Arte France Cinéma’s (managed by Olivier Père) third selection committee of 2019 has decided to get involved in the co-production and pre-purchasing of four projects. Standing out among them is Petrov's Flu [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ilya Stewart
scheda film] (in competition in Cannes in 2018), The Student (also revealed on the Croisette, in the Un Certain Regard section in 2016), Izmena (in competition in Venice in 2012), Yurev den (in competition in Locarno in 2008), Playing the Victim (winner in Rome in 2006) and Ragin (East of the West at Karlovy Vary in 2005).

This time, the filmmaker will be adapting a novel by Alexeï Salnikov and the film will follow a day in the life of a comic book artist and his family, in post-Soviet Russia. Suffering from an intense bout of flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor into a long, drunken walk between dream and reality. Petrov’s childhood memories progressively resurface and merge with the present… Filming will take place in November and December, and the production is handled by French companies Logical Pictures and Charades Productions, Russian company Hype Film, German company Razor Film and Swiss company Bord Cadre.

Arte France Cinéma has also selected Titane [+leggi anche:
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Arte France Cinéma’s selection also includes Nobody's Hero [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alain Guiraudie
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intervista: Alain Guiraudie
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Finally, Arte France Cinéma will be supporting When the Waves Are Gone [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] from multi-award winner Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz. The script focuses on two friends who have robbed a bank. One of them has gone to prison, the other has used the money to take control of an island and become its mayor. Thirty years later, the prisoner is freed and sets off on a path to bloody revenge against his former accomplice… Filming is set to take place in December in the Philippines,  Le tournage est prévu en décembre aux Philippines, with production handled by Films Boutique (France), Epicmedia Productions (Philippines) and Snowglobe (Denmark).

For the record, Arte France Cinéma is also supporting the upcoming films from Mia Hansen-Løve, Philippe Garrel, Leos Carax, Mathieu Amalric, Miguel Gomes, Nadav Lapid, Lisandro Alonso, Jonas Carpignano, Thierry de Peretti, Arthur Harari, Leyla Bouzid, Vincent Le Port, Just Philippot, Thomas Balmès, Hafsia Herzi, Chloé Mazlo, Dinara Droukarova, Chen Bo Yilin, Dror Moreh and from the duo Rana Kazkaz - Anas Khalaf, as well as animated films from Florence Miailhe and Pierre Földes.