Tavernier and John Turturro.
The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5 to 15, 2013.
Galas Blood Ties
Guillaume Canet, France/USA North American Premiere
New York, 1974. 50-year-old Chris has just been released on good behavior after spending several years in prison. Waiting for him reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, yet blood...
- 8/17/2013
- by John
- SoundOnSight
With only the Discovery, Mavericks and Masters programmes left to be determined, Tiff head programmers dished out the final make-up of the Galas, Special Presentations and Tiff Kids line-ups. Among the surprise/highly anticipated world preems we find Arie Posin’s The Face of Love, John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo, Kevin Macdonald’s How I Live Now, the long overdue showing for Charlie Stratton’s Therese and the out of nowhere sophomore feature from Quinceañera pairing Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland in The Last of Robin Hood, as well as the “theatrical” world preem to Sean Durkins’ Southcliffe (Channel 4′s TV Mini-Series, see pic above). Here are the added titles:
Galas
Blood Ties – Guillaume Canet, France/USA North American Premiere
Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux jours) – Marion Vernoux, France North American Premiere
Words and Pictures – Fred Schepisi, USA World Premiere
Special Presentations
A Promise (Une Promesse) – Patrice Leconte, Belgium...
Galas
Blood Ties – Guillaume Canet, France/USA North American Premiere
Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux jours) – Marion Vernoux, France North American Premiere
Words and Pictures – Fred Schepisi, USA World Premiere
Special Presentations
A Promise (Une Promesse) – Patrice Leconte, Belgium...
- 8/13/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The titles just keep coming as we are now just over three weeks away from the start of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and they have gone and added 90 new feature length titles to the program and it's not as if they are titles you haven't heard of. New to the Galas selection is Guillaume Canet's Blood Ties which premiered at Cannes earlier this year (read my review here) and Words and Pictures starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche. In the Special Presentations selection you find the bulk of the more noted titles including Alex Gibney's new documentary The Armstrong Lie about cyclist Lance Armstrong, Johnnie To's Blind Detective which also premiered at Cannes, James Franco's Child of God based on the Cormac McCarthy novel, John Turturro's Fading Gigolo which features Woody Allen in one of the roles, Kevin Macdonald's How I Live Now...
- 8/13/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
World premieres of Kevin Macdonald’s How I Live Now, Fred Schepisi’s Words And Pictures and John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo are among the Tiff line-up of galas and special presentations.
The Contemporary World Cinema strand includes first views of Jan Hrebejk’s Honeymoon, Donovan Marsh’s iNumber Number and Fernando Coimbra’s A Wolf At The Door.
The Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to run from Sept 5-15.
Wp = World premiere
IP = International premiere
Np = North American premiere
Cp = Canadian premiere
Tp = Toronto premiere
GALASBlood Ties Guillaume Canet (France-us) NAPBright Days Ahead (Les Beaux Jours) Marion Vernoux (France) NAPWords & Pictures Fred Schepisi (Us) Wpspecial Presentationsa Promise (Une Promesse) Patrice Leconte (Belgium-France) NAPThe Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney (Us) NAPBlind Detective Johnnie To (Hong Kong) NAPChild Of God James Franco (Us) NAPThe Face Of Love Arie Posin (Us) WPFading Gigolo John Turturro (Us) WPThe Finishers Nils Tavernier (Belgium-France) WPHow I Live Now Kevin Macdonald (UK) WPThe...
The Contemporary World Cinema strand includes first views of Jan Hrebejk’s Honeymoon, Donovan Marsh’s iNumber Number and Fernando Coimbra’s A Wolf At The Door.
The Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to run from Sept 5-15.
Wp = World premiere
IP = International premiere
Np = North American premiere
Cp = Canadian premiere
Tp = Toronto premiere
GALASBlood Ties Guillaume Canet (France-us) NAPBright Days Ahead (Les Beaux Jours) Marion Vernoux (France) NAPWords & Pictures Fred Schepisi (Us) Wpspecial Presentationsa Promise (Une Promesse) Patrice Leconte (Belgium-France) NAPThe Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney (Us) NAPBlind Detective Johnnie To (Hong Kong) NAPChild Of God James Franco (Us) NAPThe Face Of Love Arie Posin (Us) WPFading Gigolo John Turturro (Us) WPThe Finishers Nils Tavernier (Belgium-France) WPHow I Live Now Kevin Macdonald (UK) WPThe...
- 8/13/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
World premieres of Kevin Macdonald’s How I Live Now, Fred Schepisi’s Words And Pictures and John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo are among the TIFF line-up of galas and special presentations announced on Tuesday [13].
The Contemporary World Cinema strand includes first views of Jan Hrebejk’s Honeymoon, Donovan Marsh’s iNumber Number and Fernando Coimbra’s A Wolf At The Door.
The Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to run from Sept 5-15.
Wp = World premiere
IP = International premiere
Np = North American premiere
Cp = Canadian premiere
Tp = Toronto premiere
GALASBlood Ties Guillaume Canet (France-us) NAPBright Days Ahead (Les Beaux Jours) Marion Vernoux (France) NAPWords & Pictures Fred Schepisi (Us) Wpspecial Presentationsa Promise (Une Promesse) Patrice Leconte (Belgium-France) NAPThe Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney (Us) NAPBlind Detective Johnnie To (Hong Kong) NAPChild Of God James Franco (Us) NAPThe Face Of Love Arie Posin (Us) WPFading Gigolo John Turturro (Us) WPThe Finishers Nils Tavernier (Belgium-France) WPHow I Live Now [link...
The Contemporary World Cinema strand includes first views of Jan Hrebejk’s Honeymoon, Donovan Marsh’s iNumber Number and Fernando Coimbra’s A Wolf At The Door.
The Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to run from Sept 5-15.
Wp = World premiere
IP = International premiere
Np = North American premiere
Cp = Canadian premiere
Tp = Toronto premiere
GALASBlood Ties Guillaume Canet (France-us) NAPBright Days Ahead (Les Beaux Jours) Marion Vernoux (France) NAPWords & Pictures Fred Schepisi (Us) Wpspecial Presentationsa Promise (Une Promesse) Patrice Leconte (Belgium-France) NAPThe Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney (Us) NAPBlind Detective Johnnie To (Hong Kong) NAPChild Of God James Franco (Us) NAPThe Face Of Love Arie Posin (Us) WPFading Gigolo John Turturro (Us) WPThe Finishers Nils Tavernier (Belgium-France) WPHow I Live Now [link...
- 8/13/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Toronto has glitzed up an already impressive film lineup with a bunch of gala premieres and special presentations. Here are the additions: Galas Blood Ties Guillaume Canet, France/USA North American Premiere. New York, 1974. 50-year-old Chris has just been released on good behavior after spending several years in prison. Waiting for him reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, yet blood ties are the ones that bind. Starring Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Matthias Schoenaerts and James Caan. Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux jours) Marion Vernoux, France North American Premiere. César–winning French cinema icon Fanny Ardant stars in this sophisticated and sexy drama about a married woman in her 60s tumbling into an affair with a much younger man. Words And Pictures Fred Schepisi, USA World Premiere. A...
- 8/13/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
This is the full list of films confirmed for the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival to date. Additional programs will be announced on Tuesday, August 20. The festival will run from Sept. 5 through Sept. 15. Gala Presentations American Dreams in China Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Hong Kong/China (North American Premiere) The Art of the Steal Jonathan Sobol, Canada (World Premiere) August: Osage County John Wells, USA (World Premiere) Blood Ties Guillaume Canet, France/USA (North American Premiere) Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux jours) Marion Vernoux, France (North American Premiere) Cold Eyes Cho Ui-seok and Kim Byung-seo, Korea (North...
- 8/13/2013
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Thanks to the inquisitive nature of one of our most unabashedly hardcore cinephile writers on the site (Blake you’re a hawk!), we’ve uncovered a slew of title offerings for this year’s Tiff (a little ahead of what should be the final announcement wave) and we’ve got a grab-bag of mention-worthy items from beloved auteurs. Among the titles (see list below – here’s our source) we find carry-over items from Cannes in Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake, Rithy Panh’s The Missing Image, Guillaume Canet’s Blood Ties and Claire Denis’ Bastards (among one of our top films for 2013 – see pic above), while from Venice, we have the just-inserted Patrice Leconte title, A Promise and what will easily be among the most sought after Tiff 2013 coverage items in Catherine Breillat’s Abus de faiblesse. Here is the rest of the spoiler set:
Special Presentations
A Promise...
Special Presentations
A Promise...
- 8/10/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
PARIS -- The Festival de Cannes on Tuesday chose six young filmmakers to attend an 18-week residence in Paris developing a film project. Those selected by a jury headed by French writer-director Marion Vernoux include Palestinian documentary filmmaker Tawfik Abu Wael, whose film Atash (Thirst) was part of the Critics' Week lineup at Cannes this year; Spain's Celia Galan Julve, whose animated short Historia del Desierto (Desert Story) was part of the Sundance Festival lineup in 2002; and Peruvian filmmaker Josue Mendez, whose Dias de Santiago unspooled in competition at this year's Rotterdam Film Festival. Ireland's Brendan Grant, Lebanon's Nadine Labaki and Russia's Slava Ross round out the chosen six.
- 7/14/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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