WINTER 2017
PRE PRODUCTION MONEY & LOVE JIA ZHANGKE P. 6 P.E.A.R.L. ELSA AMIEL P. 29 IN PRODUCTION COLD WAR PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI P. 4 POST PRODUCTION MARIA BY CALLAS TOM VOLF P. 8 THE TROUBLE WITH YOU PIERRE SALVADORI P. 10 RADIANCE NAOMI KAWASE P. 12 MRS. HYDE SERGE BOZON P. 14 THE HOUSE BY THE SEA ROBERT GUÉDIGUIAN P. 16 A SEASON IN FRANCE MAHAMAT-SALEH HAROUN P. 18 THE NATURE OF TIME KARIM MOUSSAOUI P. 20 POST PRODUCTION IF YOU SAW HIS HEART JOAN CHEMLA P. 22 LOOK UP FULVIO RISULEO P. 24 CHATEAU MODI BARRY & CÉDRIC IDO P. 26 FAITHFULL SANDRINE BONNAIRE P. 28 M SARA FORESTIER P. 30 COMPLETED A WOMAN S LIFE STÉPHANE BRIZÉ P. 31 THE FABULOUS PATARS SOPHIE REINE P. 32 LOST IN PARIS DOMINIQUE ABEL & FIONA GORDON P. 33 HARMONIUM KÔJI FUKADA P. 34 PERSONAL SHOPPER OLIVIER ASSAYAS P. 35 CATALOGUE FOCUS MYSTERIOUS SKIN GREGG ARAKI P. 36 DAVID LYNCH P. 37 ABBAS KIAROSTAMI P. 38 THE KENNEDY FILMS ROBERT L. DREW P. 39 CHARLES CHAPLIN P. 40 CLASSIC US ANIMATION P. 41 DIRECTORS COLLECTIONS P. 42
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT COLD WAR PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI Cold War is a passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatally mismatched and yet fatefully condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris - the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times. THE NEW FILM BY THE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR OF IDA, PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI TOMASZ KOT, JOANNA KULIG, AGATA KULESZA In production - Delivery March 2018 - Poland, UK, France - Drama - Polish, French Production: Opus Film, Apocalypso Pictures, MK Productions International sales: mk2 films / Protagonist Pictures 5
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT MONEY & LOVE JIA ZHANGKE Datong, China, 2001. A pretty, young dancer named Qiao is in love with Bin, a local mobster. During a fight between rival gangs, she fires a gun to protect her boyfriend. But this will owe her five years in prison. Upon her release, Qiao goes looking for Bin to try and start all over again. ZHAO TAO In pre production - Delivery Dec. 2017 - China, Japan, France - Drama - Mandarin Production: Xstream Pictures (Beijing), Shanghai Film Group Corporation, Huanxi Media Group Limited, MK Productions, Office Kitano Director Jia Zhangke returns with a tumultuous love story set in China s crime world, following MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (Cannes 2015, Competition) and A TOUCH OF SIN (Best Screenplay, Cannes 2013) ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT DIRECTORS IN THE WORLD THE NEW YORK TIMES 57
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT MARIA BY CALLAS MARIA CALLAS IN HER OWN WORDS TOM VOLF For the first time, 40 years after her death, the most famous opera singer ever tells her own story in her own words. Featuring previously unknown footage, unseen photographs, personal Super 8 films, private live recordings, intimate letters and rare behind-the scenes archival footage for the first time in colour. MARIA CALLAS, ONASSIS, MARILYN MONROE, ALAIN DELON, YVES SAINT-LAURENT, J.F. KENNEDY, LUCHINO VISCONTI, WINSTON CHURCHILL, GRACE KELLY, LIZ TAYLOR AND MORE In post production - Delivery May 2017 - France Documentary - English Production: Petit Dragon, Elephant Doc, Volf Productions A gift from the musical gods The New York Times 9
