Netflix has released an enticing official trailer for “Oxygen,” the latest thriller from French horror filmmaker Alexandre Aja. The science-fiction drama stars Cesar Award winner Mélanie Laurent as a scientist who wakes up to find herself trapped in a cryogenic chamber with no idea how she got there or who she is. The movie was previously titled “O2,” but Netflix has gone with the more approachable title “Oxygen” for the release next month.
Here’s the official synopsis from the streamer: “‘Oxygen’ is a French survival thriller directed by Alexandre Aja. The film tells the story of a young woman (Mélanie Laurent), who wakes up in a cryogenic pod. She doesn’t remember who she is or how she ended up there. As she’s running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.”
Aja first rose to international prominence as a...
Here’s the official synopsis from the streamer: “‘Oxygen’ is a French survival thriller directed by Alexandre Aja. The film tells the story of a young woman (Mélanie Laurent), who wakes up in a cryogenic pod. She doesn’t remember who she is or how she ended up there. As she’s running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.”
Aja first rose to international prominence as a...
- 4/21/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The Innocents debuted at Sundance; Suburra made by the team behind Gomorrah.
Stockholm-based Edge Entertainment has snapped up a brace of acquisitions at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin: The Innocents by Anne Fontaine; and Suburra by the team behind the TV series Gomorrah.
The Innocents, originally titled Agnus Dei, received its world premiere at Sundance where Screen’s review called it “heart-tugging”.
Set in 1945 Poland, it follows a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps and discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancy during a visit to a nearby convent.
The film stars one of this year’s European Shooting Stars, Lou de Laâge (Respire), and Agata Kulesza (Ida).
Edge acquired from Films Distribution for Sweden, Finland, Iceland and the Baltics as well as the pay-tv rights for Denmark and Norway.
Picturehouse announced it had taken UK distribution rights earlier this week.
Stefano Sollima’s [link...
Stockholm-based Edge Entertainment has snapped up a brace of acquisitions at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin: The Innocents by Anne Fontaine; and Suburra by the team behind the TV series Gomorrah.
The Innocents, originally titled Agnus Dei, received its world premiere at Sundance where Screen’s review called it “heart-tugging”.
Set in 1945 Poland, it follows a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps and discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancy during a visit to a nearby convent.
The film stars one of this year’s European Shooting Stars, Lou de Laâge (Respire), and Agata Kulesza (Ida).
Edge acquired from Films Distribution for Sweden, Finland, Iceland and the Baltics as well as the pay-tv rights for Denmark and Norway.
Picturehouse announced it had taken UK distribution rights earlier this week.
Stefano Sollima’s [link...
- 2/18/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Re-titled Anne Fontaine drama Agnus Dei premiered at Sundance.
Picturehouse has taken UK distribution rights to Anne Fontaine’s post-WW2 drama Agnus Dei and has retitled the film The Innocents for its theatrical run.
Starring Lou de Laâge (Respire) and Agata Kulesza (Ida), the French-Polish drama is set in Poland in 1945, following a young Red Cross doctor who is sent to help war survivors.
The Innocents premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival where Screen’s review called it “heart-tugging”.
Produced by Eric and Nicolas Altmayer (In The House), Eliza Oczkowska and Klaudia Smieja are co-producers, while Sabrina B. Karine, Alice Vial, Pascal Bonitzer and Anne Fontaine combined on the screenplay.
The deal was negotiated between Picturehouse Entertainment’s Clare Binns and Sébastien Beffa of Films Distribution, who are handling international sales.
Picturehouse has taken UK distribution rights to Anne Fontaine’s post-WW2 drama Agnus Dei and has retitled the film The Innocents for its theatrical run.
Starring Lou de Laâge (Respire) and Agata Kulesza (Ida), the French-Polish drama is set in Poland in 1945, following a young Red Cross doctor who is sent to help war survivors.
The Innocents premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival where Screen’s review called it “heart-tugging”.
Produced by Eric and Nicolas Altmayer (In The House), Eliza Oczkowska and Klaudia Smieja are co-producers, while Sabrina B. Karine, Alice Vial, Pascal Bonitzer and Anne Fontaine combined on the screenplay.
The deal was negotiated between Picturehouse Entertainment’s Clare Binns and Sébastien Beffa of Films Distribution, who are handling international sales.
- 2/16/2016
- ScreenDaily
Breathe (Respire) Film Movement Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya. Grade: B+ Director: Mélanie Laurent Screenwriter: Mélanie Laurent, Julien Lambroschini Based on: Breathe (Respire), a novel by Anne-Sophie Brasme Cast: Joséphine Japy, Lou de Laâge, Isabelle Carré, Radivoje Bukvic, Carole Franck Release date: September 11, 2015 I once knew a High School student who never stopped raving about the fact that his “father was a medical doctor, his mother was a psychiatrist, he had a German Shepard dog, and an aunt in Romania ”. He later became a “general manager in a large book store in New Jersey” and a “sky diver in Nevada”. In reality none of [ Read More ]
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- 8/26/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"I feel like I don't know you at all anymore." Film Movement has debuted an official Us trailer for the film directed by Mélanie Laurent, Breathe, also known as Respire, a drama about two young friends. Starring Joséphine Japy and Lou de Laâge, this received rave reviews out of the Cannes Film Festival and looks to be very beautiful, very intimate, yet powerful coming-of-age drama. Laurent, best known as an actress from Now You See Me or Inglourious Basterds, is only directing here and seems to be doing an exceptional job. I'm very curious to see this when it hits Us theaters this fall. See the trailer with English subtitles below. Here's the official Us trailer for Mélanie Laurent's Breathe, from Film Movement's YouTube: Synopsis: Charlie (Joséphine Japy) is 17 years old. She at that age where life is all about hanging out with friends, emotions, convictions, passions. Sarah...
