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Fabien Lemercier

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9862 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 22/12/2025.

Gomorrah gets off to an excellent start

Having garnered 140,876 admissions in its first week on release in French theatres, Italian director Matteo Garrone’s compelling Gomorrah (see Focus) has got off to an impressive start. Winner of...  

22/08/2008 | Box Office | France

Barratier’s Paris 36 opens Montreal

Recalling the fact that the 2004 edition of the Montreal World Film Festival kicked off the successful international career of his debut feature, The Chorus, Christophe Barratier opened the...  

22/08/2008 | Festivals | France

Wave of French films set to hit Toronto

Led by Jean-Francois Richet’s much-awaited Death Instinct (see news) – the first instalment of a two-part film about the gangster Jacques Mesrine, which will screen at the gala presentation – a...  

21/08/2008 | Festivals | France

Herzi and de France star in Les Films du Worso productions

Les Films du Worso – which is headed by Sylvie Pialat, Producer on the Move 2007 (see interview) – is producing new works by Alain Guiraudie and Nicolas Boukhrief: Le roi de l’évasion (“The King...  

21/08/2008 | Production | France

Babylon A.D. explodes onto screens

Preceded by an explosive reputation fed by rumours of a turbulent shoot in Prague, Mathieu Kassovitz’s science-fiction feature, Babylon A.D., hits French screens today, launched by StudioCanal....  

20/08/2008 | Releases | France

The Seventh Circle in post-production

Hungarian director Árpád Sopsits is currently putting the finishing touches in post-production to his feature The Seventh Circle (formerly The Ant), which explores the despair, hidden...  

19/08/2008 | Production | Hungary

European Filmmakers’ Tour de France does rounds of French theatres

Launched by the Europa Cinemas network as part of the Season of European Culture organised to mark the French Presidency of the EU, the European Filmmakers’ Tour de France is in full swing in...  

19/08/2008 | Events | France

Jacques Rivette shoots new film at Cinecittà

At the famous Cinecittà studios in Rome, shooting gets underway this week on 36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup (“36 Views from the Pic Saint-Loup”), the new feature by seasoned director Jacques Rivette,...  

18/08/2008 | Production | France

Finkiel, Fontaine, Dridi, Anspach and Houellebecq at Locarno

Well represented at the 61st Locarno Film Festival (August 6-16), French cinema is hoping for competition success with Emmanuel Finkiel’s Nulle part terre promise (“Nowhere Promised Land”). This...  

05/08/2008 | Festivals | France

Nebbou releases Mark of an Angel and starts on Signé Dumas

Having first come to attention in 2004 with his debut feature The Giraffe’s Neck, Safy Nebbou is stepping things up a gear. August 13 sees the theatrical release of his second work, Mark of an...  

31/07/2008 | Production | France

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