"ADÈLE HAENEL IS THE MOST EXCITING EUROPEAN ACTRESS OF HER GENERATION THR THE TROUBLE IN PRODUCTION WITH YOU PIERRE SALVADORI In a town on the French Riviera, detective Yvonne is the young widow of police chief Santi, a local hero. When she realizes her husband was not exactly the model of virtue so idolized by their young son, and that an innocent young man, Antoine, has spent 8 years in prison as Santi s scapegoat, she is thrown into turmoil. Yvonne wants to do everything she can to help this very charming Antoine get back to his life and his wife. Everything that is, except telling the truth. But Antoine is having trouble adjusting to life on the other side, to say the least, and soon blows a fuse leading to a spectacular sequence of events. ADÈLE HAENEL, PIO MARMAÏ, AUDREY TAUTOU, VINCENT ELBAZ, DAMIEN BONNARD Delivery 2017 - France - Comedy - French Production: Les Films Pelléas - French distribution: Memento FIlms Might Salvadori be just the best confectioner in French cinema? Télérama 11
NEW PROMO A BEAUTIFULLY MOVING DRAMA ABOUT TWO LOST SOULS WHO FIND THEMSELVES THROUGH ART RADIANCE (HIKARI) NAOMI KAWASE Misako is a passionate writer of film versions for the visually impaired. At a screening, she meets Masaya, an older photographer who is slowly losing his eyesight. Misako soon discovers Masaya s photographs, which will strangely bring her back to her past. Together, they will learn to see the radiant world that was invisible to her eyes. AYAME MISAKI, MASATOSHI NAGASE, TATSUYA FUJI In post production - Delivery 2017 - Japan, France - Drama - Japanese Production: Kino Films, Comme des Cinémas French distribution: Haut & Court Naomi Kawase s AN (Cannes 2015, Un Certain Regard, Opening Film) was sold in 50+ territories and grossed 13M$ worldwide. A filmmaker like Kawase who rejects cynicism and celebrates humanity and nature is always to be cherished The Guardian 13
NEW PROMO ISABELLE HUPPERT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND AGAIN. LITERALLY. MRS. HYDE (MADAME HYDE) SERGE BOZON Mrs. Géquil is an eccentric teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints. When she wakes up, she feels decidedly different... Now will Mrs. Géquil be able to keep the powerful and dangerous Mrs. Hyde contained? ISABELLE HUPPERT, JOSÉ GARCIA, ROMAIN DURIS In post production - Delivery 2017 - France - Black comedy - French Production: Les Films Pelléas French distribution: Haut & Court Serge Bozon evokes both vintage Jean-Luc Godard and the Coen brothers THR 15
NEW PROMO THE HOUSE BY THE SEA (LA VILLA) ROBERT GUÉDIGUIAN By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days: Angela, an actress living in Paris, Joseph, who has just fallen in love with a girl half his age and Armand, the only one who stayed behind in Marseille to run the family s small restaurant. It s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil. ARIANE ASCARIDE, JEAN-PIERRE DARROUSSIN, GÉRARD MEYLAN, ANAÏS DEMOUSTIER, ROBINSON STÉVENIN In post production - Delivery 2017 - France - Drama - French Production: Agat Film & Cie French distribution: Diaphana A FAMILY REUNION DRAMA INSPIRED BY THE CHERRY ORCHARD BY ANTON CHEKHOV 17
NEW PROMO A SEASON IN FRANCE (UNE SAISON EN FRANCE) MAHAMAT-SALEH HAROUN Abbas, a high school teacher in the Central African Republic, has fled his war-torn country with his two children. They now live in France, where Abbas works at a food market, while applying for political asylum. A French woman, Carole, falls in love with him and offers a roof for him and his family. When Abbas application is rejected, they face a crucial decision. ERIQ EBOUANEY, SANDRINE BONNAIRE In post production - Delivery 2017 - France - Drama, Romance - French Production: Pilifilms French distribution: Ad Vitam A HEARTBREAKING LOVE STORY WITH A TIMELY POLITICAL BACKDROP Mahamat-Saleh Haroun s filmography: DARATT (Venice 2006, Special Jury Prize) A SCREAMING MAN (Cannes 2010, Jury Prize) GRIGRIS (Cannes 2013, Competition) 19