- 7/7/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Panorama Europe Film Festival has announced 16 films to be showcased from May 29-June 14 in New York.
The festival, which will take place at the Museum Of The Moving Image and the Bohemian National Hall, champions European filmmaking.
Opening weekend will include two screenings. Polish film Gods by Lukasz Palkowski chronicles the life of the Polish surgeon who performed his country’s first heart transplant.
Iris Elezi’s Albanian feature Bota (The World) explores the troubling time in the country’s Communist past.
Bas Devos’ award-winning film Violet (pictured) will screen as the closing night feature. The Belgian film tells the emotional story of a teen who witnessed his friend’s murder and played in New Directors/New Films earlier this year.
The programme also features Panos H Koutras’s multiple-award winning Greek film Xenia, Ignas Jonynas’s The Gambler starring Oona Mekas and French film Breathe (Respire) by Mélanie Laurent.
The festival...
The festival, which will take place at the Museum Of The Moving Image and the Bohemian National Hall, champions European filmmaking.
Opening weekend will include two screenings. Polish film Gods by Lukasz Palkowski chronicles the life of the Polish surgeon who performed his country’s first heart transplant.
Iris Elezi’s Albanian feature Bota (The World) explores the troubling time in the country’s Communist past.
Bas Devos’ award-winning film Violet (pictured) will screen as the closing night feature. The Belgian film tells the emotional story of a teen who witnessed his friend’s murder and played in New Directors/New Films earlier this year.
The programme also features Panos H Koutras’s multiple-award winning Greek film Xenia, Ignas Jonynas’s The Gambler starring Oona Mekas and French film Breathe (Respire) by Mélanie Laurent.
The festival...
- 4/30/2015
- ScreenDaily
The poster for 2015's Critics' Week
As the many and myriad elements of this year’s Cannes Film Festival start to come together ahead of next week’s launch of the official selection, the Critics’ Week (La Semaine de la Critique) today (7 April) unveiled this year’s poster image.
The designers have used a still from last year’s entry - Respire, the second film by actress turned director Mélanie Laurent. It depicts actress Lou de Laâge who played the heroine and who, in the words of the organisers, sums up “the vivacity, audacity, and free-thinking” of the selectors who concentrate on emerging talents.
Since its creation in 1962 the Critics’ Week has thrown a sharp focus on new talents in world cinema with a selection comprised mainly of first or second features as well as shorts.
Among those to have featured in previous editions are: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Ken Loach,...
As the many and myriad elements of this year’s Cannes Film Festival start to come together ahead of next week’s launch of the official selection, the Critics’ Week (La Semaine de la Critique) today (7 April) unveiled this year’s poster image.
The designers have used a still from last year’s entry - Respire, the second film by actress turned director Mélanie Laurent. It depicts actress Lou de Laâge who played the heroine and who, in the words of the organisers, sums up “the vivacity, audacity, and free-thinking” of the selectors who concentrate on emerging talents.
Since its creation in 1962 the Critics’ Week has thrown a sharp focus on new talents in world cinema with a selection comprised mainly of first or second features as well as shorts.
Among those to have featured in previous editions are: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Ken Loach,...
- 4/7/2015
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Wild Life (Vie sauvage) director Cédric Kahn Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The night after the Us premiere of Benoît Jacquot's 3 Hearts (3 Coeurs) starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni and Benoît Poelvoorde, I met up with Wild Life (Vie Sauvage) director Cédric Kahn for a conversation on his film, starring Mathieu Kassovitz and Céline Sallette. The suspense of Robert Bresson's Pickpocket mixes with Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest and turns into a "paranoiac world". Working with Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, choices and his role in Axelle Ropert's Miss And The Doctors came up.
20th Anniversary of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at the IFC Center
Nathalie Baye, Frédéric Tellier - SK1 (L’Affaire SK1); Mélanie Laurent - Breathe (Respire); Christophe Honoré - Métamorphoses; Cédric Jimenez - The Connection (La French) with Gilles Lellouche and writer Audrey Diwan; and Abd Al Malik - May Allah Bless France (Qu’Allah Bénisse La France!
The night after the Us premiere of Benoît Jacquot's 3 Hearts (3 Coeurs) starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni and Benoît Poelvoorde, I met up with Wild Life (Vie Sauvage) director Cédric Kahn for a conversation on his film, starring Mathieu Kassovitz and Céline Sallette. The suspense of Robert Bresson's Pickpocket mixes with Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest and turns into a "paranoiac world". Working with Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, choices and his role in Axelle Ropert's Miss And The Doctors came up.
20th Anniversary of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at the IFC Center
Nathalie Baye, Frédéric Tellier - SK1 (L’Affaire SK1); Mélanie Laurent - Breathe (Respire); Christophe Honoré - Métamorphoses; Cédric Jimenez - The Connection (La French) with Gilles Lellouche and writer Audrey Diwan; and Abd Al Malik - May Allah Bless France (Qu’Allah Bénisse La France!
