LES FILMS DU LOSANGE RIVIERA J-7

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1 2018 LES FILMS DU LOSANGE RIVIERA J-7

2 P.4 PARTICLES BY BLAISE HARRISON P.6 MERVEILLES À MONTFERMEIL BY JEANNE BALIBAR P.8 A GIRL MADE OF DUST BY HIAM ABBASS P.10 A PARIS EDUCATION BY JEAN PAUL CIVEYRAC P.12 LIBRARY FOCUS 2 3

3 SCREENPLAY POST-PRODUCTION PARTICLES BY BLAISE HARRISON 1 st Feature Film (As medium-length director: HARMONY, 2013 SUMMER GROWING UP, 2011 As cinematographer: THE PARIS OPERA, 2016 AUGUSTINE, 2012) France, Switzerland / 2018 / 110 min Synopsis: At the foot of the Jura Mountains, PA, aged 17, and his gang of friends are in their last year at high school. 400 feet below ground, the Large Hadron Collider enables scientists to discover previously unknown particles. As the area slips into wintertime, PA starts to realize the world around him is on the move. He starts seeing things glow, abnormalities in the landscape, tiny alterations in a familiar ecosystem. Produced by: LES FILMS DU POISSON (France) BANDE A PART FILMS (Switzerland) Distributed in France by: LES FILMS DU LOSANGE Cast: Thomas DALOZ Salvatore FERRO Léo COUILFORT Nicolas MARCANT Néa LUEDERS Emma JOSSERAND 4

4 SCREENPLAY PRE-PRODUCTION MERVEILLES À MONTFERMEIL (MARVELS IN MONTFERMEIL) A COMEDY BY JEANNE BALIBAR 1 st Feature Film (As actress: COLD WAR, Competition in Cannes 2018 BARBARA, Un Certain Regard 2017) France / 2018 / 110 min [Shooting: 28 th May 6 th July, 2018] Synopsis: Joëlle (Jeanne Balibar) and Kamel Mrabti (Ramzy Bédia) are key members of the staff of Montfermeil s new mayor, Emmanuelle Joly (Emmanuelle Béart), while also in the process of divorcing. The whole staff works together on the implementation of a wacky new policy that features the creation of the Montfermeil Intensive School of Languages, where seven of the sixty-two languages spoken in this town on the outskirts of Paris will be taught. Other measures include how to slow city rhythms, the art of the siesta, development of population movement, sexual satisfaction support, restructuring the local trade in marijuana/vegetable baskets, teaching Mathematics in Arabic in kindergarten, and fruit tree grafting in Bondy forest. The policy is a great success in revitalizing the town but life is no less complicated for the mayor s staff. Joëlle and Kamel are at war with each other, and each in love with a mysterious blind dates. The mayor is headed for a nervous breakdown; her secretary exhausts herself learning Malian Mandinka out of love; Jim, the very close friend of deputy mayor Delphine Souriceau, is arrested and detained in a local motel around the corner. What s more, shadowy traitors in the administration seek to sabotage Ms. Joly s good work. Suspicions fall on Kamel... Cast: Jeanne BALIBAR Ramzy BEDIA Emmanuelle BEART Mathieu AMALRIC Bulle OGIER Florence LOIRET-CAILLE Marlène SALDANA Philippe KATERINE Jean-Quentin CHATELAIN Mounir MARGOUM Denis MPUNGA Valérie DREVILLE François CHATTOT Anthony BAJON (Best Actor, Berlin Film Festival 2018) Produced by: Mathieu AMALRIC - FILM(S) and Martine MARIGNAC Distributed in France by: LES FILMS DU LOSANGE MERVEILLES à MONTFERMEIL (Marvels in Montfermeil) A comedy by JEANNE BALIBAR JEANNE BALIBAR RAMZY BEDIA EMMANUELLE BEART MATHIEU AMALRIC BULLE OGIER FLORENCE LOIRET-CAILLE MARLÈNE SALDANA PHILIPPE KATERINE JEAN-QUENTIN CHATELAIN MOUNIR MARGOUM DENIS MPUNGA VALÉRIE DREVILLE FRANÇOIS CHATTOT ANTHONY BAJON 6

5 SCREENPLAY PRE-PRODUCTION A GIRL MADE OF DUST BY HIAM ABBASS 2 nd Feature Film (As director: INHERITANCE 2012 As actress: BLADE RUNNER INSYRIATED 2017) Drama / France, Germany, Lebanon / 2018 / 90 min [Shooting start: August 2018] Diamand ABOU ABBOUD (Aida) Synopsis: In a quite Lebanese village, Ruba, ten years old, gradually becomes aware from the chaotic situation of her family and of the world around her which collapses as war is every day closer. When Ruba decides to save her family starting by his father, she discovers a secret that puts her in strong reality where men kill for faith and race. Produced by: APC (France), SUGAR TOWN (Germany) ORJOUANE PRODUCTIONS (Lebanon) Distributed in France by: LES FILMS DU LOSANGE Dunya RAMADAN (Ruba) Cast: Dunya RAMADAN Kida RAMADAN Diamand ABOU ABBOUD Rodney EL HADDAD Mounzer BAALBAKI Kida RAMADAN (Nabil) 8

