Up-and-coming Moroccan filmmaker Saïd Hamich Benlarbi is developing a brace of projects as a producer and director, notably “La mer au loin” which won one of the two top prizes at the Marrakech Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops.
Produced by Hamich Benlarbi’s Paris-based banner Barney Production and Manuel Chiche’s company The Jokers, “La mer au loin” is a 1990’s-set melodrama laced with Rai, a form of lyrical Algerian folk music .
The movie takes place in Marseille, in the South of France, and follows a young Arab immigrant living illegally in the city who falls in love with a woman who happens to be married with a cop.
Citing Todd Haynes and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hamich Benlarbi said “La mer au loin” will “explore the concept of identity and how one defines it through exile.” He said the movie will talk about “Rai, love and friendship” and be “festive...
Produced by Hamich Benlarbi’s Paris-based banner Barney Production and Manuel Chiche’s company The Jokers, “La mer au loin” is a 1990’s-set melodrama laced with Rai, a form of lyrical Algerian folk music .
The movie takes place in Marseille, in the South of France, and follows a young Arab immigrant living illegally in the city who falls in love with a woman who happens to be married with a cop.
Citing Todd Haynes and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hamich Benlarbi said “La mer au loin” will “explore the concept of identity and how one defines it through exile.” He said the movie will talk about “Rai, love and friendship” and be “festive...
- 11/19/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
France’s Oscar submission nominated in best feature and birst first film categories.
French Oscar submission Saint Omer by Alice Diop has earned a double nomination for France’s prestigious Louis Delluc prize in both the best feature and best first film categories.
The film will vie against an eclectic blend of titles spanning political thriller, comedy and drama, many from female directors and mostly titles that have bowed at major festivals.
In the best French feature category, Saint Omer will compete against fellow Venice title Rebecca Zlotowski’s Other People’s Children, Cannes premieres Albert Serra’s Pacifiction, Louis Garrel’s The Innocent,...
French Oscar submission Saint Omer by Alice Diop has earned a double nomination for France’s prestigious Louis Delluc prize in both the best feature and best first film categories.
The film will vie against an eclectic blend of titles spanning political thriller, comedy and drama, many from female directors and mostly titles that have bowed at major festivals.
In the best French feature category, Saint Omer will compete against fellow Venice title Rebecca Zlotowski’s Other People’s Children, Cannes premieres Albert Serra’s Pacifiction, Louis Garrel’s The Innocent,...
- 11/11/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The director’s new fiction film will have its world premiere in the Panorama section of the German festival. A Geko Films production sold by Jour2Fête. Revealed with the mid-length feature A World Without Women in 2011, followed by Tonnerre (a fiction feature debut unveiled in competition in Locarno in 2013 and nominated for the Louis Delluc prize for Best First Film in 2014), July Tales (out of competition in Locarno in 2017) and the documentary Treasure Island (in competition in Karlovy Vary in 2018), eclectic director Guillaume Brac returns with À l’abordage, a fiction film to be unveiled in the Panorama section of the 70th Berlinale (20 February - 1 March). A new work which saw the director cast young actors from the 2020 class of the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Paris, more specifically Éric Nantchouang, Salif Cissé, Édouard Sulpice, Asma Messaoudene and Ana Blagojevič. Written by the...
Exclusive: French filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski has signed with CAA following her most recent Cannes showing with An Easy Girl, which won the Sacd Prize in last month’s Directors’ Fortnight. Zlotowski is a Cannes regular whose feature debut, Belle Epine, screened in Critics’ Week in 2010 winning the Grand Prize for best first film. It also took the prestigious Louis Delluc award that year.
Zlotowski’s follow-up, Grand Central, ran in Un Certain Regard in 2013 while her third feature, The Summoning, was in the 2016 Venice Film Festival and also screened at Toronto.
The writer/director is currently in post-production on her first miniseries, Les Sauvages, for Canal Plus. A family saga set against a backdrop of politics and social tensions in contemporary France, it’s based on the novel by Sabri Louatah who co-adapted with Zlotowski. Roschdy Zem, Marina Foïs and Amira Casar star.
An Easy Girl, which took the French...
Zlotowski’s follow-up, Grand Central, ran in Un Certain Regard in 2013 while her third feature, The Summoning, was in the 2016 Venice Film Festival and also screened at Toronto.
The writer/director is currently in post-production on her first miniseries, Les Sauvages, for Canal Plus. A family saga set against a backdrop of politics and social tensions in contemporary France, it’s based on the novel by Sabri Louatah who co-adapted with Zlotowski. Roschdy Zem, Marina Foïs and Amira Casar star.
An Easy Girl, which took the French...
- 6/4/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Although the Directors’ Fortnight section of Cannes is non-competitive, prizes are awarded by its partners. Revealed today, ahead of the closing ceremony this evening, the Europa Cinemas Label nod for Best European Film went to Alice And The Mayor by Nicolas Pariser while the Sacd Prize will be given to Rebecca Zlotowski’s An Easy Girl. There is no Cicae Art Cinema Award being presented in the Fortnight this year, and the Short Film laureate is still to be unveiled.
The independent Fortnight runs parallel to the main festival and is organized by France’s Directors’ Guild. It has evolved greatly in the past few years, becoming increasingly attractive to higher-profile filmmakers. This is the first year under new artistic director Paolo Moretti whose selection included The Lighthouse starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, which lit up the Croisette with Oscar buzz.
(Prizes awarded in the section today, however, are limited to French-Language,...
The independent Fortnight runs parallel to the main festival and is organized by France’s Directors’ Guild. It has evolved greatly in the past few years, becoming increasingly attractive to higher-profile filmmakers. This is the first year under new artistic director Paolo Moretti whose selection included The Lighthouse starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, which lit up the Croisette with Oscar buzz.
(Prizes awarded in the section today, however, are limited to French-Language,...
- 5/23/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Eric Tosti’s “Terra Willy,” the family animated feature from Tat Prods., has inked a flurry of buyers at the European Film Market, where French sales company Bac Films hosted screenings.
Sci-fi “Terra Willy” follows a 10-year-old boy who lands on a wild and unexplored planet after he is separated from his parents following the destruction of their spaceship.
Bac Films sold “Terra Willy” to Benelux (Paradiso), Spain (Karma), Canada (Mile End) and Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania (Pronom).
Bac Films previously pre-sold “Terra Willy” to China (Agc), Italy (Notorious), Cis/Russia/Baltics (Exponenta Film), South Korea (Green Narae), Scandinavia, (Selmer Media), Poland (M2 Films), Pan Asian TV (Fox), Israel (Lev), South Africa (Forefront), Middle East (Salim Ramia), Former Yugoslavia (McF) and Vietnam (Skyline).
“Terra Willy” will be delivered in March.
After showing a promo of Nicolas Pariser’s drama “Alice and the Mayor,” with Fabrice Luchini and Anais Demoustier, at Efm,...
Sci-fi “Terra Willy” follows a 10-year-old boy who lands on a wild and unexplored planet after he is separated from his parents following the destruction of their spaceship.
Bac Films sold “Terra Willy” to Benelux (Paradiso), Spain (Karma), Canada (Mile End) and Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania (Pronom).
Bac Films previously pre-sold “Terra Willy” to China (Agc), Italy (Notorious), Cis/Russia/Baltics (Exponenta Film), South Korea (Green Narae), Scandinavia, (Selmer Media), Poland (M2 Films), Pan Asian TV (Fox), Israel (Lev), South Africa (Forefront), Middle East (Salim Ramia), Former Yugoslavia (McF) and Vietnam (Skyline).
