UniFrance Rendez-vous E-Show Daily Daily Two

TOP STORIES: Gaumont Unveils Ensemble Dramedy 'We Were Young' at Unifrance's RDV (EXCLUSIVE); Ju...

UniFrance Rendez-vous eSHOW DAILY NUMBER TWO 01.16.15

TOP STORIES Gaumont Unveils Ensemble Dramedy 'We Were Young' at Unifrance's RDV (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy PARIS -- Gaumont and LGM, which partnered on Cesar-winning comedy hit "My, Myself and Mum," are back on board with "We Were Young," a ensemble dramedy by Philippe Guillard ("Jo's Boy"). Co-producing and handling international sales, Gaumont ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Juliette Binoche Joins Cast of Angelin Preljocaj's Feature Debut 'Polina' (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy PARIS-- Juliette Binoche has joined the cast of "Polina," a ballet-themed drama that will mark the feature debut of famed choreographer Angelin Preljocaj. TF1 International is handling worldwide sales on "Polina" and will start pre... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Depardieu, 'Weddings'' Sadoun, Lauby, Make 'A Mighty 'Team' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell PARIS – Gallic living legend Gerard Depardieu and French blockbuster “Serial (Bad) Weddings” stars Medi Sadoun and Chantal Lauby will headline family comedy “A Mighty Team,” which Paramount Pictures will release... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Reel Suspects Draws 'Portrait of an Artist' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell PARIS – Matteo Lovadina’s Paris-based Reel Suspects has boarded French director Antoine Barraud’s “Le Dos Rouge” (Portrait of an Artist), starring high-profile Gallic helmer Bertrand Bonello (“Saint Lauren... Read Full Story at Variety.com → UniFrance Unveils MyFrenchFilmFestival Lineup By Elsa Keslassy PARIS-- UniFrance is upping the ante for the fifth edition of its online festival MyFrenchFilmFestival, showcasing A-list festival players, local commercial and critical successes. Melanie Laurent's "Breathe" and "Hippocrate" (pictured above... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'SK1': A Film Which Asks: 'How Does One Live With Evil?' By John Hopewell PARIS – Shot with a wavering hand-held camera, “SK1” leaves an indelible impression that the homicide squad offices at Paris’ celebrated 36 Quai des Orfevres police headquarters, at least in the 1990s, needed a far be... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Q&A: Alexandre de la Patelliere And Matthieu Delaporte Chat About 'Daddy or Mommy' By Elsa Keslassy PARIS-- Alexandre de la Patelliere And Matthieu Delaporte, the scribe-helmer duo behind arthouse comedy hit "What's In The Name," are back with the script of a subversive comedy, "Daddy or Mommy" whose catchy concept has lured exhibitors and... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Emilie Cherpitel on 'Eva & Leon,' A 'Mother-Meets-Son' Movie By John Hopewell The art decoration of “Eva & Leon” is sublime, its impact immediate in the measured static shots of Eva’s chic and huge arrondissement Paris flat, classical in the carefully contrasting tones of white, gray, blue and sa... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Vincent Garenq: 'The Clearstream Affair's' 'Bigger, More Fundamental Issues' By John Hopewell One scene defines very well the thrust of “The Clearstream Affair,” one of Films Distrubution’s biggest new plays at the UniFrance Rendez-vous, which begins today in Paris. Having moved waves publishing a book which claimed... Read Full Story at Variety.com → France's Cyprien Vial on 'Young Tiger,' a 'Social Survival Thriller' By John Hopewell PARIS -- Inspired by a film workshop he co-lead in a secondary school in Paris, “Young Tiger,” Cyprien Vial’s feature debut, is a multi-front coming-of-age tale, following Many, a Punjabi 15-year-old, from the moment he set... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Tweet this Forward this

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