- 3/9/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Respire
Written by Melanie Laurent and Julien Lambroschini
Directed by Melanie Laurent
France, 2014
What is love? Love is a pain, love is death, love is a bitch. But friendship, that’s even worse. Friendship is nebulous; it’ll steal your affections, spread rumors about you, scrawl dirty lies on your locker. Life-affirming and, ultimately, life-ending, friendship is like coffee laced with slow-acting poison. At least that’s how it works in Melanie Laurent’s gorgeous Respire, an unsettling usurpation of your usual coming-of-age story, and one of the most confident sophomore films of recent memory.
A staggeringly tragic story of adolescent amity turned toxic, Laurent’s film taps the rhythm of high school life: the petty banter and cafeteria gossip, the birth and death of fleeting crushes, the caustic politics of inner-friend circles. Charlie (Josephine Japy), a mild-mannered young girl, has her circle of friends. Victoire (Roxane Duran) has been...
Written by Melanie Laurent and Julien Lambroschini
Directed by Melanie Laurent
France, 2014
What is love? Love is a pain, love is death, love is a bitch. But friendship, that’s even worse. Friendship is nebulous; it’ll steal your affections, spread rumors about you, scrawl dirty lies on your locker. Life-affirming and, ultimately, life-ending, friendship is like coffee laced with slow-acting poison. At least that’s how it works in Melanie Laurent’s gorgeous Respire, an unsettling usurpation of your usual coming-of-age story, and one of the most confident sophomore films of recent memory.
A staggeringly tragic story of adolescent amity turned toxic, Laurent’s film taps the rhythm of high school life: the petty banter and cafeteria gossip, the birth and death of fleeting crushes, the caustic politics of inner-friend circles. Charlie (Josephine Japy), a mild-mannered young girl, has her circle of friends. Victoire (Roxane Duran) has been...
- 2/19/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- SoundOnSight
It was a battle of Yves Saint Laurent biopics at the Césars (the French Oscars, if you will) this year as both the French foreign language Oscar submission "Saint Laurent" (leader of the pack with 10 nods) and "Yves Saint Laurent" picked up a ton of mentions. Oscar players that popped up include "Two Days, One Night" star Marion Cotillard and animated feature "Song of the Sea." Foreign film Oscar nominee "Timbuktu" also had a major showing. And of course, in the Césars' foreign category, films like "Boyhood," "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "12 Years a Slave" are duking it out. Check out the full list of nominees below, and remember to keep track of it all at The Circuit. Best Film "Les Combattants" "Eastern Boys" "La Famille Bélier" "Saint Laurent" "Hippocrate" "Sils Maria" "Timbuktu" Best Director Céline Sciamma, "Bande De Filles" Thomas Cailley, "Les Combattants" Robin Campillo, "Eastern Boys" Thomas Lilti,...
- 1/28/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Update, 2:25 Am Pt: Last year’s dueling Yves Saint Laurent biopics each picked up several nominations this morning for France’s César Awards. Bertrand Bonello’s Saint Laurent, the country’s entry for the Foreign Language Oscar, leads the pack with 10 mentions, followed by Thomas Cailley’s Directors’ Fortnight title Les Combattants with nine, and Oscar nominee Timbuktu with eight. Yves Saint Laurent, from helmer Jalil Lespert, took seven nods. Otherwise, there are a number of usual suspects in the batch including Best Actress Oscar nominee Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night, as well as Juliette Binoche for Olivier Assayas’ Sils Maria. In something of a departure — and a first — for the French Académie, they nominated American actress Kristen Stewart for her supporting turn in that Cannes competition entry. (Adrien Brody won the Best Actor prize in 2003 for The Pianist.) There are also six nominations for late 2014 release La Famille Bélier.
- 1/28/2015
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
The nominations for France's Lumière Awards were announced this morning, and leading the way was the film's Oscar foreign film entry "Saint Laurent" (which sadly didn't make it past the initial culling with the Academy). The film picked up four nominations and will compete for best film with Cannes hit "Girlhood," "La Famille Bélier," "Pas son genre," fellow Oscar foreign hopeful "Timbuktu" and "Three Hearts." Check out the full list of nominees below. Winners will be announced on Feb. 3. And oh yeah: The Circuit. Best Film "Girlhood" "La Famille Bélier" "Pas son genre" "Saint Laurent" "Timbuktu" "Three Hearts" Best Director Lucas Belvaux, "Pas son genre" Bertrand Bonello, "Saint Laurent" Benoît Jacquot, "Three Hearts" Cédric Kahn, "Wild Life" Céline Sciamma,"Girlhood" Abderrahmane Sissako, "Timbuktu" Best Actor Guillaume Canet, "La prochaine fois je viserai le cœur," "In The Name of My Daughter" Romain Duris, "The New Girlfriend" Mathieu Kassovitz, "Wild Life" Pierre Niney,...
- 1/13/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Two Days, One Night, Mommy and Fevers nominated in French-language foreign film category.Scroll down for full list of nominations
The Lumière Awards, France’s version of the Golden Globes, has announced the nominations for its 20th anniversary edition. There is no clear front-runner this year.
Bertrand Bonello’s Yves Saint Laurent biopic Saint Laurent, Benoît Jacquot’s 3 Hearts, starring Gainsbourg and Chiara Mastroianni as sisters who unwittingly fall for the same man, and Eric Lartigau’s Christmas hit La Famille Bélier, about an aspiring singer growing up in deaf family, lead the field with four nominations each including best film.