“Terra Willy” will be delivered in March.
After showing a promo of Nicolas Pariser’s drama “Alice and the Mayor,” with Fabrice Luchini and Anais Demoustier, at Efm,...
- 2/12/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Paris-based Bac Films is launching a slate of new acquisitions at the UniFrance Rendez-Vous in Paris, including Nicolas Pariser’s “Alice And The Mayor” with Fabrice Luchini, and Antoine de Bary’s concept comedy “My Days of Glory” with Vincent Lacoste.
“Alice And The Mayor” stars Luchini as Paul Théraneau, a prominent French mayor who has run out of ideas after thirty years in politics and enlists the help of a brilliant young philosopher, Alice (Anais Demoustier). The film revolves around their relationship which ultimately shakes the mayor’s convictions.
Marie Garrett, Bac Films’s VP of international sales, said a scene from “Alice And The Mayor” will be shown to buyers at the UniFrance showcase. The executive said the film could almost be described as a philosophical drama dealing with the existential crisis that politicians can experience.
A popular French actor, Luchini starred in “Courted,” “Ma Loute” and “A Man in a Hurry.
“Alice And The Mayor” stars Luchini as Paul Théraneau, a prominent French mayor who has run out of ideas after thirty years in politics and enlists the help of a brilliant young philosopher, Alice (Anais Demoustier). The film revolves around their relationship which ultimately shakes the mayor’s convictions.
Marie Garrett, Bac Films’s VP of international sales, said a scene from “Alice And The Mayor” will be shown to buyers at the UniFrance showcase. The executive said the film could almost be described as a philosophical drama dealing with the existential crisis that politicians can experience.
A popular French actor, Luchini starred in “Courted,” “Ma Loute” and “A Man in a Hurry.
- 1/18/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Christophe Honoré’s drama “Sorry Angel,” which world premiered in competition at Cannes Film Festival, won France’s prestigious Louis Delluc Prize.
Kicking off France’s award season, the Louis Delluc prize is chosen by French critics and has been described as the film equivalent to the coveted Goncourt prize for literature.
“Sorry Angel” stars French actors Pierre Deladonchamps as a jaded, HIV-positive 30-something novelist who comes across an enthusiastic aspiring writer, Arthur (Vincent Lacoste), in his early 20s. “Sorry Angel” marks the director’s comeback to Cannes’ competition 11 years after “Love Songs.”
In winning the Louis Delluc Prize, “Sorry Angel” beat out Jacques Audiard’s “The Sisters Brothers,” Emmanuel Mouret’s “Mademoiselle de Joncquières,” Gilles Lellouche’s “Le Grand Bain,” Claire Denis’ “High Life,” Pierre Salvadori’s “En liberté!”, Cedric Kahn’s “La Prière,” Jean-Paul Civeyrac’s “Mes provinciales,” and Emmanuel Finkiel’s “Memoir of War,” which represents France in the foreign-language Oscar race.
Kicking off France’s award season, the Louis Delluc prize is chosen by French critics and has been described as the film equivalent to the coveted Goncourt prize for literature.
“Sorry Angel” stars French actors Pierre Deladonchamps as a jaded, HIV-positive 30-something novelist who comes across an enthusiastic aspiring writer, Arthur (Vincent Lacoste), in his early 20s. “Sorry Angel” marks the director’s comeback to Cannes’ competition 11 years after “Love Songs.”
In winning the Louis Delluc Prize, “Sorry Angel” beat out Jacques Audiard’s “The Sisters Brothers,” Emmanuel Mouret’s “Mademoiselle de Joncquières,” Gilles Lellouche’s “Le Grand Bain,” Claire Denis’ “High Life,” Pierre Salvadori’s “En liberté!”, Cedric Kahn’s “La Prière,” Jean-Paul Civeyrac’s “Mes provinciales,” and Emmanuel Finkiel’s “Memoir of War,” which represents France in the foreign-language Oscar race.
- 12/12/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
France's awards season is off to a start, with the selection of Christophe Honore's Sorry Angel for the prestigious Louis Delluc prize.
The Cannes competition entry was picked by a jury of 14 film critics headed by former Cannes president Gilles Jacob from a shortlist of 13 films, taking France's oldest cinema honor. Angel, starring Vincent Lacoste and Pierre Deladonchamps, is a bittersweet love story set against the backdrop of AIDS in the 1990s.
France's foreign-language Oscar submission Memoir of War by Emmanuel Finkiel, Jacques Audiard's English-language Western The Sisters Brothers, starring Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly,...
The Cannes competition entry was picked by a jury of 14 film critics headed by former Cannes president Gilles Jacob from a shortlist of 13 films, taking France's oldest cinema honor. Angel, starring Vincent Lacoste and Pierre Deladonchamps, is a bittersweet love story set against the backdrop of AIDS in the 1990s.
France's foreign-language Oscar submission Memoir of War by Emmanuel Finkiel, Jacques Audiard's English-language Western The Sisters Brothers, starring Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly,...
- 12/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
France's awards season is off to a start, with the selection of Christophe Honore's Sorry Angel for the prestigious Louis Delluc prize.
The Cannes competition entry was picked by a jury of 14 film critics headed by former Cannes president Gilles Jacob from a shortlist of 13 films, taking France's oldest cinema honor. Angel, starring Vincent Lacoste and Pierre Deladonchamps, is a bittersweet love story set against the backdrop of AIDS in the 1990s.
France's foreign-language Oscar submission Memoir of War by Emmanuel Finkiel, Jacques Audiard's English-language Western The Sisters Brothers, starring Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly,...
The Cannes competition entry was picked by a jury of 14 film critics headed by former Cannes president Gilles Jacob from a shortlist of 13 films, taking France's oldest cinema honor. Angel, starring Vincent Lacoste and Pierre Deladonchamps, is a bittersweet love story set against the backdrop of AIDS in the 1990s.
France's foreign-language Oscar submission Memoir of War by Emmanuel Finkiel, Jacques Audiard's English-language Western The Sisters Brothers, starring Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly,...
- 12/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The first winner of France’s awards season is in, with Barbara by Mathieu Amalric taking this year’s Louis Delluc prize.
The jury, made up of 14 film critics and headed by former Cannes president Gilles Jacob, unveiled the winner of France’s oldest film award in a ceremony at the legendary Le Fouquet’s restaurant on Friday afternoon.
The jury selects only one film from a shortlist of nine standouts, which this year included Cannes Grand Prize winner Bpm (Beats Per Minute) from Robin Campillo and Barbara, which was awarded a special prize for artistry in the Cannes Un Certain Regard section.
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The jury, made up of 14 film critics and headed by former Cannes president Gilles Jacob, unveiled the winner of France’s oldest film award in a ceremony at the legendary Le Fouquet’s restaurant on Friday afternoon.
The jury selects only one film from a shortlist of nine standouts, which this year included Cannes Grand Prize winner Bpm (Beats Per Minute) from Robin Campillo and Barbara, which was awarded a special prize for artistry in the Cannes Un Certain Regard section.
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- 12/9/2017
- by Rhonda Richford,Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paul Verhoeven’s Elle, Albert Serra’s The Death of Louis XIV, Alain Guiraudie’s Staying Vertical and Stephane Brize’s surprise Louis Delluc Prize-winner A Woman’s Life lead this year’s Lumiere nominations with four nominations each in the main categories.
All are in the running for best film and best director, with additional mentions in the acting categories.
