30/04/2014 - Surfacing among the Cannes line-up are Pride, which will close the Fortnight, Youth by Paolo Sorrentino, and L'attesa, starring Juliette Binoche

With a showcase including the British political comedy Pride [+see also:
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Standing particularly tall among these films is Youth by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, a movie in pre-production that will be shot in English. Produced by Indigo Films and co-produced by Bis Films, Pathé, C-Films and Number 9 Films, it will star Michael Caine, Rachel Weisz, Harvey Keitel and Paul Dano. Written by the director himself, the story revolves around two near-octogenarian friends who are spending their holidays in a hotel at the foot of the Alps: the retired composer and conductor Fred, and the still-active filmmaker Mick. Realising that their days are numbered, they face up to the future and observe what’s around them with a certain curiosity and tenderness, with Mick hurrying to finish off writing a screenplay, while Fred no longer has the slightest intention of continuing with his art. But there is somebody who doesn’t share that view...

The Pathé International team headed by Muriel Sauzay will also be on the Croisette to kick off pre-sales for another Indigo Films production: L'attesa by Piero Messina. With a provisional cast that includes Juliette Binoche and Giorgio Colangeli, the project, which is at the pre-production stage, will recount the misadventures of a woman who spends her days in the solitude of her Sicilian villa, until a stranger appears out of the blue claiming to be the girlfriend of her son, whom they wait for together but who is yet to come home...

Also featuring in the line-up are the documentary Seasons [+see also:
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Several market screenings are also planned, including the Berlinale competitor Two Men In Town [+see also:
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(Translated from French)