XYZ Films has acquired U.S. rights to the classic Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title “The World is Yours” directed by Romain Gavras from StudioCanal and to the TIFF hit film “We Gotta Get Out of This Place,” directed by Simon Hawkins and Zeke Hawkins. The hyper-stylized films are the first titles in a new XYZ initiative to introduce audiences to classic festival hits that cater to cinema fans.
“The World is Yours” premiered at Cannes in 2018 and stars Karim Leklou, Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Cassel and Oulaya Amamra and was co-written by Gavras, Karim Boukercha and Noe Debre. In the film, a mid-level drug dealer (Leklou) dreams of having a new life, but his mother (Adjani) has gambled away his savings. He must take one last job in Spain, but his entourage gets involved: his mother, his ex-con friend, his crush, and possibly The Illuminati.
Meanwhile, “We Gotta Get Out of This Place...
“The World is Yours” premiered at Cannes in 2018 and stars Karim Leklou, Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Cassel and Oulaya Amamra and was co-written by Gavras, Karim Boukercha and Noe Debre. In the film, a mid-level drug dealer (Leklou) dreams of having a new life, but his mother (Adjani) has gambled away his savings. He must take one last job in Spain, but his entourage gets involved: his mother, his ex-con friend, his crush, and possibly The Illuminati.
Meanwhile, “We Gotta Get Out of This Place...
- 5/22/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
American audiences take the Tarantino-ization of genre cinema for granted, but not so the French, who adore the director (who won the Palme d’Or for “Pulp Fiction”) but never went so far as to imitate him outright, until now. Director Romain Gavras’ “The World Is Yours” is the long overdue yet entirely unnecessary gangster movie that French audiences have been missing all this time — a fresh riff on “Les Tontons flingueurs” by way of “Jackie Brown” — and judging by the uproarious reception the film received at its Director’s Fortnight premiere in Cannes, they’re grateful to have a cocky, talky, high-attitude crime saga for themselves.
Following Gavras’ gonzo redheads-will-inherit-the-earth debut, “Our Day Will Come,” this film is a massive change of tone for the director, son of politically conscious “Z” auteur Costa-Gavras and a visionary music-video helmer in his own right. Whereas the younger Gavras’ first feature demonstrated...
Following Gavras’ gonzo redheads-will-inherit-the-earth debut, “Our Day Will Come,” this film is a massive change of tone for the director, son of politically conscious “Z” auteur Costa-Gavras and a visionary music-video helmer in his own right. Whereas the younger Gavras’ first feature demonstrated...
- 5/13/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
You can bet that every scheming lowlife who populates the kitsch landscape of “The World Is Yours” knows and recognizes that title’s allusion to Brian De Palma’s “Scarface.” And you can be be just as sure that not one of them has ever been able to sit still and concentrate long enough to make it through that — or any — three-hour film.
Music video director Romain Gavras’ breezy pop comedy, however, might be more their speed — but then, the film is designed to be everyone’s speed.
With his latest feature, the Kanye West, Jay-z and M.I.A. collaborator has set out to conquer the world, or at least the French box office. With “The World Is Yours,” he delivered a crowd-pleasing caper that drew hurls of laughter and sustained applause at its world premiere as part of the Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight sidebar on Saturday.
Also Read: Marion Cotillard's Careless Motherhood Hurts in 'Angel Face'
As if the John Landis cameo didn’t give it away, the film tries to be a “Blues Brothers”-like jaunt for a generation raised on Adderall and French hip hop, but its sharp edge and endearing cast will have little difficulty winning over audiences unfamiliar with acts like Mc Solaar, as well.
Doughy mama’s boy François (Karim Leklou) has one dream in life: to buy the North African distribution rights to the Mr. Freeze brand of ice pops and work his way out of the projects, one summery treat at a time. Things are going his way until his con-artist mom Danny (Isabelle Adjani) gambles away the entire nest egg, forcing the good-hearted if otherwise inept crook to accept an ill-conceived drug-buying mission in Spain.
Already saddled with a harebrained scheme, Francois certainly doesn’t help matters by assembling a motley band of knuckleheads, all of them more inept and significantly less trustworthy than he.