Stephanie di Giusto’s The Dancer also scored four nominations in various acting and cinematography categories as well as a best first film nom, while Bertrand Bonello’s terrorism drama Nocturama and Lea Fehner’s acting troupe comedy Les Ogres scored three each.
Divines, which was...
All are in the running for best film and best director, with additional mentions in the acting categories.
Stephanie di Giusto’s The Dancer also scored four nominations in various acting and cinematography categories as well as a best first film nom, while Bertrand Bonello’s terrorism drama Nocturama and Lea Fehner’s acting troupe comedy Les Ogres scored three each.
Divines, which was...
- 1/21/2017
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This year’s Louis Delluc prize was awarded to Stephane Brize's Venice entry A Woman's Life.
It's the first prize of the French awards season, a single award given by a jury of critics presided over by former Cannes Film Festival president Gilles Jacob.
The selection was an unusual move from the jury, as the film was not originally included on the shortlist of nominees.
The prize is given out over a short ceremony and luncheon at Paris' famed Fouqet's restaurant.
The films originally nominated for the prize included The Woods, Claire Simon’s documentary about the Vincennes forest just outside...
It's the first prize of the French awards season, a single award given by a jury of critics presided over by former Cannes Film Festival president Gilles Jacob.
The selection was an unusual move from the jury, as the film was not originally included on the shortlist of nominees.
The prize is given out over a short ceremony and luncheon at Paris' famed Fouqet's restaurant.
The films originally nominated for the prize included The Woods, Claire Simon’s documentary about the Vincennes forest just outside...
- 12/13/2016
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bertrand Tavernier has been intrigued by cinema all his life and knew at a very young age that he wanted to be a filmmaker. He directed his first film, “The Clockmaker,” in 1974, which won him the Prix Louis Delluc and the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize award at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. After a long and successful career, his passion for French cinema inspired him to create the documentary “A Journey Through French Cinema.”
The film premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival and is now part of New York Film Festival’s Retrospective section. A new trailer for it has just been released, which you can take a look at below.
Read More: Nyff Announces Retrospective Selections Inspired By Bertrand Tavernier’s ‘My Journey Through French Cinema’ – Exclusive
The 190-minute doc focuses on French cinema from the 1930s to the 1970s, honors key directors and...
The film premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival and is now part of New York Film Festival’s Retrospective section. A new trailer for it has just been released, which you can take a look at below.
Read More: Nyff Announces Retrospective Selections Inspired By Bertrand Tavernier’s ‘My Journey Through French Cinema’ – Exclusive
The 190-minute doc focuses on French cinema from the 1930s to the 1970s, honors key directors and...
- 10/5/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
The bond between two sisters should never be underestimated, but even the tightest bonds can be tested with the prospect of fame and glory. Rebecca Zlotowski’s new film “Planetarium” follows two sisters (Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp) who believe they possess the ability to communicate with the dead. While they’re performing in pre-war Paris, they encounter a visionary French producer that wants to put them on screen. Watch the trailer for the film below. (Note: It doesn’t contain subtitles for the French, but much of it is in English and it’s still worth a look.)
Read More: ‘Planetarium’: Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp Get Dreamy in First Poster
The film is the third feature from Rebecca Zlotowski. She previously directed “Belle Épine,” about a young girl struggling with the death of her mother, which won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 2010, and “Grand Central,...
Read More: ‘Planetarium’: Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp Get Dreamy in First Poster
The film is the third feature from Rebecca Zlotowski. She previously directed “Belle Épine,” about a young girl struggling with the death of her mother, which won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 2010, and “Grand Central,...
- 8/25/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Planetarium
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski
Writers: Rebecca Zlotowski, Robin Campillo
We’re expecting French director Rebecca Zlotowski‘s third feature, Planetarium to enhance the burgeoning auteur’s status on international radar. Her first two films, both starring Lea Seydoux, include the 2010 debut Belle Epine (which won the Louis Delluc Award for Best Debut at Critics’ Week) and the beautiful sophomore feature Grand Central (programmed in 2013’s Un Certain Regard – read review) and are still in need of Us distribution. Since her next is headlined by names like Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Melody Depp (daughter of you-know-who), there’s already enhanced interest. We’re more curious about the narrative, concerning two spiritualist sisters touring Europe in the 1930s, co-written by the talented Robin Campillo (who penned screenplays for several of Laurent Cantet’s best films including Heading South and The Class, and whose sophomore feature Eastern Boys was another underrated 2013 title).
Cast: Natalie Portman,...
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski
Writers: Rebecca Zlotowski, Robin Campillo
We’re expecting French director Rebecca Zlotowski‘s third feature, Planetarium to enhance the burgeoning auteur’s status on international radar. Her first two films, both starring Lea Seydoux, include the 2010 debut Belle Epine (which won the Louis Delluc Award for Best Debut at Critics’ Week) and the beautiful sophomore feature Grand Central (programmed in 2013’s Un Certain Regard – read review) and are still in need of Us distribution. Since her next is headlined by names like Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Melody Depp (daughter of you-know-who), there’s already enhanced interest. We’re more curious about the narrative, concerning two spiritualist sisters touring Europe in the 1930s, co-written by the talented Robin Campillo (who penned screenplays for several of Laurent Cantet’s best films including Heading South and The Class, and whose sophomore feature Eastern Boys was another underrated 2013 title).
Cast: Natalie Portman,...
- 1/12/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The day after Sight & Sound posted its best-of-2015 list, Cahiers du Cinéma's top ten began making the rounds. The top three, in order: Nanni Moretti's Mia Madre, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Cemetery of Splendour and Philippe Garrel's In the Shadow of Women. Nominated for France's prestigious Louis Delluc Prize this year are: Antoine Barraud’s Portrait of an Artist, Stephane Brizé's The Measure of a Man, Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days, Philippe Faucon’s Fatima, Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite and Rithy Panh’s L’Image manquante. Also in today's roundup: Restoring D.A. Pennebaker's Dont Look Back, a profile of Adam Goldberg and more. » - David Hudson...
- 11/28/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The day after Sight & Sound posted its best-of-2015 list, Cahiers du Cinéma's top ten began making the rounds. The top three, in order: Nanni Moretti's Mia Madre, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Cemetery of Splendour and Philippe Garrel's In the Shadow of Women. Nominated for France's prestigious Louis Delluc Prize this year are: Antoine Barraud’s Portrait of an Artist, Stephane Brizé's The Measure of a Man, Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days, Philippe Faucon’s Fatima, Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite and Rithy Panh’s L’Image manquante. Also in today's roundup: Restoring D.A. Pennebaker's Dont Look Back, a profile of Adam Goldberg and more. » - David Hudson...
- 11/28/2015
- Keyframe
“Celine Sciamma’s ‘Girlhood’ is one of the best coming of age movies in years.” — Eric Kohn, Indiewire
Writer/director Céline Sciamma’s third feature film, Girlhood, is a raw and tender look at a group of black high school students living in the tough banlieues of Paris, grounded by an incendiary performance from newcomer Karidja Touré.
Also starring Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Marietou Touré, watch the earlier trailer Here and the new trailer below.
Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the “boys’ law” in the neighborhood, Shy Marieme (Karidja Touré) starts a new life after falling in with a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her style, drops out of school and starts stealing to be accepted into the gang.
When her home situation becomes unbearable, Marieme seeks solace in an older man who promises her money and protection. Realizing...
