Loach, Caro, Nemescu and Graf herald in 2008
Leading the European contingent amongst the eight new titles hitting French screens today, It's a Free World! [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by UK director Ken Loach (see interview), lauded at the latest Venice Film Festival, is being released on 118 screens by Diaphana Distribution.
Wild Bunch Distribution are placing their hopes on science-fiction film Dante 01 [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Marc Caro, the solo directorial debut for Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s co-director on Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children.
Starring Lambert Wilson, this €6.8m Eskwad production benefits from pre-sales from Canal + and Ciné Cinéma.
Romanian films are also represented with the release of Cristian Nemescu’s California Dreamin’ [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Un Certain Regard Award at the latest Cannes Film Festival), distributed by Bodega Films.
Finally, CTV International are releasing The Red Cockatoo [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by German director Dominik Graf, unveiled at the Berlinale 2006.
(Translated from French)
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