Céline Sciamma’s gritty urban drama Girlhood (Bande de Fille) and Lucas Belvaux’s chalk-and-cheese romance Not My Type(Pas Mon Genre) and, which were also nominated in the best film category, followed behind with three nominations.
Franco-Mauritanian Abderrahmane Sissako Timbuktu about the impact of Islamic fundamentalism on a rural community in Mali, is the sixth...
The Lumière Awards, France’s version of the Golden Globes, has announced the nominations for its 20th anniversary edition. There is no clear front-runner this year.
Bertrand Bonello’s Yves Saint Laurent biopic Saint Laurent, Benoît Jacquot’s 3 Hearts, starring Gainsbourg and Chiara Mastroianni as sisters who unwittingly fall for the same man, and Eric Lartigau’s Christmas hit La Famille Bélier, about an aspiring singer growing up in deaf family, lead the field with four nominations each including best film.
Céline Sciamma’s gritty urban drama Girlhood (Bande de Fille) and Lucas Belvaux’s chalk-and-cheese romance Not My Type(Pas Mon Genre) and, which were also nominated in the best film category, followed behind with three nominations.
Franco-Mauritanian Abderrahmane Sissako Timbuktu about the impact of Islamic fundamentalism on a rural community in Mali, is the sixth...
- 1/12/2015
- ScreenDaily
Mélanie Laurent may be one of the most sought after French actresses of the moment, but she’s also proven herself as more than that. She's a triple threat actress-director-singer, whose most recent feature “Respire” debuted to fine notices out of Cannes (our review called it “beautifully shot, radiantly acted and artistically made”). Since her film debut as a teenager across from the legendary Gerard Depardieu in “The Bridge,” she’s become a creative force in the world of filmmaking, with great taste in projects and directors. Laurent was in Morocco as a member of the jury at the Marrakech International Film Festival (check out our interview with jury president, another formidable French actress, Isabelle Huppert), and sat down for a chat about her directing career, her creative process, and what it’s like to work with Brad and Angie. Laurent wasted no time getting back to generating her own projects after “Respire,...
- 12/15/2014
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
An actor, musician and a playwright who sort of came swanning into the driver’s seat in 2012 stringing the prestigious Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting and ranking just below Whiplash on the 2012 Black List with the aptly titled Stockholm, Pennsylvania. The double mention jettisoned the first-time writer-director into Sundance’s Directors Lab for June of last year and went into production in early February. Saoirse Ronan and Cynthia Nixon toplined this party-pooper item — which promises to visit a truly dark place in the child survivor psyche, and as the trades suggested at the time, might be shockingly accurate in terms of some baffling real life events that occurred for the captive women they found in Cleveland. Bravura performances are almost assured in what might be a pin-drop subject matter stunner. Arnaud Potier (Mélanie Laurent’s Cannes debuted Respire) and oft Sundance film editor Joe Kloytz are among the tech fold.
- 11/13/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
If you wanted a snapshot of worldly issues then Tiff’s Contemporary World Cinema programme would certainly serve as a whirlwind passport. Loaded in Cannes Film Festival preemed items receiving their North American Premiere debuts (Jessica Hausner’s Amour Fou, Mélanie Laurent’s Breathe , Bruno Dumont’s P’tit Quinquin and Pascale Ferran’s Bird People are are just the tip of the iceberg) Tiff programmers have landed world premiere items from the likes of Cristián Jiménez, Ole Christian Madsen, Alex Holdridge & Linnea Saasen (we pic above) and Baran bo Odar. Along with the Canadian items mentioned last week, Here is the largest section’s offerings for 2014.
“Aire Libre,” Anahí Berneri, Argentina / International Premiere
“Amour Fou,” Jessica Hausner, Austria/Luxembourg/Germany / North American Premiere
“Behavior” (“Conducta”), Ernesto Daranas, Cuba / Canadian Premiere
“Bird People,” Pascale Ferran, France / North American Premiere
“Black Souls” (“Anime Nere”), Francesco Munzi, Italy / International Premiere
“Breathe” (“Respire”), Mélanie Laurent,...
“Aire Libre,” Anahí Berneri, Argentina / International Premiere
“Amour Fou,” Jessica Hausner, Austria/Luxembourg/Germany / North American Premiere
“Behavior” (“Conducta”), Ernesto Daranas, Cuba / Canadian Premiere
“Bird People,” Pascale Ferran, France / North American Premiere
“Black Souls” (“Anime Nere”), Francesco Munzi, Italy / International Premiere
“Breathe” (“Respire”), Mélanie Laurent,...
- 8/12/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Toronto film festival organisers have programmed features from 42 countries in the Contemporary World Cinema (Cwc) programme and unveiled eight South Korean selections in the City To City.
Cwc features latest work by Jessica Hausner, Rolf de Heer, Christian Zübert and Ryuichi Hiroki, among others.
For the third year, Tiff (Sept 4-14) has partnered with the University of Toronto’s Munk School Of Global Affairs on the Contemporary World Speakers series, pairing five films in selection with expert scholars.
The Contemporary World Speakers series is programmed in conjunction with the Tiff Adult Learning department.
Contemporary World Cinema
Wp = World premiere / Nap = North American premiere / IP = International premiere / Cp = Canadian premiere.
Aire Libre (Argentina), Anahí Berneri IP
Amour Fou (Austria-Luxembourg-Germany), Jessica Hausner Nap
Behavior (Conducta) (Cuba), Ernesto Daranas Cp
Bird People (France), Pascale Ferran Nap
Black Souls (Anime Nere) (Italy), Francesco Munzi IP
Breathe (Respire) (France), Mélanie Laurent Nap
Charlie’s Country (Australia), Rolf de Heer Nap
*John Stackhouse...
