Paolo Sorrentino and Lenny Abrahamson for Pathé International
- Loro and The Little Strangers have been added to the firm’s Cannes line-up, as has Dany Boon’s La Ch'tite famille
A trio of mouth-watering new films have been added to Pathé International’s slate for the Film Market of the 70th Cannes Film Festival (17-28 May), comprising Loro [+see also:
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After Youth [+see also:
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Pre-sales will also begin for The Little Strangers, which is currently in pre-production and will be the sixth feature by Ireland’s Lenny Abrahamson, following Adam and Paul, Garage [+see also:
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making of
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At the Film Market, Pathé International will also be striking deals for the comedy La Ch'tite famille by Dany Boon, the shoot for which will take place from late May until early August. The filmmaker-actor is returning to the universe that he first introduced in Welcome to the Sticks [+see also:
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Pathé International will also continue working on shifting its films in post-production on the Croisette, including the mysterious Les dés en sont jetés (the new title for Mektoub Is Mektoub) by Abdellatif Kechiche (see the article), The Guardians [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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