15/05/2019 - CANNES 2019: The upcoming films by Kirill Serebrennikov, Albert Dupontel, Emmanuel Carrère and Leos Carax are proving highly lucrative for Charades, Gaumont, France TV Distribution and Kinology

Actor Adam Driver, actress Marion Cotillard and director Leos Carax will work together in Annette

The announcements keep coming for the French international sales agents toiling away at the Marché du Film of the 72^nd Cannes Film Festival, which got under way yesterday.

Having previously been a partner on the Leto (The Summer) [+see also:
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Gaumont has kicked off pre-sales for Bye Bye Morons [+see also:
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France TV Distribution is officially launching pre-sales for Between Two Worlds [+see also:
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Lastly, Kinology (see the line-up news) has thrust Annette [+see also:
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(Translated from French)