Also Read: Cannes Report, Day 4: Sales Market Heats Up, '355' Sparks Bidding War, Jean-Luc Godard Is Back
While Lamya (Oulaya Amamra, star of the 2016 Caméra d’Or winner “Divines”) takes the money and runs every chance she gets, Henry (Vincent Cassel, hilariously playing against type as a potbellied goon) is really only good for conspiracy theories and little else. Throw in a pair of dimwitted thugs and a louche Belgian snowbird and you have all the makings for disaster — which is exactly what happens when Francois’ drug supplier stiffs them and Danny sweeps in to kidnap the man’s daughter.
Gavras keeps these many plates spinning with admirable dexterity, relying on his polished commercial background to keep things moving at an appealingly propulsive clip. Many sequences play like full-on music videos, like a tense hotel room break-in set to the song “Atlas” by the group Battles, or a kitschtastic karaoke rendition of Toto’s “Africa” at a tense, pivotal moment.
The director and his crew have an absolute blast detailing the garish neon wonderland of the seaside resort town where most of the action takes place.
That the cast is predominantly Arab-French and of a not-particularly-affluent social class is neither the main focus of the film nor wholly elided. Instead, Gavras and co-screenwriters Karim Boukercha and Noé Debré treat their characters’ backgrounds as a simply fact of life, letting their anxieties and experiences affect the madcap action onscreen, but not guide it.
In that sense, the broad comedy treats class and culture with an impressive sophistication. Think of it as “Pain & Gain” meets “La Haine,” played for laughs and box office.
Read original story ‘The World Is Yours’ Film Review: Romain Gavras’ Pop Comedy Is an Absolute Blast At TheWrap...
Music video director Romain Gavras’ breezy pop comedy, however, might be more their speed — but then, the film is designed to be everyone’s speed.
With his latest feature, the Kanye West, Jay-z and M.I.A. collaborator has set out to conquer the world, or at least the French box office. With “The World Is Yours,” he delivered a crowd-pleasing caper that drew hurls of laughter and sustained applause at its world premiere as part of the Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight sidebar on Saturday.
Also Read: Marion Cotillard's Careless Motherhood Hurts in 'Angel Face'
As if the John Landis cameo didn’t give it away, the film tries to be a “Blues Brothers”-like jaunt for a generation raised on Adderall and French hip hop, but its sharp edge and endearing cast will have little difficulty winning over audiences unfamiliar with acts like Mc Solaar, as well.
Doughy mama’s boy François (Karim Leklou) has one dream in life: to buy the North African distribution rights to the Mr. Freeze brand of ice pops and work his way out of the projects, one summery treat at a time. Things are going his way until his con-artist mom Danny (Isabelle Adjani) gambles away the entire nest egg, forcing the good-hearted if otherwise inept crook to accept an ill-conceived drug-buying mission in Spain.
Already saddled with a harebrained scheme, Francois certainly doesn’t help matters by assembling a motley band of knuckleheads, all of them more inept and significantly less trustworthy than he.
Also Read: Cannes Report, Day 4: Sales Market Heats Up, '355' Sparks Bidding War, Jean-Luc Godard Is Back
While Lamya (Oulaya Amamra, star of the 2016 Caméra d’Or winner “Divines”) takes the money and runs every chance she gets, Henry (Vincent Cassel, hilariously playing against type as a potbellied goon) is really only good for conspiracy theories and little else. Throw in a pair of dimwitted thugs and a louche Belgian snowbird and you have all the makings for disaster — which is exactly what happens when Francois’ drug supplier stiffs them and Danny sweeps in to kidnap the man’s daughter.
Gavras keeps these many plates spinning with admirable dexterity, relying on his polished commercial background to keep things moving at an appealingly propulsive clip. Many sequences play like full-on music videos, like a tense hotel room break-in set to the song “Atlas” by the group Battles, or a kitschtastic karaoke rendition of Toto’s “Africa” at a tense, pivotal moment.
The director and his crew have an absolute blast detailing the garish neon wonderland of the seaside resort town where most of the action takes place.
That the cast is predominantly Arab-French and of a not-particularly-affluent social class is neither the main focus of the film nor wholly elided. Instead, Gavras and co-screenwriters Karim Boukercha and Noé Debré treat their characters’ backgrounds as a simply fact of life, letting their anxieties and experiences affect the madcap action onscreen, but not guide it.