AN ARRESTING VIEW OF CONTEMPORARY ALGERIA NEW PROMO THE NATURE OF TIME (EN ATTENDANT LES HIRONDELLES) KARIM MOUSSAOUI Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings, and a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment. Three stories that plunge us into the human soul of a contemporary Arab society. MOHAMED DJOUHRI, AURE ATIKA, SONIA MEKKIOU, MEHDI RAMDANI In post production - Delivery 2017 - France, Algeria - Drama - Arabic Production: Les Films Pelléas An extraordinarily sensitive work, accurate, evocative. Melancholic and violent. Laconic and dazzling. Tender and harrowing Le Monde (review of Karim Moussaoui s The Days Before) A future great! Gilles Jacob 21
A DARING FIRST FEATURE THAT COUPLES YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL REVELATION MARINE VACTH WITH GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL POST PRODUCTION IF YOU SAW HIS HEART (SI TU VOYAIS SON CŒUR) JOAN CHEMLA Daniel is excluded from his community after the death of his best friend. He finds refuge in a hotel for castaways and broken souls and drifts into crime. An unexpected ray of light enlivens his existence when he meets Francine. GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL, MARINE VACTH, ALBA GALOCHA Delivery 2017 - France - Neo Noir - French Production: Nord-Ouest - French distribution: Diaphana Inspired by the novel The Halfway House by Guillermo Rosales Original soundtrack by Academy Award-winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient) 23
POST PRODUCTION A CREATIVE AND EXUBERANT ADVENTURE. LOOK UP (GUARDA IN ALTO) FULVIO RISULEO During a break on a rooftop, Teco, a young baker, notices the intriguing fall of a strange bird. He decides to venture to the next roof to have a closer look. This is only the beginning of a most unbelievable journey on the labyrinthine rooftops of Roma. GIACOMO FERRARA, AURÉLIA POIRIER, LOU CASTEL Delivery 2017- Italy - Adventure, Fantasy - Italian Production: Revok Fulvio Risuleo won the Cannes Critics Week Discovery Award for his short film Chickenpox (2015) 25
NEW PROMO CHATEAU (LA VIE DE CHÂTEAU) IN PARIS, EVERY NEIGHBOURHOOD HAS A PRINCE MODI BARRY & CÉDRIC IDO In the vibrant African neighbourhood of Château d Eau in Paris, Charles is the smoothest of all the hustlers. His job: to fill the districts numerous hair salons with customers. But when the competition is tough and everybody s trying hard to be number one, dirty tricks are just around the corner. Fast talk, tall tales, tailored suits and secrets of the heart Welcome to Chateau! JACKY IDO, JEAN-BAPTISTE ANOUMON, TATIANA ROJO, RALPH AMOUSSOU, GILLES COHEN, RAGHUNAT MANET In post production - Delivery 2017 - France - Comedy, Drama - French Production: SRAB Films, One World Films 27
IN PRODUCTION IN PRE PRODUCTION PETER MULLAN PLAYS A FEMALE BODYBUILDING COACH. A DRAMA IN THE VEIN OF THE WRESTLER. UNIQUE. LEGENDARY. 28 FAITHFULL SANDRINE BONNAIRE Marianne Faithfull has seen it all: success and celebrity at 17 years of age in Swinging London, life with Mick Jagger through the tumultuous Rolling Stones times, scandal, drugs, addiction and decline, life in the street and then rebirth, awards and artistic recognition. Actress and director Sandrine Bonnaire will tell her incredible journey, her thousand lives, her encounters with the greats and her extraordinary lifetime. MARIANNE FAITHFULL, MICK JAGGER Delivery 2017 - France - Documentary - English Production: Cineteve, Arte FAITHFULL is