Writer/director Céline Sciamma’s third feature film, Girlhood, is a raw and tender look at a group of black high school students living in the tough banlieues of Paris, grounded by an incendiary performance from newcomer Karidja Touré.
Also starring Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Marietou Touré, watch the earlier trailer Here and the new trailer below.
Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the “boys’ law” in the neighborhood, Shy Marieme (Karidja Touré) starts a new life after falling in with a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her style, drops out of school and starts stealing to be accepted into the gang.
When her home situation becomes unbearable, Marieme seeks solace in an older man who promises her money and protection. Realizing...
- 1/10/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The first winner of France’s awards season was unveiled Monday afternoon, with Olivier Assayas’ intense character study Sils Maria, starring Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart as an aging actress and her assistant, taking the Louis Delluc Critics' Prize handed out by former Cannes president Gilles Jacob and a jury of 20 film critics and personalities. Binoche attended a Paris event to accept the award. Read more Oscars to Consider 323 Films The shortlist of nominees was announced Nov. 28, including Abderrahmane Sissako’s Islamic fundamentalist drama Timbuktu, Jean-Luc Godard’s surreal Goodbye to Language, Bertrand Bonello’s biopic Saint Laurent and Sils Maria. Other candidates included Claus Drexel’s documentary about the
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- 12/15/2014
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The shortlist for France’s Louis Delluc Prize, one of the country’s highest film honors, has been released with 14 films making the cut across two categories: Best Film and Best Debut Feature. Among the eight main movies, six hail from this year’s Cannes crop. Saint Laurent – which is France’s entry for the Foreign Language Oscar – by Bertrand Bonello; Olivier Assayas’ Juliette Binoche/Kristen Stewart-starrer Clouds Of Sils Maria; veteran Jean-Luc Godard’s 3D Goodbye To Language; Abderrahmane Sissako’s Timbuktu; Pascale Ferran’s Bird People, starring Josh Charles; and Claus Drexel’s Au Bord Du Monde will vie alongside Venice pics Trois Coeurs, by Benoît Jacquot, and Robin Campillo’s Eastern Boys. Godard, Ferran and Jacquot are all former Delluc laureates. The Debut Feature shortlist is made up of Thomas Cailley’s well-received Fortnight film Love At First Fight; Camera d’Or winner Party Girl; Virgil Vernier...
- 11/28/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
France’s awards season kicked off Friday with the nominations for the prestigious Louis Delluc prize, a prize awarded by critics for the year’s best film selected by a jury of 20. The jury is headed by former Cannes Film Festival president Gilles Jacob. The shortlist of eight films announced Friday includes several that premiered during the festival, including Abderrahmane Sissako’s Timbuktu, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language, Olivier Assayas’ Sils Maria, starring Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart, and Bertrand Bonello’s biopic Saint Laurent, which is France's candidate for the best foreign-language film Oscar. Read more 'Leviathan,' 'Winter Sleep,
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- 11/28/2014
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Respectively coming off red-hot Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight titles in big winner Les Combattants and Alleluia, actresses Adèle Haenel and Lola Dueñas are reteaming (they both appeared in Katell Quillévéré’s Suzanne) on Léa Fehner’s sophomore film which begins lensing next month. According to Cineuropa, Marion Bouvarel, Marc Barbé and the filmmaker’s own father and sister in François and Inès Fehner are also joining the project. Les Ogres digs into the filmmaker’s family background - François Fehner knows a thing or two about pitching up a tent. Bus Films’ Philippe Liégeois is producing.
Gist: Written by Fehner, Catherine Paillé and Brigitte Sy, this revolves around an aging troupe belonging to a traveling theatre company.
Worth Noting: Fehner’s Venice Film Fest selected debut film Silent Voice (see trailer below), won the prestigious Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film.
Do We Care?: Moving away from prison walls...
Gist: Written by Fehner, Catherine Paillé and Brigitte Sy, this revolves around an aging troupe belonging to a traveling theatre company.
Worth Noting: Fehner’s Venice Film Fest selected debut film Silent Voice (see trailer below), won the prestigious Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film.
Do We Care?: Moving away from prison walls...
- 7/17/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Djinn Carrenard’s second feature to open selection; genre pictures When Animals Dream [pictured] and It Follows to compete in Cannes Critics’ Week.
Djinn Carrénard’s Faire L’Amour (Fla)], revolving around the relationship between a musician and woman on parole, will open the 53rd edition of Cannes Critics’ Week, running May 15-23
The respected parallel selection, focusing on first and second works, unveiled its 2014 line-up on Monday (April 20). In total, the selection committee screened 1,200 feature-length films and 1,770 shorts.
Haitian, France-based Carrénard won France’s prestigious Louis Delluc prize for best first film in 2011 for his buzzy, micro-budget Donoma, which premiered in Cannes in 2010 in the indie-focused Acid selection.
“The director of Donoma instils in his second feature all the energy of the previous one with a sense of drama and character development that really packs a punch,” commented Critics’ Week artistic director Charles Tesson, adding it revolved around, “how to construct love and how to really make love...
Djinn Carrénard’s Faire L’Amour (Fla)], revolving around the relationship between a musician and woman on parole, will open the 53rd edition of Cannes Critics’ Week, running May 15-23
The respected parallel selection, focusing on first and second works, unveiled its 2014 line-up on Monday (April 20). In total, the selection committee screened 1,200 feature-length films and 1,770 shorts.
Haitian, France-based Carrénard won France’s prestigious Louis Delluc prize for best first film in 2011 for his buzzy, micro-budget Donoma, which premiered in Cannes in 2010 in the indie-focused Acid selection.
“The director of Donoma instils in his second feature all the energy of the previous one with a sense of drama and character development that really packs a punch,” commented Critics’ Week artistic director Charles Tesson, adding it revolved around, “how to construct love and how to really make love...
- 4/21/2014
- ScreenDaily
Djinn Carrenard’s second feature to open selection; genre pictures When Animals Dream [pictured] and It Follows to compete in Cannes Critics’ Week.
Djinn Carrénard’s Faire L’Amour (Fla)], revolving around the relationship between a musician and woman on parole, will open the 53rd edition of Cannes Critics’ Week, running May 15-23
The respected parallel selection, focusing on first and second works, unveiled its 2014 line-up on Monday (April 20). In total, the selection committee screened 1,200 feature-length films and 1,770 shorts.
Haitian, France-based Carrénard won France’s prestigious Louis Delluc prize for best first film in 2011 for his buzzy, micro-budget Donoma, which premiered in Cannes in 2010 in the indie-focused Acid selection.
“The director of Donoma instils in his second feature all the energy of the previous one with a sense of drama and character development that really packs a punch,” commented Critics’ Week artistic director Charles Tesson, adding it revolved around, “how to construct love and how to really make love...
Djinn Carrénard’s Faire L’Amour (Fla)], revolving around the relationship between a musician and woman on parole, will open the 53rd edition of Cannes Critics’ Week, running May 15-23
The respected parallel selection, focusing on first and second works, unveiled its 2014 line-up on Monday (April 20). In total, the selection committee screened 1,200 feature-length films and 1,770 shorts.
Haitian, France-based Carrénard won France’s prestigious Louis Delluc prize for best first film in 2011 for his buzzy, micro-budget Donoma, which premiered in Cannes in 2010 in the indie-focused Acid selection.
“The director of Donoma instils in his second feature all the energy of the previous one with a sense of drama and character development that really packs a punch,” commented Critics’ Week artistic director Charles Tesson, adding it revolved around, “how to construct love and how to really make love...