In that sense, the broad comedy treats class and culture with an impressive sophistication. Think of it as “Pain & Gain” meets “La Haine,” played for laughs and box office.
Read original story ‘The World Is Yours’ Film Review: Romain Gavras’ Pop Comedy Is an Absolute Blast At TheWrap...
- 5/12/2018
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
The name of Costa-Gavras is synonymous with politically-dosed narratives – we often cite Z and Missing as seminal films within the genre and the filmmaker’s body of work. Feted at the ’13 editions of Mumbai and Mill Valley, just this past weekend [Cohen Media Group 10.25] , the filmmaker continued the thematic streak with Capital, a financial thriller that was featured at Tiff 2012 and features an international flavored cast of Gad Elmaleh, Gabriel Byrne and Liya Kebede (Lord of War). We were provided with an exclusive clip (see below) :
Based on the book Le Capital by Stéphane Osmont, and written by Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg and Karim Boukercha, when the CEO of France’s Phenix Bank collapses on the golf course, Machiavellian young executive Marc Tourneuil (Gad Elmaleh) is crowned as his replacement. A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception ensues as Tourneuil’s brutal ascent is jeopardized by a hostile takeover attempt...
Based on the book Le Capital by Stéphane Osmont, and written by Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg and Karim Boukercha, when the CEO of France’s Phenix Bank collapses on the golf course, Machiavellian young executive Marc Tourneuil (Gad Elmaleh) is crowned as his replacement. A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception ensues as Tourneuil’s brutal ascent is jeopardized by a hostile takeover attempt...
- 10/28/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Gad Elmaleh took part in two of last year’s more pleasurable films — The Adventures of Tintin and Midnight in Paris, unless you were in the Jack and Jill camp — yet I never even noticed that he was in either. No longer will he go unnoticed, however; Variety reports that the fellow will take the lead in Capital, a political thriller from writer and director Costa-Gravas.
Based on Stephane Osmont‘s Le Capital — which has been adapted for the screen by Gavras, Karim Boukercha, and Jean-Claude Grunberg — this “scathing look at international finance” is centered on “Marc Tourneuil (Elmaleh), the new head of Europe’s biggest investment bank, who desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.” That could add up to be compelling stuff; I’d be game for a good thriller centered on the world of politics and finance.
Gabriel Byrne will also star,...
Based on Stephane Osmont‘s Le Capital — which has been adapted for the screen by Gavras, Karim Boukercha, and Jean-Claude Grunberg — this “scathing look at international finance” is centered on “Marc Tourneuil (Elmaleh), the new head of Europe’s biggest investment bank, who desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.” That could add up to be compelling stuff; I’d be game for a good thriller centered on the world of politics and finance.
Gabriel Byrne will also star,...
- 1/17/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Year: 2010
Directors: Romain Gavras
Writers: Romain Gavras/Karim Boukercha
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 7 out of 10
Director Roman Gavras, best known for his work on gritty music videos (M.I.A.'s "Born Free" which was banned on several sites for it's violent content), has crafted a truly mad first feature about a bullied, obnoxious and extremely alienated young man called Remy (Olivier Bartelemy), who befriends a charismatic, psychotic psychiatrist played with courage by Vincent Cassel. The key linking them is that they both have red hair, and for years have felt victimised by society because of it. I wasn't aware that redheads got such abuse, but then again I live in Scotland. I would defy anyone to tell what this film is really about, it's so completely chaotic and stuffed with ideas and set-pieces that it's very difficult to know how to take it all in, but one thing is certain,...
Directors: Romain Gavras
Writers: Romain Gavras/Karim Boukercha
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 7 out of 10
Director Roman Gavras, best known for his work on gritty music videos (M.I.A.'s "Born Free" which was banned on several sites for it's violent content), has crafted a truly mad first feature about a bullied, obnoxious and extremely alienated young man called Remy (Olivier Bartelemy), who befriends a charismatic, psychotic psychiatrist played with courage by Vincent Cassel. The key linking them is that they both have red hair, and for years have felt victimised by society because of it. I wasn't aware that redheads got such abuse, but then again I live in Scotland. I would defy anyone to tell what this film is really about, it's so completely chaotic and stuffed with ideas and set-pieces that it's very difficult to know how to take it all in, but one thing is certain,...
- 6/16/2011
- QuietEarth.us
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