Pyramide surfing on success of Irina Palm
Although Sam Garbarski’s European co-production Irina Palm [+see also:
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European territories to have acquired Irina Palm include Italy (Teodora Film), Spain (Golem Distribución), Germany (X Verleih), Scandinavia (Sandrew Metronome), Hungary (Budapest Film), Poland (Gutek Film), Greece (Rosebud), Benelux ( Paradiso) and France (Pyramide Distribution).
Negotiations are well advanced with the UK, US, Japan and Portugal.
A title vying for selection at Cannes this year, Catherine Breillat’s An Old Mistress [+see also:
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Other titles that sold well were Françoise Marie’s documentary On dirait que..., a film on children who play at imitating their parents’ jobs. Produced by Annie Miller for Les Films de la Boissière, the film has been bought by Italy, Switzerland, Benelux and Israel. It also attracted strong interest from Japanese buyers.
This positive start marks promising business for the Cannes Film Market, where Pyramide will present its line-up, still officially under wraps. Titles already announced, however, include Philippe Faucon’s Dans la vie [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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