- 4/21/2014
- ScreenDaily
Regardless that it is predetermined not to win Oscar’s Best Foreign gold, Abdellatif Kechiche’s latest (no matter what title it goes by) is the year’s certifiable best European offering and the Louis Delluc Prize is not a bad follow up to a Palme d’or win. Adèle: Chapter 1 & 2 a.k.a Blue is the Warmest Color follows Secret and the Grain (read my predix here) in grabbing the prestigious title for Best French film of the year with the upcoming César Awards being the perfect trifecta. The Delluc prize for best first film went to Hélier Cisterne’s Vandal, which has flown under the radar not playing at any major film fest.
- 12/17/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Director Abdellatif Kechiche wins award for second time in his career.
Abdellatif Kechiche’s Adèle: Chapter 1 & 2 continued its award winning streak in France on Tuesday, clinching the Louis Delluc Prize for best French film in 2013.
The Delluc prize for best first film went to Hélier Cisterne’s Vandal about a bunch of teenage taggers in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. The picture, sold internationally by Paris-based Films Distribution, was co-written by Suzanne director Katell Quillévéré.
Kechiche’s Palme d’Or-winning tale of lesbian love Adèle: Chapter 1 & 2, also known as Blue is the Warmest Colour, has picked up a slew of awards since premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Producers Wild Bunch did not put it forward for the Oscars but the title is nominated at the Golden Globes in the foreign language category.
It is the second time Kechiche has won the Delluc award, having previously picked up the prize with this 2007 picture [link=tt...
Abdellatif Kechiche’s Adèle: Chapter 1 & 2 continued its award winning streak in France on Tuesday, clinching the Louis Delluc Prize for best French film in 2013.
The Delluc prize for best first film went to Hélier Cisterne’s Vandal about a bunch of teenage taggers in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. The picture, sold internationally by Paris-based Films Distribution, was co-written by Suzanne director Katell Quillévéré.
Kechiche’s Palme d’Or-winning tale of lesbian love Adèle: Chapter 1 & 2, also known as Blue is the Warmest Colour, has picked up a slew of awards since premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Producers Wild Bunch did not put it forward for the Oscars but the title is nominated at the Golden Globes in the foreign language category.
It is the second time Kechiche has won the Delluc award, having previously picked up the prize with this 2007 picture [link=tt...
- 12/17/2013
- ScreenDaily
Well, this isn't exactly a vote of confidence in France's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Eyebrows were raised when Gilles Bourdos' attractive but not notably acclaimed period biopic "Renoir" was selected to represent the country at the Academy Awards, and those same skeptics will feel vindicated by today's shortlist for the most prestigious individual award in French cinema, the Louis Delluc Prize: eight films have been nominated, and "Renoir" is not among them. Established in 1937, the Delluc is awarded to a single film every year, and boasts about the loftiest list of recipients you can imagine: Jean...
- 10/30/2013
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Us director James Gray to preside over main competition jury, as previously announced.
Marco Müller, artistic director of the 8th Rome Film Festival (Nov 8-17), has announced the jury members who will complete the Competition Jury.
Jury president James Gray will be joined by:
Verónica Chen (Argentina);Luca Guadagnino (Italy);Aleksei Guskov (Russia);Noémie Lvovsky (France);Amir Naderi (Iran);Zhang Yuan (China).
(See below for more details on the jury)
The Jury will confer the feature films in Competition the:
Golden Marc’Aurelio Award for Best FilmBest Director AwardSpecial Jury PrizeBest Actor AwardBest Actress AwardAward for Emerging Actor or ActressAward for Best Technical ContributionAward for Best Screenplay.
It was also announced today that Italian actress Anna Foglietta will host the awards ceremony on Nov 16.
The actress, whose credits include Anton Corbijn’s 2010 thriller The American, starring Geroge Clooney, will continue to do the honours through the second part of the evening, when the Maverick...
Marco Müller, artistic director of the 8th Rome Film Festival (Nov 8-17), has announced the jury members who will complete the Competition Jury.
Jury president James Gray will be joined by:
Verónica Chen (Argentina);Luca Guadagnino (Italy);Aleksei Guskov (Russia);Noémie Lvovsky (France);Amir Naderi (Iran);Zhang Yuan (China).
(See below for more details on the jury)
The Jury will confer the feature films in Competition the:
Golden Marc’Aurelio Award for Best FilmBest Director AwardSpecial Jury PrizeBest Actor AwardBest Actress AwardAward for Emerging Actor or ActressAward for Best Technical ContributionAward for Best Screenplay.
It was also announced today that Italian actress Anna Foglietta will host the awards ceremony on Nov 16.
The actress, whose credits include Anton Corbijn’s 2010 thriller The American, starring Geroge Clooney, will continue to do the honours through the second part of the evening, when the Maverick...
- 10/29/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
News.
Opera and theatre director, filmmaker, and actor Patrice Chéreau has passed away at the age of 68. From David Hudson's Daily:
"In 2001, Chéreau’s Intimacy won the Berlinale’s Golden Bear and the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc, and two years later, he won a Silver Bear for Best Director for Son frère. At Cannes, he won the Jury Prize in 1994 for La reine Margot (Queen Margo, with Isabelle Adjani), then a César for Best Director in 1998 for Ceux qui m’aiment prendront le train (Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train, with Pascal Greggory, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Berling, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and on and on)."
Via Variety, Bong Joon-ho hinted publicly that he's not too happy with The Weinstein Company and the cuts Snowpiercer has had to undergo for its North American release. Jonathan Rosenbaum has found a new (internet) home: follow him to jonathanrosenbaum.net.
Finds.
For the Vancouver International Film Festival,...
Opera and theatre director, filmmaker, and actor Patrice Chéreau has passed away at the age of 68. From David Hudson's Daily:
"In 2001, Chéreau’s Intimacy won the Berlinale’s Golden Bear and the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc, and two years later, he won a Silver Bear for Best Director for Son frère. At Cannes, he won the Jury Prize in 1994 for La reine Margot (Queen Margo, with Isabelle Adjani), then a César for Best Director in 1998 for Ceux qui m’aiment prendront le train (Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train, with Pascal Greggory, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Berling, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and on and on)."
Via Variety, Bong Joon-ho hinted publicly that he's not too happy with The Weinstein Company and the cuts Snowpiercer has had to undergo for its North American release. Jonathan Rosenbaum has found a new (internet) home: follow him to jonathanrosenbaum.net.
Finds.
For the Vancouver International Film Festival,...
- 10/8/2013
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
Director Rebecca Zlotowski scored big in 2010 when her debut feature “Belle Epine” (aka “Dear Prudence”) won the Prix Louis Delluc for best first film, and snagged star Léa Seydoux a nomination for Most Promising Actress at the Césars. Three years on and Seydoux has certainly made good on that promise, with her profile rising ever higher -- in this year’s Cannes she’s one of a select number of actors to have two films in the Official Selection, one of them being her reteaming with Zlotowski on “Grand Central” with Kechiche’s ”Blue is the Warmest Color” in competition being the other. Neatly enough, her “Grand Central” co-star Tahar Rahim also has two Official Selection films, due to his turn in Asghar Farhadi’s competition entry “The Past” (reviewed here). They seem like a strangely perfect pairing, purely in terms of profile and career stage, then, and there is...
