Little White Lies, Potiche perform well in theatres

18/11/2010

Released on a huge 629-print run by EuropaCorp Distribution, Guillaume Canet’s Little White Lies [+see also:
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Another domestic title has got off to a flying start: François Ozon’s Potiche [+see also:
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In sixth and seventh places in the weekly rankings are two other French films distributed by EuropaCorp: Eric Lartigau’s The Big Picture [+see also:
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The top 10 for the past week includes a fifth French feature: Bertrand Tavernier’s The Princess of Montpensier [+see also:
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Domestic films’ good performance in theatres is also down to the long run enjoyed by Xavier Beauvois’s Of Gods and Men [+see also:
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On the Spanish production side, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biutiful [+see also:
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