12/05/2025 - The French sales agent will be betting on the film by Italian director Francesco Sossai in Un Certain Regard and on the forthcoming features by Emin Alper and György Pálfi, among others

After a successful debut at the European Film Market at the Berlinale, the young French international sales company Lucky Number (see interview) will be making its debut on the Croisette at the Marché du Film (13-21 May) at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. And the team of Olivier Barbier, Ola Byszuk and Lenny Porte won't be arriving empty-handed, as the line-up includes The Last One for the Road by Italian director Francesco Sossai, which will be presented in the Official Selection in Un Certain Regard. Starring Sergio Romano, Pierpaolo Capovilla and Filippo Scotti, the film was produced by Roman company Vivo Film with German company Maze Pictures as co-producer.

The line-up also includes two tantalising titles in post-production. A first promoreel will be unveiled for Salvation by Turkey's Emin Alper (Special Jury Prize at Venice in 2015 with Frenzy [+see also:
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interview: Emin Alper
film profile] and showcased in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2022 with Burning Days [+see also:
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film profile]), set in a world ravaged by violence and regional terrorism. In a remote Kurdish village in Turkey, the return of an exiled clan reignites a decades-old land dispute. As tensions rise, two brothers — one a family man and village fighter now drawn toward power, the other a charismatic preacher seeking influence — lead their village into a brutal struggle with their neighbours that spirals into hatred, paranoia, and catastrophic rupture. A film produced by Turkish company Liman Film with co-production by their compatriots Bir Film, Meltem Films (France), TS Productions (France), Circe Films (Netherlands), Kaap Holland (Netherlands) and Horsefly Films (Greece).

Lucky Number will also be handling pre-sales for The Hen: A Feather's Tale by Hungarian director György Pálfi (who made a big impression in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2006 with Taxidermia [+see also:
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At the Marché du Film, Lucky Number will also be negotiating for titles in post-production Palestine 36 by Annemarie Jacir (with new images for this film sold with mk2 Film and starring Jeremy Irons, Hiam Abbass, Saleh Bakri, Billy Howle and Liam Cunningham), Pipaluk: The Girl Who Raced the Wind by Thierry Machado (with first images for this family adventure film produced by Agat Films & Ex Nihilo and Galatée Film with Anorak and Snowglobe as co-producers) and Mrs. by David Roux (article - starring Mélanie Thierry). Not forgetting the pre-production of Alain Ughetto's animated film Rose and the Marmots and sales to be completed for the two Berlin competitors in the line-up What Marielle Knows [+see also:
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(Translated from French)