Sandrine Bonnaire s third film and second documentary after the intimate and moving Her Name is Sabine (Cannes 2007, Directors Fortnight FIPRESCI Prize) P.E.A.R.L. ELSA AMIEL 72 hours from the final of an international female bodybuilding championships. Lea Pearl is set to compete for the prestigious title of Miss Heaven, to which she has devoted the last 4 years of her life. Her mentor Al, himself a former bodybuilding star, keeps a jealous watch over her, in the hopes that thanks to his Pearl, he can once again be in the spotlight. But Lea Pearl s past catches up with her, just a few hours from the finale, when her ex-lover Ben shows up with the 6-year-old son she has not seen in 4 years PETER MULLAN Delivery 2017 - France - Drama - English, French Production: Unité de Production 29
POST PRODUCTION COMPLETED TWO OUTCASTS FIGHT FOR THEIR LOVE IN SARA FORESTIER S FIRST FEATURE A MAGNIFICENT AND COMBATIVE PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN....OF GREAT MODERNITY ELLE M WINNER FIPRESCI PRIZE VENICE WINNER LOUIS-DELLUC PRIZE NOMINATED 4 LUMIERE AWARDS WINNER SPECIAL JURY PRIZE FLORENCE FRENCH FF SARA FORESTIER Lila and Mo meet at a bus stop. Lila has a paralysing speech impediment. Mo is chatty and exuberant. Lila is preparing for her exams. Mo illegally races cars for a living. Opposites attract, and they fall in love. But Mo carries a secret burden A WOMAN S LIFE (UNE VIE) CAST: SARA FORESTIER, REDOUANNE HARJANE, JEAN-PIERRE LÉAUD STÉPHANE BRIZÉ 30 Delivery 2017 - France - Drama, Romance - French Production: Chi-Fou-Mi Productions - French distribution: Ad Vitam M is the first feature film from award-winning actress Sara Forestier (Best Actress César award for The Names of Love) Cinematography by Academy Award-nominated Guillaume Schiffman (The Artist) Car stunts by Stéphane Boulay (Dheepan, A Prophet) JUDITH CHEMLA, JEAN-PIERRE DARROUSSIN, YOLANDE MOREAU 2016 - France - Period drama - French Production: TS Productions - French distribution: Diaphana 31
COMPLETED AN EXHILARATING BREATH OF FRESH AIR PARIS MATCH COMPLETED "DOES FOR SLAPSTICK WHAT LA LA LAND DOES FOR MUSICALS" INDIEWIRE WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD ENFANTS TERRIBLES GIJON OFFICIAL SELECTION SEATTLE OFFICIAL SELECTION TÜBIGEN OFFICIAL SELECTION ANGOULÊME WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD MILL VALLEY WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD HONORARY MENTION PHILADELPHIA WINNER RARE PEARL AWARD DENVER THE FABULOUS PATARS (CIGARETTES ET CHOCOLAT CHAUD) LOST IN PARIS (PARIS PIEDS NUS) SOPHIE REINE DOMINIQUE ABEL & FIONA GORDON GUSTAVE KERVERN, CAMILLE COTTIN, HÉLOÏSE DUGAS, FANIE ZANINI DOMINIQUE ABEL, FIONA GORDON, EMMANUELLE RIVA, PIERRE RICHARD 32 2016 - France - Comedy - 98 min - French Production: Mandarin Films - French distribution: Diaphana 2016 - Belgium, France - Comedy, Slapstick - 82 min - French, English Production: Courage mon Amour, Moteur S il vous Plaît, CG Cinema US distribution: Oscilloscope Laboratories - French distribution: Potemkine 33
COMPLETED A DASH OF PURE HITCHCOCKIAN BRILLIANCE HHHHH THE GUARDIAN COMPLETED ONE OF JAPAN S MOST INNOVATIVE FILMMAKERS THR HARMONIUM KÔJI FUKADA PERSONAL SHOPPER OLIVIER ASSAYAS 34 TADANOBU ASANO, MARIKO TSUTSUI, KANJI FURUTACHI, TAÏGA 2016 - Japan, France - Drama - 118 min - Japanese Production: Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Comme des Cinémas French distribution: Version Originale KRISTEN STEWART, LARS EIDINGER, SIGRID BOUAZIZ, ANDERS DANIELSEN LIE, NORA VON WALDSTATTEN, BENJAMIN BIOLAY 2016 - France, Germany - Suspense, Drama - 105 min - English Production: CG Cinema US distribution: IFC Films - French distribution: Les Films du Losange 35