Cwc features latest work by Jessica Hausner, Rolf de Heer, Christian Zübert and Ryuichi Hiroki, among others.
For the third year, Tiff (Sept 4-14) has partnered with the University of Toronto’s Munk School Of Global Affairs on the Contemporary World Speakers series, pairing five films in selection with expert scholars.
The Contemporary World Speakers series is programmed in conjunction with the Tiff Adult Learning department.
Contemporary World Cinema
Wp = World premiere / Nap = North American premiere / IP = International premiere / Cp = Canadian premiere.
Aire Libre (Argentina), Anahí Berneri IP
Amour Fou (Austria-Luxembourg-Germany), Jessica Hausner Nap
Behavior (Conducta) (Cuba), Ernesto Daranas Cp
Bird People (France), Pascale Ferran Nap
Black Souls (Anime Nere) (Italy), Francesco Munzi IP
Breathe (Respire) (France), Mélanie Laurent Nap
Charlie’s Country (Australia), Rolf de Heer Nap
*John Stackhouse...
- 8/12/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Cannes Film Festival's lineup of films include the Competition titles of several legendary auteurs such as Jean-Luc Godard, David Cronenberg, The Dardenne Brothers, Atom Egoyan, Mike Leigh, and Ken Loach. In the Un Certain Regard section, the highly anticipated film by actor-turned-director Ryan Gosling. Those in the business will be happy to find Alison Thompson in her new company, Sunray Films, selling Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner. Two films out of 18 in Competition are by women, but across all sections there are 15 women directors. Further in Competition, three films are from Canada; two are from U.S. one film is from Latin America (Argentina); one is from Japan; one from Turkey; one from Russia and the rest are European.
Opening Night Film :
Grace of Monaco (Producer: Stone Angels/ U.S. The Weinstein Company) from France by Olivier Dahan
In Competition
Clouds of Sils Maria (Isa: MK2/ U.S. Distribution: IFC Films) from France/ Gremany/ Switzerland by Olivier Assayas
Saint Laurent (Isa: EuropaCorp) from France by Bertrand Bonello
Winter's Sleep aka Kis uykusu (Producer: Zeynofilm ) from Turkey by Nuri Bilge Ceylan who has a great website.
Maps to the Stars (Isa: Entertainment One) from Canada by David Cronenberg
Two Days, One Night (Isa: Wild Bunch/ U.S. Distribution: IFC Films) from Belgium and France by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Mommy (Isa: Seville International) from Canada by Xavier Dolan
The Captive (Isa: Entertainment One) from Canada by Atom Egoyan. You can watch the trailer here.
Goodbye to Language aka Adieu au Langage (Isa: Wild Bunch) from France by Jean-Luc Godard
The Search (Isa: Wild Bunch/ U.S. Distribution: Worldview Entertainment) from France by Michel Hazanavivius
The Homesman (Isa: Europacorp) from U.S. by Tommy Lee Jones
Still the Water (Isa: MK2) from Japan and France by Naomi Kawase ♀
Mr. Turner (Isa: Sunray Films/ U.S. Distribution: Sony Pictures Classics) from U.K. by Mike Leigh. Sunray Films is Alison Thompson's new company and she brought the film over from her former employer Focus Features International when they left the international sales business.
Jimmy's Hall (Isa: Wild Bunch) from Ireland and U.K. by Ken Loach
Foxcatcher (Isa: Panorama Media/ U.S. Distribution: Sony Pictures Classics) from U.S. by Bennett Miller
Le Meraviglie (Isa: The Match Factory) from Italy, Switzerland and Germany by Alice Rohrwacher ♀
Timbuktu (Isa: Le Pacte) from France by Abderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales (Isa: Film Factory Entertainment/ U.S. Distribution: Palmera International) from Argentina by Damian Szifron
Leviathan (Isa: Pyramide International) from Russia by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Un Certain Regard
Party Girl (Isa: Pyramide International) from France by Marie Amachoukeli ♀ , Claire Burger ♀ , Samuel Theis
Jauja (Isa: Ndm) from Argentina by Lisandro Alonso
The Blue Room (Isa: Alfama Films) from France by Mathieu Amalric
Misunderstood aka Incompresa aka L'Incomprise (Production: Paradis Films) from Italy by Asia Argento ♀
Titli (Isa: Westend Films) from India by Kanu Behl
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (Isa: Myriad Pictures/ U.S. Distribution: The Weinstein Company) from U.S. by Ned Benson
Bird People (Isa: Films Distribution) from France by Pascale Ferran ♀
Lost River (Isa: Sierra/Affinity) from U.S. by Ryan Gosling
Amour Fou (Isa: Coproduction Office Paris) from Austria by Jessica Hausner ♀
Charlie's Country (Isa: Visit Films) from Australia by Rolf de Heer
Snow in Paradise (Isa: The Match Factory) from U.K. by Andrew Hulme
A Girl at My Door (Isa: Cj Entertainment) from So. Korea by July Jung ♀
Xenia (Isa: Pyramide International) from Greece by Panos Koutras
Run (Isa: Bac) from France by Philippe Lacote
Turist from Sweden and Norway by Ruben Ostlund