- 5/19/2013
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Bird People
Director: Pascale Ferran
Writer(s): Ferran and Guillaume Bréaud
Producer(s): Archipel 35′s Denis Freyd
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Josh Charles, Clark Johnson, Anaïs Demoustier, Roschdy Zem, Hippolyte Girardot
Not sure why we’ve waited more than seven year’s for Pascale Ferran’s fourth feature film which proposes a sort of Before Sunrises meets Terminal as her 2006 epic Lady Chatterley was perhaps one of the best literary adaptations we’ll have seen in the past decade. It cleaned up at the César Awards and won the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc. This film sees Anaïs Demoustier (random pic above) in the lead which whom we have our yearly meet-up in Cannes with since her debuts with La belle personne and Anne Novion’s Grown Ups.
Gist: An American arrives in Paris, checks into a hotel, turns off his cell phone and starts his life anew.
Director: Pascale Ferran
Writer(s): Ferran and Guillaume Bréaud
Producer(s): Archipel 35′s Denis Freyd
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Josh Charles, Clark Johnson, Anaïs Demoustier, Roschdy Zem, Hippolyte Girardot
Not sure why we’ve waited more than seven year’s for Pascale Ferran’s fourth feature film which proposes a sort of Before Sunrises meets Terminal as her 2006 epic Lady Chatterley was perhaps one of the best literary adaptations we’ll have seen in the past decade. It cleaned up at the César Awards and won the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc. This film sees Anaïs Demoustier (random pic above) in the lead which whom we have our yearly meet-up in Cannes with since her debuts with La belle personne and Anne Novion’s Grown Ups.
Gist: An American arrives in Paris, checks into a hotel, turns off his cell phone and starts his life anew.
- 1/14/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Shine, Seven Confirm Michael Hutchence/Inxs Project Shine Australia and the Seven Network have confirmed their partnership on Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs. The 4-hour 2-parter will focus on the six members of the band and the artistic relationship between Andrew Farris and frontman Michael Hutchence, who died in a Sydney hotel in 1997. Screen Australia is also participating. Never Tear Us Apart is one of three pending projects about Hutchence and Inxs and likely will be the first to be finished. Shooting is slated to start in Melbourne in mid-2013. Louis Delluc Prize Goes To ‘Farewell, My Queen’ France’s prestigious Prix Louis Delluc for 2012 has been awarded to Benoit Jacquot’s Farewell, My Queen. The period drama, which opened the Berlin Film Festival in February, was adapted from the Chantal Thomas novel and set during the first 3 days of the French Revolution as seen from...
- 12/15/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Gary Glitter Arrested In BBC Sex Abuse Scandal Disgraced former pop star Gary Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, has become the first high-profile arrest in Scotland Yard’s Operation Yewtree investigation into sex abuse allegations against late BBC host Jimmy Savile. He was arrested at his London home and released on bail 10 hours later. It’s alleged that Gadd had sex with a schoolgirl in Savile’s BBC dressing room. He was deported from Cambodia in 2002 for suspected offenses and later logged jail time in Vietnam for child sex offenses. As the standards and practices of the corporation that allowed such abuse come under increasing fire, BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten penned an editorial for the Mail On Sunday newspaper dubbing Savile a “devious psychopath” and promising a full account of what happened, “wherever its conclusions lead”. The two independent inquiries into what Patten calls “the whole sordid mess” are not smokescreens,...
- 10/28/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
On the occasion of Anthology Film Archive's retrospective on Jean Epstein and the publishing of a new anthology on the filmmaker edited by Sarah Keller and Jason N. Paul, Jean Epstein: Critical Essays and New Translations, we are here reprinting the essay by Nicole Brenez, "Ultra-Modern: Jean Epstein, or Cinema 'Serving the Forces of Transgression and Revolt.'" The anthology is published by Amsterdam University Press and available in the Us and Canada from the University of Chicago Press. Many thanks to Amsterdam University Press, University of Chicago Press, Magdalena Hernas, Sarah Keller and Nicole Brenez.
Jean Epstein disappeared over half a century ago, in 1953. Yet, few filmmakers are still as alive today. At the time, a radio broadcast announced the following obituary: “Jean Epstein has just died. This name may not mean much to many of those who turn to the screens to provide them with the weekly dose of emotion they need.
Jean Epstein disappeared over half a century ago, in 1953. Yet, few filmmakers are still as alive today. At the time, a radio broadcast announced the following obituary: “Jean Epstein has just died. This name may not mean much to many of those who turn to the screens to provide them with the weekly dose of emotion they need.
- 5/30/2012
- MUBI
From today through February 1, we're partnering with the My French Film Festival to show you ten recently released French features (first and second films) and ten French shorts. Presented by Unifrance, the festival invites you to award points to the films you like at the main site — and these points count, as six prizes will be awarded (three for features, three for shorts): the Internet Users Prize, Social Networks Prize and International Press Prize.
Outside of both competitions, we've also got a few extra presentations. The online festival was a hit around the world last year and you won't want to miss this second edition.
A few quick notes on the films, starting with the features:
Rebecca Zlotowski's Belle épine (Dear Prudence), winner of the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc for Best First Film, is "closer to a sobering character study than a classical youth film," finds Chris Cabin in Slant.
Outside of both competitions, we've also got a few extra presentations. The online festival was a hit around the world last year and you won't want to miss this second edition.
A few quick notes on the films, starting with the features:
Rebecca Zlotowski's Belle épine (Dear Prudence), winner of the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc for Best First Film, is "closer to a sobering character study than a classical youth film," finds Chris Cabin in Slant.
- 1/11/2012
- MUBI
Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life tops Film Comment's list of the "Best Released Films of 2011," an annual year-end survey of film critics, editors, and past and present contributors — over 120 of them this year — so the magazine has put Kent Jones's beautiful essay from the July/August issue online (even if you don't admire the film as much as he does, you'll know that this is a must-read), and the Film Society of Lincoln Center is screening The Tree of Life through Tuesday.
The "Released" list goes as far as 50; the "Best Unreleased Movies of 2011" list runs to 52. At #1 is Jafar Panahi's This Is Not a Film; #2: Béla Tarr's The Turin Horse. There's been some grumbling among the tweeting set, by the way, that this list is too crowded with films that have scored distribution deals and will indeed be seeing a theatrical run sooner or later.
The "Released" list goes as far as 50; the "Best Unreleased Movies of 2011" list runs to 52. At #1 is Jafar Panahi's This Is Not a Film; #2: Béla Tarr's The Turin Horse. There's been some grumbling among the tweeting set, by the way, that this list is too crowded with films that have scored distribution deals and will indeed be seeing a theatrical run sooner or later.
- 12/17/2011
- MUBI
The Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier at the inauguration of the 42nd International Film Festival of India on November 23 in Goa. It was announced at the curtain raiser press conference held in Goa on Tuesday. The Lifetime Achievement Award carries an amount of Rs. 10 lakh.
Bertrand Tavernier is best known for his films Prix Louis Delluc, The Clockmaker, Life and Nothing But and The Princess of Montpensier.
The festival will pay homage to seven stalwarts of the film–Sidney Lumet, Raul Ruiz, Claude Chabrol, Adolfas Meekas, Richard Leacock, Elizabeth Taylor and Tareque Masood.
Iffi 2011 will open with The Consul of Bordeax directed by Manuel Gonzales.
The festival will showcase ‘Festivals Kaleidoscope’, a package which includes top award winners in film festivals like Cannes, Locarno, Montreal and Busan.
The ‘Retrospective’ section which screens films of French director Luc Besson...
Bertrand Tavernier is best known for his films Prix Louis Delluc, The Clockmaker, Life and Nothing But and The Princess of Montpensier.
