15/07/2009

Set to screen in world première at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival (September 10-19) in the Special Presentations section, Bruno Dumont’s Hadewijch is the fifth feature by the two-time Cannes Grand Prize winner (in 1999 for Humanity and in 2006 for Flanders [+see also:
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International sales are being managed by Pyramide.

Pyramide has another title in Toronto’s Special Presentations line-up: Catherine Corsini’s Leaving (see news). Starring UK actress Kristin Scott Thomas, Spain’s Sergi López and France’s Yvan Attal, the feature was produced for €4.14m by Pyramide and Camera One, in co-production with VMP. It will be released in French theatres on August 12.

Also set to be unveiled in world première at Toronto are Haitian director Raoul Peck’s Moloch Tropical [+see also:
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Finally, the Special Presentations section will also show Rachid Bouchareb’s French/UK co-production London River [+see also:
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