Bonello, Chomet, Saleh-Haroun, and other surprises
- An Yves Saint-Laurent biopic by Bertrand Bonello, a prequel to The Triplets of Belleville, and Tim Roth to star beside Jean Dujardin and Cécile de France
On the third day of the Film Market at the 65th Cannes Film Festival, there were yet more announcements.
After House of Tolerance [+see also:
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interview: Adèle Haenel
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Sylvain Chomet is preparing a prequel to The Triplets of Belleville [+see also:
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After being awarded the Jury Prize in Cannes in 2010 for A Screaming Man [+see also:
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Tim Roth (jury president for the Certain Regard this year in Cannes, and actor in Broken [+see also:
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TF1 International has added Lettre d'une inconnue, a film by Christian Carion (news) featuring Mélanie Laurent and Cillian Murphy, to its line-up, as well as The Ice Princess by Danish director Birger Larsen, a French production (UGC Images and Les Films du 24) in English to star British actress Kelly Reilly, in an adaptation of the bestseller by Camilla Lackberg.
(Translated from French)
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