Nymphomaniac - Part 1 headlining for the holidays
- Lars von Trier’s film is the unquestionable attraction out of the six European productions hitting French theatres between December 25 and January 1
Distributed by Les Films du Losange on January 1, Nymphomaniac - Part 1 [+see also:
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interview: Louise Vesth
film profile] by Danish director Lars von Trier shines with its sombre light amongst only six European films scheduled for release to end 2013 and enter 2014. Co-produced by Parisian company Slot Machine and Arte France Cinéma with Denmark, Germany and Belgium, the film will bet on Charlotte Gainsbourg in the lead to attract French spectators. As a reminder, the record for von Trier’s films in the French box-office is held by the Palme d’Or Dancer in The Dark (1.17 million admissions in 2000), way ahead of Breaking the Waves (640,000 admissions in 1996), Melancholia [+see also:
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interview: Lars von Trier
film profile] (415,000 admissions in 2011), Dogville [+see also:
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film profile] (368,000 admissions in 2003) and Antichrist [+see also:
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interview: Lars von Trier
film profile] (150,000 admissions in 2009). Nymphomaniac - Part 2 will be released in France on January 29, 2014.
On December 25, three European films will also hit the theatres. UFO Distribution bets on the promises of 2 Autumns 3 Winters [+see also:
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film profile] by French director Sébastien Betbeder (unveiled in the ACID section last May in Cannes and selected for many international festivals, including for Turin where it won a Special Prize of the Jury). Also coming out on Christmas day, the Belgian animated film The House of Magic [+see also:
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interview: Vincent Lannoo
film profile] by Vincent Lanno (distribution Rezo Films).
The programme of January 1 is completed by In The Name Of [+see also:
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interview: Malgorzata Szumowska
interview: Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
film profile] by Polish director Malgorzata Szumowka, revealed in competition at the latest edition of the Berlinale (distribution ZED), and French comedy Jamais le premier soir [+see also:
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film profile] by Mélissa Drigeard, with Alexandra Lamy, Mélanie Doutey and Julie Ferrier (distributed by EuropaCorp Distribution which also handled the delegate production with FEW-Barbès Films Compagnie).
(Translated from French)
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