03/05/2019 - The firm’s slate includes Heroes Don’t Die in the Critics’ Week and All About Yves in the Directors’ Fortnight; promo-reels will be shown for the upcoming films by Salomé, Sorogoyen and Di Gregorio

Two titles by young French filmmakers set to be showcased in the parallel selections of the 72^nd Cannes Film Festival (14-25 May) feature prominently on the slate of the international sales division of Paris-based outfit Le Pacte, managed by Jean Labadie, which fully intends to reap a healthy profit from them at the Marché du Film.

Heroes Don't Die [+see also:
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Le Pacte is also selling All About Yves [+see also:
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At the Marché du Film, the Le Pacte sales team, headed up by Camille Neel, will also be negotiating deals for three tantalising titles in post-production, which will be sold based on their promo-reels: the French-Belgian co-production Mama Weed [+see also:
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interview: Rodrigo Sorogoyen
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Lastly, Le Pacte will also be topping off sales for Monos [+see also:
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film profile] by Italy’s Nanni Moretti and Phil Tippet: Mad Dreams and Monsters by French duo Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet. All four movies will enjoy market screenings.

(Translated from French)