Beautiful Youth aka Hermosa Juventud (Producer: Fresdeval Films) by Jaime Rosales
Fantasia by Wang Chao
The Salt of the Earth (Isa: Le Pacte) from Germany and Brazil by Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Away From His Absence (Isa: Bizibi) from Israel by Karen Yedaya ♀
Out of Competition
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Dreamworks Animation) from the U.S. by Dean Deblois
Coming Home aka Gui Lai (Isa: Wild Bunch) from China by Zhang Yimou
Special Screenings
Bridges of Sarajevo (Les Ponts de Sarajevo) from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Portugal, Germany, and France
Red Army from the U.S. and Russia by Gabe Polsky
Maidan (Isa: Atoms & Void Bv) from Belarus by Segei Loznitsa
Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait from Syria by Ossama Mohammed
Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers Of Democracy from France by Stephanie Valloatto
Directors' Fortnight
Opening Film: Girlhood aka Bande De Files (Isa: Films Distribution) from France by Céline Sciamma
Closing Film: Pride (Isa:Pathe International) from the U.K. by Matthew Warchus
Features
Alleluia (Isa:snd- Groupe M6) from Belgium and France by Fabrice Du Welz
Catch Me Daddy (Isa: Altitude Film Sales) from the U.K. by Daniel Wolfe
Next To Her aka At Li La Yla (Isa: Films Boutique) from Israel by Asaf Korman
Cold In July (Isa: Memento Films International) from the U.S. by Jim Mickle
Fighters aka Les Combattants (ISa: Bac Films) from France by Thomas Cailley
Gett — The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem (Isa: Films Distribution) from France, Germany, Israel by Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz
The Tale of Princess Kaguya aka Kaguya-Hime No Monogatari (Isa: Wild Bunch) from Japan by Isao Takahata
Eat Your Bones aka Mange Tes Morts (Isa:Capricci Films) from France by Jean-Charles Hue
A Hard Day aka Kkeut-Kka-Ji-Kan-Da (Isa: Showbox/Mediaples, Inc.) from South Korea by Seong-Hun Kim
National Gallery (Isa: Doc & Film International) from France by Frederick Wiseman
Queen And Country (Isa: Le Pacte) from the U.K. and Ireland by John Boorman
Sheltered aka Refugiado (Isa: Backup Media Films) from Argentina, France, Poland, and Colombia by Diego Lerman
These Final Hours (Isa: Celluloid Dreams/Nightmares) from Australia by Zach Hilditch
Tu Dors Nicole (Isa: Seville International) from Canada by Stéphane Lafleur
Whiplash (Isa:Sierra /Affinity) from the U.S. by Damien Chazelle
Special Screening
P'tit Quinquin by Bruno Dumont
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre by Tobe Hooper (4K restoration)
Acid Program
Brooklyn (Produced by Les Enfants de la Dalle) from France by Pascal Tessaud
The Way Out aka Cesta Ven (Produced by Cinema de Facto) from France and the Czech Republic by Petr Vaclav
Challat of Tunis aka Le Challat the Tunis (Produced by Cinetelefilms ) from Tunisia and France by Kaouther Ben Hania
The Girls and the River aka La Fille et le Fleuve (Produced by 31 Juin Films) from France by Aurélia Georges
Mercuriales (Produced by Kazak Productions) from France by Virgil Vernier
New Territories (Produced by Paraiso Production Difussion) from France by Fabianny Deschamps
Insecure aka Qui Vive (Isa: Udi- Urban Distribution International ) from France by Marianne Tardieu
The Rules of the Game aka Les Regles du Jeu (Isa: Doc & Film International) from France by Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard
Spartacus & Cassandra (Produced by Morgane Productions) from France by Ioanis Nuguet
Critics' Week
Opening Night: Faire: L'Amour (Fla) from France by Djinn Carrénard
Closing Nigh: Hippocrates aka Hippocrate (Isa: Le Pacte) from France by Thomas Lilti
Features
Darker Than Midnight aka Piu' Buio di Mezzanotte (Isa: Rai Trade) from Italy by Sebastiano Riso
Gente de Bien (Isa: Versatile) from Colombia and France by Franco Lolli
Hope (Isa: Pyramide International) from France by Boris Lojkine
It Follows (Isa: Visit Films) from the U.S. by David Robert Mitchell
Self Made aka Boreg (Isa: Westend Films) from Israel by Shira Geffen
The Tribe aka Plemya (Isa: Alpha Violet) from Ukraine by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
When Animals Dream aka Nar Dyrene Drommer (Produced by Gaumont) from Denmark by Jonas Alexander Arnby
Critics' Week: Special Screenings
Breathe aka Respire (Produced by Gaumont) from France by Mélanie Laurent
The Kindergarten Teacher aka Haganenet Teacher aka (Isa: Le Pacte) from Israel by Nadav Lapid...
Opening Night Film :
Grace of Monaco (Producer: Stone Angels/ U.S. The Weinstein Company) from France by Olivier Dahan
In Competition
Clouds of Sils Maria (Isa: MK2/ U.S. Distribution: IFC Films) from France/ Gremany/ Switzerland by Olivier Assayas
Saint Laurent (Isa: EuropaCorp) from France by Bertrand Bonello
Winter's Sleep aka Kis uykusu (Producer: Zeynofilm ) from Turkey by Nuri Bilge Ceylan who has a great website.
