08/05/2025 - The French sales agent sells Hubert Charuel's film in Un Certain Regard, Japanese feature Kokuho in the Fortnight and four new releases

French sales company Pyramide International (headed by Éric Lagesse and managed by Agathe Mauruc) has a very strong line-up of 13 films for the 78th Cannes Film Festival Marché du Film (13-21 May). Headlining the line-up are two films showcased in the Cannes selections, including Meteors [+see also:
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Awaited with curiosity, the director's second feature after Bloody Milk [+see also:
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The second spearhead sold by Pyramide International is Kokuho by Japanese director Lee Sang-il, which will be unveiled in the Directors' Fortnight. This is the starting point for a 50-year plot that spans glory and downfall, scandal and triumph, friendship and betrayal. When his father, the head of a yakuza gang, dies, Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous Kabuki actor and becomes his disciple alongside the master's only son...

Another highlight of the line-up is Irene Iborra's Spanish animated film Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, which will have its world premiere in June in the official competition at Annecy. The production team includes Belgium, Chile, Spain, France and Switzerland (read the news).

Pascal Bonitzer's Maigret and the Dead Lover is currently in post-production. Adapted from Georges Simenon's crime novel Maigret in Society, the film was produced by SBS and stars Denis Podalydès in the lead role.

Also in post-production is the documentary All My Sisters by Iranian director Massoud Bakhshi (Grand Prize winner at Sundance in 2020 with the feature film Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness [+see also:
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Gustave Kervern is also shooting his first solo feature: And Now It's Over (article). The cast of this Les Films du Worso production includes Loïc Mandere, Suzanne Lindon, Mathieu Amalric and Léa Drucker.

Finally, pre-sales will begin for My Name Is Sophie Calle and I'm Still Alive, the next documentary in pre-production by Sébastien Lifshitz (Little Girl [+see also:
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At the Marché du Film, Pyramide International will also continue to preview titles in post-production Spices and Lies by Amine Adjina (article), Behind the Palm Trees by Meryem Benm'Barek (article) and the documentary Nous, l'Orchestre de Paris by Philippe Béziat (produced by Les Films Pelléas). And let's not forget the Berlin Panorama selection Confidante [+see also:
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(Translated from French)