NEW CATALOGUE ACQUISITION CATALOGUE FOCUS TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME 25 TH ANNIVERSARY THEATRICAL RELEASES OF THE 4K VERSION COMING UP WORLDWIDE! A GORGEOUS, HEARTBREAKING, UTTERLY CONVINCING WORK OF ART. INFUSED WITH REMARKABLE TENDERNESS AND BEAUTY. NEW YORK TIMES WINNER YOUNG CINEMA JURY PRIZE ROTTERDAM WINNER BEST DIRECTOR / BEST ACTOR SEATTLE WINNER BEST FILM BERGEN OFFICIAL SELECTION VENICE OFFICIAL SELECTION TORONTO OFFICIAL SELECTION SUNDANCE OFFICIAL SELECTION LONDON DAVID LYNCH MYSTERIOUS SKIN GREGG ARAKI BRADY CORBET, JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT, ELISABETH SHUE 2004 - USA - Drama - 105 min - English Magnificent and essential, one of my favourite films Xavier Dolan In advance of the much-anticipated third season of the hugely influential TV series, discover the cult prequel-sequel in a beautifully 4K-restored version. ALSO AVAILABLE: Twin Peaks Exclusive: THE MISSING PIECES (BLU-RAY OR HD CAM, 90 ) 90-minute selection of deleted scenes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me edited by David Lynch Available worldwide: Theatrical, TV and VOD rights ERASERHEAD (1977, NEW 4K RESTORATION, 89 ) LOST HIGHWAY (1997, HD, 135 ) 36 37
CATALOGUE FOCUS FILM BEGINS WITH D.W. GRIFFITH AND ENDS WITH ABBAS KIAROSTAMI JEAN-LUC GODARD CATALOGUE FOCUS "IT WAS JUST LIFE. THAT S HOW I FELT WHEN I SAW ROBERT DREW S PRIMARY FOR THE FIRST TIME" MARTIN SCORSESE 38 ABBAS KIAROSTAMI Re-discover Abbas Kiarostami s work through seven of his most important films, including Cannes 1997 Palme d Or-winner The Taste of Cherry. LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (CANNES 2012, COMPETITION) - 2K CERTIFIED COPY (CANNES 2010, BEST ACTRESS) - 2K THE WIND WILL CARRY US (VENICE 1999, GRAND PRIX & FIPRESCI PRIZE) - 4K UPCOMING THE TASTE OF CHERRY (CANNES 1997, PALME D OR) - 4K UPCOMING THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (CANNES 1994, COMPETITION) - 2K UPCOMING SHIRIN (VENICE 2008, OFFICIAL SELECTION) - HD TEN (CANNES 2002, COMPETITION) - 4K UPCOMING ABC AFRICA (CANNES 2001, OFFICIAL SELECTION) - 2K UPCOMING ALSO AVAILABLE: 10 ON TEN THE KENNEDY FILMS PRIMARY (1960, 52 ) ADVENTURES OF THE NEW FRONTIER (1961, 51 ) ROBERT L. DREW In 1960, the American filmmaker and pioneer of Direct Cinema Robert L. Drew assembled a team with Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker and Albert Maysles that would transform documentary cinema. Robert L. Drew was granted direct access to John F. Kennedy, filming him on the campaign trail and eventually in the Oval Office. CRISIS: BEHIND A PRESIDENTIAL COMMITMENT (1963, 52 ) FACES OF NOVEMBER (1964, 12 ) USA - English - Documentaries - in 2K May 29 th 2017 marks the 100 th anniversary of John F. Kennedy s birth. This collection features the greatest close-up footage of John F. Kennedy. 39
CATALOGUE FOCUS CATALOGUE FOCUS "LIFE IS A TRAGEDY WHEN SEEN IN CLOSE-UP, BUT A COMEDY IN LONG-SHOT" CHARLES CHAPLIN CHARLES CHAPLIN 2017: A year to celebrate Charles Chaplin 2017 marks the 40 th anniversary of Charles Chaplin s death and also: the 60 th anniversary of A KING IN NEW YORK (1957, 105, 2K) CLASSIC US ANIMATION An exclusive selection of the finest animated films for bright young cinema enthusiasts! A 60-minute READY-TO-SCREEN PROGRAM including the best of US Classic animated short films restored in HD SUPERMAN, POPEYE, BETTY BOOP, TEX AVERY, BUGS BUNNY, CASPER the 70 th anniversary of MONSIEUR VERDOUX (1947, 124, 2K) 40 41
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