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Fabien Lemercier


9733 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 01/08/2025.

Desplechin films Edward Bond

The French director has completed his fifth film with a tiny budget of just Euros2m. It's based on a British play and stars Anna Mouglaglis and Hyppolite Girardot  

08/01/2003 | Films | France

CNC helps foreign films

The excellent performance in French theatres of Aki Kaurismaki’s The Man Without A Past, drew attention to the National Film Centre’s (CNC) Direct Help scheme. In 2002, Direct Help, which was...  

08/01/2003 | Funding | France

Novo takes Paris by storm

The French Christmas film by Jean-Pierre Limosin is a hit thanks also to rising star Anna Mouglalis  

07/01/2003 | Films | France

100 screens for Respiro

An ambitious distribution for Emanuele Crialese's Critics' Week-winning feature starring Valeria Golino will test the degree of French filmgoers' interest in Italian cinema  

03/01/2003 | Releases | France

Napoleon in Berlin

Monsieur N. by Antoine de Caunes was selected for the next Berlinale. This historical thriller about Bonaparte, played by Philippe Torreton, is released in France next February  

02/01/2003 | Berlinale 2003 | France

Diaphana’s “ménage-à-trois”

Following the New Year’s Eve release of Un couple épatant, the first of a trilogy by Belgian director Lucas Belvaux, French distributor Diaphana is readying itself for the contemporary release of...  

02/01/2003 | Distribution | France

The Ozon layer hits US

Hot on the heels of his worldwide hit, 8 Women, the young French filmmaker's latest offering, a thriller called Swimming Pool, is snatched up for US distribution by Universal  

31/12/2002 | France

New hopes for the Soficas

The publication by the French General Tax and Duties Office (Direction Générale des Impôts) of the list of Soficas given their approval has contributed to reassuring the film industry after the...  

31/12/2002 | Industry | France

Cinema for sale

20 December saw first closure of a French multi-screen. The end of the Majestic Caissargues, situated in Nimes and owned by Bac Majestic, has reopened the long-standing debate into whether France...  

30/12/2002 | Multiplex | France

French success for Kaurismaki

Boosted by its Cannes awards, Finland's candidate for the Oscar, Kaurismaki's The Man Without A Past, distributed by Pyramide, is proving very popular with Gallic audiences  

30/12/2002 | Distribution | France

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