30/11/2005

Fanfare release this week for Merry Christmas [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Christian Carion
interview: Christophe Rossignon
film profile], by Christian Carrion on almost 40 prints. European production by French Nord-Ouest Production with, among other European co-producers, Belgian Artémis, the film, already a big success in France (read la news) is distributed throughout Belgium by Cinélibre.

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Two more productions arrived from France : Backstage [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Emmanuelle Bercot, screened out of competition in Venice (read critique), with Isild Le Besco and Emmanuelle Seigner comes recommended by the critics and is distributed by Paradiso and Time to Leave [+see also:
trailer
film profile], the new film by François Ozon which was screened in "Un Certain Regard" at Cannes, with Melvil Poupaud and Jeanne Moreau distributed by Abc Distribution.

Finally, Lumière brings to the screens a local production: the not so ordinary Ordinary Man by Vincent Lannoo. Following Strass, this second feature lightly mixes the influences of gore thrillers with the off-the-wall comedy of the Coen Brothers and tells the story of a sequestration that turns to romance. Produced by Helicotronc and sold abroad by Funny Balloons, Ordinary Man won the Public prize at the European Film Festival in Brussels, a prize which always suggests a good future.

(Translated from French)