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10906 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 25/07/2025.

The Other One: The magical number two

After Barbet Schroeder’s Inju, the second French film in competition at the Venice Film Festival is appropriately titled The Other One. The film is also the second feature for the cinema by...  

31/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/France

Schroeder’s untamed Beast

The line between fiction and reality is not so much blurred as it is erased in Barbet Schroeder’s Venice Competition title Inju – The Beast in the Shadow. The SBS and La fabrique de films...  

29/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/France

Summer success for Le premier jour du reste de ta vie

The big surprise this August on French cinema screens is the remarkable resistance shown by Rémi Bezançon’s Le premier jour du reste de ta vie (see article). The title, released on July 23 on 261...  

29/08/2008 | Box Office | France

Warner picks up Coco avant Chanel

As predicted by Cineuropa on February 28 (see news), a U.S. major, in this case Warner, has decided to act as co-producer and international distributor of Anne Fontaine’s Coco avant Chanel...  

28/08/2008 | Production | France

Dardenne brothers and Mike Leigh head line-up

Critically acclaimed and led by strong performances from actresses Arta Dobroshi and Sally Hawkins, Lorna’s Silence by Belgium’s Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and Be Happy by the UK’s Mike Leigh...  

27/08/2008 | Releases | France

Strong French contingent at Venice

From Claire Denis to Agnès Varda, not to mention Philippe Grandrieux, Arnaud Des Pallieres, Fabrice Du Welz, Sylvie Verheyde and Samuel Collardey: French films are out in force in the different...  

27/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Selection/France

SBS Films and UGC pin hopes on Barbet Schroeder

Selected in competition in 2000 with Our Lady of the Assassins, Barbet Schroeder will once again vie for the Golden Lion with Inju (see news) at the 65th Venice Film Festival (August 27-September...  

26/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/France

L’Autre is Films Distribution’s major asset at Venice

After the unexpected selection of L’Autre (“The Other”), the second feature by Patrick Mario Bernard and Pierre Trividic, in competition at the 65th Venice Film Festival, which kicks off on...  

25/08/2008 | Market | France

Gomorrah gets off to an excellent start

Having garnered 140,876 admissions in its first week on release in French theatres, Italian director Matteo Garrone’s compelling Gomorrah (see Focus) has got off to an impressive start. Winner of...  

22/08/2008 | Box Office | France

Barratier’s Paris 36 opens Montreal

Recalling the fact that the 2004 edition of the Montreal World Film Festival kicked off the successful international career of his debut feature, The Chorus, Christophe Barratier opened the...  

22/08/2008 | Festivals | France

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