Maps to the Stars (Isa: Entertainment One) from Canada by David Cronenberg
Two Days, One Night (Isa: Wild Bunch/ U.S. Distribution: IFC Films) from Belgium and France by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Mommy (Isa: Seville International) from Canada by Xavier Dolan
The Captive (Isa: Entertainment One) from Canada by Atom Egoyan. You can watch the trailer here.
Goodbye to Language aka Adieu au Langage (Isa: Wild Bunch) from France by Jean-Luc Godard
The Search (Isa: Wild Bunch/ U.S. Distribution: Worldview Entertainment) from France by Michel Hazanavivius
The Homesman (Isa: Europacorp) from U.S. by Tommy Lee Jones
Still the Water (Isa: MK2) from Japan and France by Naomi Kawase ♀
Mr. Turner (Isa: Sunray Films/ U.S. Distribution: Sony Pictures Classics) from U.K. by Mike Leigh. Sunray Films is Alison Thompson's new company and she brought the film over from her former employer Focus Features International when they left the international sales business.
Jimmy's Hall (Isa: Wild Bunch) from Ireland and U.K. by Ken Loach
Foxcatcher (Isa: Panorama Media/ U.S. Distribution: Sony Pictures Classics) from U.S. by Bennett Miller
Le Meraviglie (Isa: The Match Factory) from Italy, Switzerland and Germany by Alice Rohrwacher ♀
Timbuktu (Isa: Le Pacte) from France by Abderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales (Isa: Film Factory Entertainment/ U.S. Distribution: Palmera International) from Argentina by Damian Szifron
Leviathan (Isa: Pyramide International) from Russia by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Un Certain Regard
Party Girl (Isa: Pyramide International) from France by Marie Amachoukeli ♀ , Claire Burger ♀ , Samuel Theis
Jauja (Isa: Ndm) from Argentina by Lisandro Alonso
The Blue Room (Isa: Alfama Films) from France by Mathieu Amalric
Misunderstood aka Incompresa aka L'Incomprise (Production: Paradis Films) from Italy by Asia Argento ♀
Titli (Isa: Westend Films) from India by Kanu Behl
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (Isa: Myriad Pictures/ U.S. Distribution: The Weinstein Company) from U.S. by Ned Benson
Bird People (Isa: Films Distribution) from France by Pascale Ferran ♀
Lost River (Isa: Sierra/Affinity) from U.S. by Ryan Gosling
Amour Fou (Isa: Coproduction Office Paris) from Austria by Jessica Hausner ♀
Charlie's Country (Isa: Visit Films) from Australia by Rolf de Heer
Snow in Paradise (Isa: The Match Factory) from U.K. by Andrew Hulme
A Girl at My Door (Isa: Cj Entertainment) from So. Korea by July Jung ♀
Xenia (Isa: Pyramide International) from Greece by Panos Koutras
Run (Isa: Bac) from France by Philippe Lacote
Turist from Sweden and Norway by Ruben Ostlund
Beautiful Youth aka Hermosa Juventud (Producer: Fresdeval Films) by Jaime Rosales
Fantasia by Wang Chao
The Salt of the Earth (Isa: Le Pacte) from Germany and Brazil by Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Away From His Absence (Isa: Bizibi) from Israel by Karen Yedaya ♀
Out of Competition
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Dreamworks Animation) from the U.S. by Dean Deblois
Coming Home aka Gui Lai (Isa: Wild Bunch) from China by Zhang Yimou
Special Screenings
Bridges of Sarajevo (Les Ponts de Sarajevo) from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Portugal, Germany, and France
Red Army from the U.S. and Russia by Gabe Polsky
Maidan (Isa: Atoms & Void Bv) from Belarus by Segei Loznitsa
Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait from Syria by Ossama Mohammed
Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers Of Democracy from France by Stephanie Valloatto
Directors' Fortnight
Opening Film: Girlhood aka Bande De Files (Isa: Films Distribution) from France by Céline Sciamma
Closing Film: Pride (Isa:Pathe International) from the U.K. by Matthew Warchus
Features
Alleluia (Isa:snd- Groupe M6) from Belgium and France by Fabrice Du Welz
Catch Me Daddy (Isa: Altitude Film Sales) from the U.K. by Daniel Wolfe
Next To Her aka At Li La Yla (Isa: Films Boutique) from Israel by Asaf Korman
Cold In July (Isa: Memento Films International) from the U.S. by Jim Mickle
Fighters aka Les Combattants (ISa: Bac Films) from France by Thomas Cailley
Gett — The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem (Isa: Films Distribution) from France, Germany, Israel by Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz
The Tale of Princess Kaguya aka Kaguya-Hime No Monogatari (Isa: Wild Bunch) from Japan by Isao Takahata
Eat Your Bones aka Mange Tes Morts (Isa:Capricci Films) from France by Jean-Charles Hue
A Hard Day aka Kkeut-Kka-Ji-Kan-Da (Isa: Showbox/Mediaples, Inc.) from South Korea by Seong-Hun Kim
National Gallery (Isa: Doc & Film International) from France by Frederick Wiseman
Queen And Country (Isa: Le Pacte) from the U.K. and Ireland by John Boorman
Sheltered aka Refugiado (Isa: Backup Media Films) from Argentina, France, Poland, and Colombia by Diego Lerman
These Final Hours (Isa: Celluloid Dreams/Nightmares) from Australia by Zach Hilditch
Tu Dors Nicole (Isa: Seville International) from Canada by Stéphane Lafleur
Whiplash (Isa:Sierra /Affinity) from the U.S. by Damien Chazelle
Special Screening
P'tit Quinquin by Bruno Dumont
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre by Tobe Hooper (4K restoration)
Acid Program
Brooklyn (Produced by Les Enfants de la Dalle) from France by Pascal Tessaud
The Way Out aka Cesta Ven (Produced by Cinema de Facto) from France and the Czech Republic by Petr Vaclav