The festival will pay homage to seven stalwarts of the film–Sidney Lumet, Raul Ruiz, Claude Chabrol, Adolfas Meekas, Richard Leacock, Elizabeth Taylor and Tareque Masood.
Iffi 2011 will open with The Consul of Bordeax directed by Manuel Gonzales.
The festival will showcase ‘Festivals Kaleidoscope’, a package which includes top award winners in film festivals like Cannes, Locarno, Montreal and Busan.
The ‘Retrospective’ section which screens films of French director Luc Besson...
- 11/22/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Release Date: Dec. 20, 2011
Price: Three-disc DVD $34.95, Blu-ray $43.95
Studio: Music Box Films
The mini-series drama movie Mysteries of Lisbon is one of the final works by legendary Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz (Time Regained), who died in August 2011 at the age of 70.
An adaptation of the 19th century novel by Portugal’s Camilo Castelo Branco, the epic film follows a man’s search for the truth over three decades and four countries. According to the Music Box press release, the film “is a saga that evokes the artistry, intricacy and richness of the sprawling intertwined narratives of such giants as Victor Hugo and Charles Dickens.”
Set in Portugal’s capital city in the 19th century, Mysteries of Lisbon tells the story of 14-year-old orphan Joao (played by Joao Luis Arrais as a child, Afonso Pimentel as an adult), who begins a quest to find the truth about his parents, his origins and himself.
Price: Three-disc DVD $34.95, Blu-ray $43.95
Studio: Music Box Films
The mini-series drama movie Mysteries of Lisbon is one of the final works by legendary Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz (Time Regained), who died in August 2011 at the age of 70.
An adaptation of the 19th century novel by Portugal’s Camilo Castelo Branco, the epic film follows a man’s search for the truth over three decades and four countries. According to the Music Box press release, the film “is a saga that evokes the artistry, intricacy and richness of the sprawling intertwined narratives of such giants as Victor Hugo and Charles Dickens.”
Set in Portugal’s capital city in the 19th century, Mysteries of Lisbon tells the story of 14-year-old orphan Joao (played by Joao Luis Arrais as a child, Afonso Pimentel as an adult), who begins a quest to find the truth about his parents, his origins and himself.
- 11/4/2011
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Above: Zoulikha Bouabdellah's Al Attlal (Ruines), left, and Pierre Léon's À la barbe d'Ivan, right.
Nicole Brenez has curated two programs of new work from the French avant-garde for this year’s Rendezvous with French Cinema 2011 in New York; below she has offered her program notes in French. Program one (on Saturday) concentrates on filmmakers reappropriating images; program two (Sunday) is the new feature by Ange Leccia, Nuit bleue. Below, I’ve translated Brenez’s extended appreciation of Leccia and Nuit bleue; as usual, I’ve tried to stay faithful to the sound and rhythm of the original where possible. Beneath the translated extract you'll find the full article by Ms. Brenez in its original French. —David Phelps
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…Although Ange Leccia has also practiced re-appropriating images (especially Jean Luc-Godard’s) in his installations and his films, Nuit bleuetakes up a different aesthetic vein, one rich with a long tradition of the French avant-garde.
Nicole Brenez has curated two programs of new work from the French avant-garde for this year’s Rendezvous with French Cinema 2011 in New York; below she has offered her program notes in French. Program one (on Saturday) concentrates on filmmakers reappropriating images; program two (Sunday) is the new feature by Ange Leccia, Nuit bleue. Below, I’ve translated Brenez’s extended appreciation of Leccia and Nuit bleue; as usual, I’ve tried to stay faithful to the sound and rhythm of the original where possible. Beneath the translated extract you'll find the full article by Ms. Brenez in its original French. —David Phelps
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…Although Ange Leccia has also practiced re-appropriating images (especially Jean Luc-Godard’s) in his installations and his films, Nuit bleuetakes up a different aesthetic vein, one rich with a long tradition of the French avant-garde.
- 3/19/2011
- MUBI
You can't say that Music Box Films are up for the challenge. After releasing parts I & II of Mesrine parts, the foreign film distributor based in Chicago are going to block cinemas for 4 1/2 hours with their purchase out of Berlin in Raoul Ruiz's period drama Mysteries of Lisbon, -- they'll release that version in September and will put out the six-hour miniseries on DVD sometime after that. Gist: Based on a famous nineteenth-century Portuguese novel, this follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals. Worth Noting: Winner of the Silver Shell at San Sebastian, this played at Tiff and was a surprise winner of the Louis Delluc French critics' award beating out Carlos and Of Gods and Men. Do We Care?: We didn't catch the film at Tiff (as was the case with Carlos,...
- 2/17/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
It won't be a year of Cannes "favoritism" as Gilles Jacob and the small jury have proved me wrong once again, awarding the 68th Louis Delluc prize to Raoul Ruiz's "Mysteries of Lisbon" - the four pic which I passed on at Tiff and which would go onto win Silver Shell for Best Director at the San Sebastian Film Festival. It beat out heavy favorites Xavier Beauvois' Cannes Jury Prize winner, "Of Gods and Men" and one of my favorites of the year, Olivier Assayas' "Carlos". The Louis Delluc prize for first film went to Rebecca Zlotowski's "Belle Epine," which Variety reminds us that like the Ruiz film also stars Lea Seydoux. Here were the nominees for both categories. ...
- 12/17/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
It's slow-moving and meditative, but Of Gods and Men, directed by Xavier Beauvois, won the Grand Prix at Cannes, is tipped for an Oscar and has drawn in more than 3 million cinemagoers
Nine monks eat supper around a refectory table. Wordlessly, they sip from unaccustomed glasses of red wine as a cassette player fills the room with the soaring strings of Swan Lake. Some of them weep. They all know they will soon be dead.
This piercingly simple, lengthy scene is at the core of director Xavier Beauvois's Of Gods and Men, a powerful yet reflective French film which is now in strong contention for the title of most unexpected box-office hit ever.
Released in Britain this Friday, it tells the fictionalised story of real-life Cistercian monks who in 1996 held out in their hillside abbey in Algeria, enduring near siege conditions as the country descended into factional violence. The...
Nine monks eat supper around a refectory table. Wordlessly, they sip from unaccustomed glasses of red wine as a cassette player fills the room with the soaring strings of Swan Lake. Some of them weep. They all know they will soon be dead.
This piercingly simple, lengthy scene is at the core of director Xavier Beauvois's Of Gods and Men, a powerful yet reflective French film which is now in strong contention for the title of most unexpected box-office hit ever.
Released in Britain this Friday, it tells the fictionalised story of real-life Cistercian monks who in 1996 held out in their hillside abbey in Algeria, enduring near siege conditions as the country descended into factional violence. The...
- 11/28/2010
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
The Society of Film Directors (Srf) will award the Carrosse d’Or (“Golden Coach”) to French director Agnès Varda at the opening evening of the 42nd Directors’ Fortnight, which will run from May 13-23 at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.
Created in 2002, the award is intended for directors chosen for their innovative films, their bold and uncompromising direction and production. Previous Carrosse d’Or winners include Jacques Rozier, Clint Eastwood, Nanni Moretti, Ousmane Sembene, David Cronenberg, Alain Cavalier, Jim Jarmusch and Naomi Kawase.
Varda (81) began her career as a director in 1955. She won the Louis Delluc Prize in 1964, and has been selected in competition at Cannes (in 1962), Berlin (in 1965 when she took home the Special Jury Prize, 1988 and 1995) and Venice (in 1985). Her latest work, The Beaches of Agnes, nabbed the Best Documentary Cesar 2009, after it was unveiled out of competition at the 2008 Venice Film Festival.