6 COMPLETED A PARIS EDUCATION BY JEAN PAUL CIVEYRAC (My Friend Victoria, 2014 Young Girls in Black, 2010 Through the Forest, 2005) Drama / Romance / France / 2017 / 136 min Synopsis: Etienne comes to Paris to study filmmaking at the Sorbonne. He meets Mathias and Jean-Noël who share his passion for films. But as they spend the year studying, they have to face friendship and love challenges as well as choosing their artistic battles. Produced by: MOBY DICK FILMS (Frédéric Niedermayer) ARP (Michèle & Laurent Pétin) Distributed in France by: ARP SELECTION Cast: Andranic MANET Corentin FILA Gonzague VAN BERVESSELÈS Diane ROUXEL Jenna THIAM Sophie VERBEECK Charlotte VAN BERVESSELÈS 10 11

7 LES FILMS DU LOSANGE LIBRARY FOCUS: 80 MASTERPIECES REMASTERED 2016 Schoemitz/Gavriel DR - Les Films du Losange MICHAEL HANEKE S LIBRARY HD BARBET SCHROEDER S LIBRARY HD HAPPY END, 2017 [Competition - Cannes Film Festival 2017] AMOUR, 2012 [Academy Award, Best Foreign Language Golden Globe, Best Foreign Language Golden Palm - Cannes Film Festival] THE WHITE RIBBON, 2009 [Golden Globe, Best Foreign Language Golden Palm - Cannes Film Festival] HIDDEN, 2005 [Best director award - Cannes Film Festival] THE TIME OF THE WOLF, 2003 [Out of Competition - Cannes Film Festival] THE CASTLE, 2000 FUNNY GAMES, 1998 [Competition - Cannes Film Festival] 71 FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANCE, 1995 BENNY S VIDEO, 1993 THE SEVENTH CONTINENT, 1989 THE VENERABLE W, 2017, Official Selection Special Screenings - Cannes Film Festival AMNESIA, 2015, Official Selection Special Screenings - Cannes Film Festival OUR LADY OF THE ASSASSINS, 2000, Competition - Venice Film Festival TRICHEURS, 1984 KOKO, 1978 MISTRESS, 1976 GENERAL AMIN DADA, 1974 THE VALLEY, 1972 MORE,

8 DR - Les Films du Losange DR - Les Films du Losange ERIC ROHMER S LIBRARY 6 MORAL TALES: CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON, 1972 CLAIRE S KNEE, 1970 [Golden Seashell Award San Sebastian Film Festival] MY NIGHT AT MAUD S, 1969 [Official Selection Academy Award] THE COLLECTOR, 1967 [Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize Berlin Film Festival] SUZANNE S CARREER, 1963 THE GIRLS AT THE MONCEAU BAKERY, COMEDIES AND PROVERBS: MY GIRLFRIED S BOYFRIEND, 1987 [Official Selection Venice Film Festival] THE GREEN RAY, 1986 [Golden Lion - Venice Film Festival] FULL MOON IN PARIS, 1984 [Best Actress - Venice Film Festival] PAULINE AT THE BEACH, 1983 [Silver Bear Berlin Film Festival] THE GOOD MARRIAGE, 1982 [Volpi Cup/Best Actress - Venice Film Festival] THE AVIATOR S WIFE, 1981 NICOLAS PHILIBERT S LIBRARY: DOCUMENTARIES TO DISCOVER! LA MAISON DE LA RADIO, 2012 [Panorama Berlin Film Festival] NENETTE, 2010 [Forum - Berlin Film Festival] BACK TO NORMANDY, 2007 [Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival] TO BE AND TO HAVE, 2002 [Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival] EVERY LITTLE THING, 1996 [Official Selection - Locarno Film Festival] ANIMALS AND MORE ANIMALS, 1994 [Official Selection - San Francisco Film Festival] IN THE LANDS OF THE DEAF, 1992 [Official Selection - Locarno Film Festival] LOUVRE CITY, 1990 [Best Documentary Cinema du Réel] 4 TALES OF THE FOUR SEASONS: AUTUMN TALE, 1998 [Best Screenplay Venice Film Festival] A SUMMER TALE, 1996 [Official Selection Cannes Film Festival] A WINTER S TALE, 1992 [Official Selection/FIPRESCI Award Berlin Film Festival] A TALE OF SPRINGTIME, 1990 [Official Selection Berlin Film Festival] PERCEVAL, 1978 THE MARQUISE OF O, 1976, Grand Prize of the Jury Cannes Film Festival 1976 SIGN OF LEO, 1959 And many others (feature films and short movies) 14 15

9 CONTACT LAURE PARLEANI SALES JEAN-BENOîT HENRY SALES & FINANCE jb.henry@filmsdulosange.fr LISE ZIPCI FESTIVALS & SERVICING l.zipci@filmsdulosange.fr