Alpha Violet to wager on Caravan in Cannes
- The French international sales agent will negotiate on behalf of Czech director Zuzana Kirchnerová’s first film, set to be unveiled in the Un Certain Regard section
French international sales agent Alpha Violet has yet another young talent in its line-up. After such names as Lila Avilés, Laura Samani, Chiang Wei Liang, the duos Astrid Rondero-Fernanda Valadez and Raha Amirfazli-Alireza Ghasemi and, more recently, Liryc Dela Cruz (acclaimed in this year’s Berlinale Perspectives section via Where the Night Stands Still [+see also:
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"Zuzana Kirchnerová offers up a tender and poignant road trip, a mother’s transformative journey through Italy with her son who has a learning disability. The film explores the themes of motherhood and guilt with depth and humour. It’s a powerful invitation to let go, to live in the moment and to consider life’s challenges as unexpected gifts", Virginie Devesa enthuses.
The winner of the Cinéfondation competition in Cannes in 2009 thanks to her short film Bába (made while a student at La Famu), Zuzana Kirchnerová wrote the screenplay for Caravan with Tomáš Bojar and Kristina Májová. The cast is led by Aňa Geislerová (awarded the Silver Shell for Best Actress in San Sebastián thanks to Something Like Happiness [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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