CANNES 2005 Directors’ Fortnight
Four French Filmmakers In The Spotlight
Brigitte Roüan, Emmanuel Carrère, Yves Caumon and Anthony Cordier: four French filmmakers will make the best of the Cannes sunshine during the 37th Director’s Fortnight (12-22 May), which yesterday raised the curtain on its selected feature films. It is worth noting that this year will be dedicated to the memory of French producer Humbert Balsan, who committed suicide on the eve of the Berlin Festival. One of the last productions by his company Ognon Pictures is one of the French films in selection for the Director’s Fortnight of 2005. Indeed, the director Brigitte Roüan will show We know when the work starts, a sentimental comedy starring notably Carole Bouquet and distributed in France and sold internationally by Pyramide.
Another comedy, but in the bizarre vein, is The Moustache, first feature by novelist Emmanuel Carrère who made the documentary Retour à Kotelnitch in 2003. This time, the author of The Snow Class and The Adversary (adapted for the cinema by Claude Miller and Nicole Garcia respectively) has gathered an impressive cast: Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric and Hippolyte Girardot. Produced by Les Films des Tournelles with Pathé Renn Productions and France 3 Cinéma as co-production partners, The Moustache is distributed in France and sold internationally by Pathé.
Less well-known but just as talented, Yves Caumon lands on the Croisette with his second film, Hide and seek, the strange story of an expelled farmer produced by Sunday Morning, and distributed in France by Les Films du Losange and sold internationally by Films Distribution. Finally, the only French candidate for the Caméra d’Or at the Director’s Fortnight will be Anthony Cordier with his first feature Cold Showers, produced by Why Not Productions and sold by Wild Bunch. Also, Paolo Branco’s company Gémini Films produced Seven Invisible Men by Lithuanian Sharunas Bartas, a film for which the company holds international rights, as it does for Portuguese film Alice by Marco Martins.
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(Translated from French)
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