The 2010 Directors’ Fortnight selection will...
Created in 2002, the award is intended for directors chosen for their innovative films, their bold and uncompromising direction and production. Previous Carrosse d’Or winners include Jacques Rozier, Clint Eastwood, Nanni Moretti, Ousmane Sembene, David Cronenberg, Alain Cavalier, Jim Jarmusch and Naomi Kawase.
Varda (81) began her career as a director in 1955. She won the Louis Delluc Prize in 1964, and has been selected in competition at Cannes (in 1962), Berlin (in 1965 when she took home the Special Jury Prize, 1988 and 1995) and Venice (in 1985). Her latest work, The Beaches of Agnes, nabbed the Best Documentary Cesar 2009, after it was unveiled out of competition at the 2008 Venice Film Festival.
The 2010 Directors’ Fortnight selection will...
- 4/9/2010
- by Cineuropa
- DearCinema.com
A Prophet, Jacques Audiard’s internationally acclaimed prison drama, was the big winner at the 2010 César Awards ceremony held at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard served as the ceremony’s honorary president. She was assisted by co-presenters Gad Elmaleh and Valérie Lemercier. Starring relative newcomer Tahar Rahim as a new inmate who must fend off for himself while prison, A Prophet won a total of nine Césars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, and Nicolas Peufaillit), Best Actor (Rahim), and Best Male Newcomer (also Rahim), and Best Supporting Actor (Niels Arestrup). Previously, A Prophet had won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, France’s Louis Delluc Prize, [...]...
- 2/28/2010
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Paris -- Jacques Audiard's prison drama "A Prophet" (Un Prophete) won nine awards, including French film of the year and best director, during the 35th annual Cesar Awards ceremony.
"Prophet" star Tahar Rahim won the best actor and most promising actor prizes Saturday at the Chatelet Theatre for his role as a young Arab man sent to French prison who eventually gains power among the reigning Corsican mafia. "Long live French cinema," Rahim proclaimed as he accepted his second prize.
French actress-singer Vanessa Paradis presented the director prize to Audiard, who thanked the Academy before launching into a politically charged talk about France's immigrant population.
Niels Arestrup, no stranger to Audiard's films, was named best supporting actor for his performance in "Prophet."
Nominated in 13 categories, "Prophet" -- which Sony Pictures Classics opened Friday in the U.S., where it has been nominated for the foreign-language film Oscar -- also won Cesars for original screenplay,...
"Prophet" star Tahar Rahim won the best actor and most promising actor prizes Saturday at the Chatelet Theatre for his role as a young Arab man sent to French prison who eventually gains power among the reigning Corsican mafia. "Long live French cinema," Rahim proclaimed as he accepted his second prize.
French actress-singer Vanessa Paradis presented the director prize to Audiard, who thanked the Academy before launching into a politically charged talk about France's immigrant population.
Niels Arestrup, no stranger to Audiard's films, was named best supporting actor for his performance in "Prophet."
Nominated in 13 categories, "Prophet" -- which Sony Pictures Classics opened Friday in the U.S., where it has been nominated for the foreign-language film Oscar -- also won Cesars for original screenplay,...
- 2/27/2010
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paris – French Academy members got serious on Friday with two politically charged dramas heading the major categories for the 35th annual Cesar Awards that will see Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet" go head to head with Philippe Lioret's "Welcome." The nominees were announced Friday at a press conference in Paris.
While no one can foresee the winners, "A Prophet" looks bound to triumph with Jacques Audiard's prison drama nominated for 13 awards including best film, best director and a best actor and most promising male newcomer nod for the film's breakout star Tahar Rahim.
Academy voters also gave a hearty reception to Phillipe Lioret's "Welcome" with 10 nods and Xavier Giannoli's "In the Beginning" with 11 nominations.
Radu Mihaileanu's "The Concert" was also music to voters' ears with the tragicomedy about a washed-up former conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra who travels to Paris to make his career comeback scoring six nominations.
While no one can foresee the winners, "A Prophet" looks bound to triumph with Jacques Audiard's prison drama nominated for 13 awards including best film, best director and a best actor and most promising male newcomer nod for the film's breakout star Tahar Rahim.
Academy voters also gave a hearty reception to Phillipe Lioret's "Welcome" with 10 nods and Xavier Giannoli's "In the Beginning" with 11 nominations.
Radu Mihaileanu's "The Concert" was also music to voters' ears with the tragicomedy about a washed-up former conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra who travels to Paris to make his career comeback scoring six nominations.
- 1/22/2010
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Top 25 Movies of 2009 #1 - 10
Here we are, time for all of us to reveal our top ten films of 2009. Many of you wondered why I only allowed you to pick five films in the nominations poll I started on Monday. Well, everything was in an effort to make sure you all held your lists until today as I reveal my top ten favorite films of 2009 and hope you will add your thoughts on my list as well as share your individual lists of 10, 15, 20 or however many films from the year that was. We have only a couple of days left before 2010 shuts the door on what I thought was a rather enjoyable year in film once you brush away a few of those lousy blockbusters that weren't.
Before I go any further, let me once again share the schedule as I promised I would include with each posting on Monday:
2009 "Best Of" Schedule
Monday,...
Here we are, time for all of us to reveal our top ten films of 2009. Many of you wondered why I only allowed you to pick five films in the nominations poll I started on Monday. Well, everything was in an effort to make sure you all held your lists until today as I reveal my top ten favorite films of 2009 and hope you will add your thoughts on my list as well as share your individual lists of 10, 15, 20 or however many films from the year that was. We have only a couple of days left before 2010 shuts the door on what I thought was a rather enjoyable year in film once you brush away a few of those lousy blockbusters that weren't.
Before I go any further, let me once again share the schedule as I promised I would include with each posting on Monday:
2009 "Best Of" Schedule
Monday,...
- 12/30/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Similar to the Golden Globes because it is a foreign group of film journalists who conduct the voting (though I'm sure they have no mandate to prefer films loaded in stars), this year's the 15th Lumiere Awards has a pair of films in the top tier that recently that duked it out for the Louis Delluc award. Philippe Lioret's Welcome (which just got picked up by Film Movement this week) and Jacques Audiard's A Prophet (a Spc release next February) received five and four noms respectively. - Similar to the Golden Globes because it is a foreign group of film journalists who conduct the voting (though I'm sure they have no mandate to prefer films loaded in stars), this year's the 15th Lumière Awards has a pair of films in the top tier that recently that duked it out for the Louis Delluc award. Philippe Lioret...
- 12/18/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Saving one more Euro fare from drowning into obscurity, Film Movement have announced the pick-up of Philippe Lioret's Welcome - a trilingual drama in French, English and Arabic that paints a portrait of two men wrestling with their own issues of lost love and alienation, while exploring larger contemporary dilemmas like illegal immigration and covert border crossings. Film Movement is planning a Spring-ish release. - Saving one more Euro fare from drowning into obscurity, Film Movement have announced the pick-up of Philippe Lioret's Welcome - a trilingual drama in French, English and Arabic that paints a portrait of two men wrestling with their own issues of lost love and alienation, while exploring larger contemporary dilemmas like illegal immigration and covert border crossings. Film Movement is planning a Spring-ish release. Welcome was recently selected as one of the nominees for the prestigious Louis Delluc Prize (A Prophet won) and since it preemed in Berlin,...
- 12/16/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
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