Challat of Tunis aka Le Challat the Tunis (Produced by Cinetelefilms ) from Tunisia and France by Kaouther Ben Hania
The Girls and the River aka La Fille et le Fleuve (Produced by 31 Juin Films) from France by Aurélia Georges
Mercuriales (Produced by Kazak Productions) from France by Virgil Vernier
New Territories (Produced by Paraiso Production Difussion) from France by Fabianny Deschamps
Insecure aka Qui Vive (Isa: Udi- Urban Distribution International ) from France by Marianne Tardieu
The Rules of the Game aka Les Regles du Jeu (Isa: Doc & Film International) from France by Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard
Spartacus & Cassandra (Produced by Morgane Productions) from France by Ioanis Nuguet
Critics' Week
Opening Night: Faire: L'Amour (Fla) from France by Djinn Carrénard
Closing Nigh: Hippocrates aka Hippocrate (Isa: Le Pacte) from France by Thomas Lilti
Features
Darker Than Midnight aka Piu' Buio di Mezzanotte (Isa: Rai Trade) from Italy by Sebastiano Riso
Gente de Bien (Isa: Versatile) from Colombia and France by Franco Lolli
Hope (Isa: Pyramide International) from France by Boris Lojkine
It Follows (Isa: Visit Films) from the U.S. by David Robert Mitchell
Self Made aka Boreg (Isa: Westend Films) from Israel by Shira Geffen
The Tribe aka Plemya (Isa: Alpha Violet) from Ukraine by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
When Animals Dream aka Nar Dyrene Drommer (Produced by Gaumont) from Denmark by Jonas Alexander Arnby
Critics' Week: Special Screenings
Breathe aka Respire (Produced by Gaumont) from France by Mélanie Laurent
The Kindergarten Teacher aka Haganenet Teacher aka (Isa: Le Pacte) from Israel by Nadav Lapid...
- 4/29/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
It’s almost astonishing that we’ve managed to guess two (we also had Nadav Lapid pegged for the Main Comp) of the eleven titles unveiled by the Cannes Critics’ Week sidebar earlier today. On our radar we had Djinn Carrénard’s sophomore film (Faire L’Amour has been selected as the opening film) and Jonas Alexander Arnby’s debut (When Animals Dream is one among the seven comp titles) as strong possibilities and we’re excited that an American indie personality we’ve featured on this site before in David Robert Mitchell will be showcasing his sophomore film, It Follows (starring Maika Monroe and Keir Gilchrist) in a section that showcased The Myth Of The American Sleepover back in 2010. Mélanie Laurent’s Respire (which could catapult the careers of thesps Lou de Laâge and Joséphine Japy) receives the Special Screening status alongside Lapid’s The Kindergarten Teacher. Also on...
- 4/21/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival is one of those institutions that generally looks impressive only in retrospect. In advance, it's hard to tell which of the films selected for the sidebar will really land, but look back at the archives, and it's remarkable how many significant films -- from Ken Loach's "Kes" to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarittu's "Amores Perros" -- have quietly premiered there. In other words, while I don't have much to say right now about this year's Critics' Week selection, announced earlier today, it could yet give us plenty to talk about. As it stands, the most famous name in the lineup isn't one best known for her work behind the camera: French actress Mélanie Laurent, whose second directorial effort, "Respire," will play as a Special Screening in the section. Laurent starred in her 2011 debut, "The Adopted," a middling family melodrama that received a quiet release in France and the UK,...
- 4/21/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
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
Exclusive: Company also set to unveil Through The Air starring Reda Kateb, Ludivine Sagnier, Tchéky Karyo and Johan Heldenbergh.
Gaumont is launching sales on high concept comedy Coming In[pictured] about a gay man who wakes up in bed with a sexy blonde Swede on the eve of his wedding to his long-term partner.
Starring Pio Marmai and Franck Gastambide, the Paris-set picture is the second film for directorial duo Noémie Saglio and Maxime Govare after comedy Les Voies Impenetrables about a group of nuns trying to save their convent from bankruptcy.
Deputy head of sales Yohann Comte describes the picture as a Working Title-style comedy with a twist revolving around the idea that you do not chose who you are or whom you fall in love with.
Shot in Paris last autumn it will be ready for delivery in the second half of 2014.
Gaumont will also unveil Fred Grivois’ thriller Through The Air (La Résistance de L’Air...
Gaumont is launching sales on high concept comedy Coming In[pictured] about a gay man who wakes up in bed with a sexy blonde Swede on the eve of his wedding to his long-term partner.
Starring Pio Marmai and Franck Gastambide, the Paris-set picture is the second film for directorial duo Noémie Saglio and Maxime Govare after comedy Les Voies Impenetrables about a group of nuns trying to save their convent from bankruptcy.
Deputy head of sales Yohann Comte describes the picture as a Working Title-style comedy with a twist revolving around the idea that you do not chose who you are or whom you fall in love with.
Shot in Paris last autumn it will be ready for delivery in the second half of 2014.
Gaumont will also unveil Fred Grivois’ thriller Through The Air (La Résistance de L’Air...
- 2/6/2014
- ScreenDaily
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