All articles by Nancy Tartaglione – Page 27
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Princess Diana crash feature readied by French producers
French producers Pierre Kubel and Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar have purchased the rights to Laurence Cosse's award-winning novel The 31st of August 1997 (Le 31 Aout 1997) which they will adapt for the big screen in the coming year.The titular date was the day that Princess Diana died in a car accident ...
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FRANCE 22 April
Jean-Jacques Annaud's tiger tale Two Brothers remains in the top spot this week with a mere 17% drop off from its first week. Along with the number two film Les Choristes - which jumped 4% on last week and whose soundtrack is selling on a par with that of 2001 ...
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L'Apres-Midi opening for Critics' Week
L'Apres-midi de Monsieur Andesmas is set to open the 43rd annual Critic's Weeksidebar at the Cannes Film Festival on May 13.The first feature from director Michelle Porte is adaptedfrom a text by legendary French author Marguerite Duras. Porte was a longtimecollaborator of the writer prior to Duras' death in 1996.Set ...
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L'Apres-midi opening for Cannes Critics' Week
L'Apres-midi de Monsieur Andesmas is set to open the 43rd annual Critic's Weeksidebar at the Cannes Film Festival on May 13.The first feature from director Michelle Porte is adaptedfrom a text by legendary French author Marguerite Duras. Porte was a longtimecollaborator of the writer prior to Duras' death in 1996.Set ...
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Wild Bunch takes over Bac video outfit
French sales house Exception Wild Bunch is set to take overWild Side Video and Wild Side Films from embattled distributor Bac Majestic.Bac is ceding its ownership of the two labels following itstakeover by French animation and documentary house Millimages.Wild Side Video distributes films from Bac, Wild Bunch andWild Side Films, ...
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Festival faces up to showbiz strike threat
France's striking showbiz workers have threatened to disrupt next month's Cannes Film Festival to draw attention to their cause.A group representing the workers, the 'intermittants du spectacle', released a statement on Thursday saying they intended to create an occupation committee for the Cannes Film Festival. They are protesting against government ...
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Cannes faces up to showbiz strike threat
France's striking showbiz workers have threatened to disrupt next month's Cannes Film Festival to draw attention to their cause.A group representing the workers, the 'intermittants du spectacle', released a statement on Thursday saying they intended to create an occupation committee for the Cannes Film Festival. They are protesting against government ...
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Thai boxing drama takes French box office by storm
Luc Besson's Europa Corp scored a notable box office coup this week when its Thai action film Ong Bak opened in the fifth spot in the French charts.The foreign language feature sold 440,495 tickets on just 281 screens for a powerful $10,000 screen average.In terms of new releases it was ...
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French admissions rise on back of local hits
Admissions at French cinemas rose slightly in the first quarter of 2004, according to new figures from France's national cinema federation (FNCF).The FNCF said admissions increased 2.3% to 48.2m compared to the same period last year.It noted that March's three-day Springtime of Film scheme was one of the reasons behind ...
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Godard's latest gets official screening out of competition
Master French auteurJean-Luc Godard's latest film Notre Musique will be screened in the official selection but outof competition at Cannes Film Festival, according to organisers, who also enigmatically promised a surprise for Godard on the night of the film's screening.The film is split into threeparts: Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. Hell ...
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Memories sweeps prizes at Cognac thriller fest
The 22nd annualCognac thriller festival wrapped up on Sunday night with Bong Joon-Ho's MemoriesOf Murder the hands down winner. TheKorean film took the grand prize, the special police prize conferred byprofessional law enforcement agents the Premiere magazine prize and theMediatheques prize.Memories is a poignant look at a special ...
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Godard's latest gets official screening at Cannes
Master French auteurJean-Luc Godard's latest film Notre Musique will be screened in the official selection but outof competition at Cannes Film Festival, according to organisers, who also enigmatically promised a surprise for Godard on the night of the film's screening.The film is split into threeparts: Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. Hell ...
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French show healthy Passion for Gibson epic
Despite boycotts and lawsuits in the lead up to its French release, The Passion Of The Christ has had a healthy first five days at the local box office.On its opening day, Wednesday March 31, Mel Gibson's film sold 82,111 tickets for a take of just over $500,000 on 502 ...
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French cinema looks to boost profile in China
For the first time ever, Unifrance is to organise a French film Panorama in Beijing (April 8-11) with the aim of boosting the profile of French cinema in China.In conjunction with the Chinese authorities and the French embassy in China, ten French films have been selected by the Chinese Film ...
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Haneke plans Paris shoot for Cache
Director Michael Haneke will begin shooting his latest film,Cache, in Paris on July 5, moving on toAustria where it will be completed in early September.The film stars Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche as ahusband and wife caught in a story of intrigue and revenge.Auteuil is Georges, a TV presenter who ...
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France gets new Culture Minister
Following France's recent elections which saw the upheaval of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government and a resurgence of the conservative right, culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon is on his way out after only two years in office.Replacing Aillagon is Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, a former deputy minister of European Affairs in ...
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Les Choristes remained at number 1 this week with only a 4% drop off its first week out.New entry, Enki Bilal's Immortel, an eerie mix of sci-fi and animation, landed at number 2 with a strong $7,112 per screen average.Viggo Mortensen actioner Hidalgo opened at number 3 with disappointing results ...
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Wild Bunch ready to drop lawsuit over revolutionised Che
WithSteven Soderbergh stepping to replace Terrence Malick as the director of Che, this re-written biopic about the Cubanrevolutionary Che Guevara may prove an easier sell on the international market,believes its relieved Paris-based sales agent Wild Bunch.Malick'sabrupt departure last month from Che in order to focus more immediately on The New ...
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Goldman to produce Crimson Rivers III
During his acceptance speech as French producer of the year, Alain Goldman confirmed that he will be producing a third instalment in the successful Crimson Rivers franchise, to be directed by Florent Emilio Siri who is currently working on Bruce Willis vehicle Hostage.Goldman will also produce an adaptation of 2000 ...