Rise director Cédric Klapisch with Anne-Katrin Titze on seeing dance at 14: “My parents brought me … It was the time of Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Carlson - they were the hit dancers in the Seventies.”
Classical ballet dancer Elise (Marion Barbeau) in Cédric Klapisch’s riveting and dynamic Rise (co-written with Santiago Amigorena) suffers an ankle injury during a performance of La Bayadère right after having spotted her boyfriend and dance partner with another woman. With her future unclear on all fronts, Elise rises out of the ashes with the support of a number of illustrious characters in her life. Choreographer Hofesh Shechter (and Rise composer with Thomas Bangalter) playing a version of himself makes very clear that dance can have many forms. There is physiotherapist Yann (François Civil) who is overcoming his own heartbreak, and friend Sabrina (Souheila Yacoub) who also had to transition out of the field of dance.
Classical ballet dancer Elise (Marion Barbeau) in Cédric Klapisch’s riveting and dynamic Rise (co-written with Santiago Amigorena) suffers an ankle injury during a performance of La Bayadère right after having spotted her boyfriend and dance partner with another woman. With her future unclear on all fronts, Elise rises out of the ashes with the support of a number of illustrious characters in her life. Choreographer Hofesh Shechter (and Rise composer with Thomas Bangalter) playing a version of himself makes very clear that dance can have many forms. There is physiotherapist Yann (François Civil) who is overcoming his own heartbreak, and friend Sabrina (Souheila Yacoub) who also had to transition out of the field of dance.
- 5/30/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The 46th César Awards, France’s top film honors, have been handed out in Paris, with Dominik Moll’s crime thriller The Night of the 12th winning the best picture trophy.
Moll’s The Night of the 12th, which premiered in Cannes last year, scored 10 César noms coming into the awards show, just behind Louis Garrel’s The Innocent, which picked up 11 nominations. Moll also won for best director, and Bouli Lanners earned the best supporting actor trophy for his performance in The Night of the 12th.
Cédric Klapisch’s Rise, about a ballet dancer (Marion Barbeau) who, after an injury, seeks a new future in contemporary dance, was up for 9 Césars, as was Albert Serra’s Pacifiction, a thriller featuring Benoît Magimel as a morally-challenged Haut-Commissaire on an island in French Polynesia.
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s dramedy Forever Young, Cedric Jimenez’s terrorism drama November, Eric Gravel’s family...
Moll’s The Night of the 12th, which premiered in Cannes last year, scored 10 César noms coming into the awards show, just behind Louis Garrel’s The Innocent, which picked up 11 nominations. Moll also won for best director, and Bouli Lanners earned the best supporting actor trophy for his performance in The Night of the 12th.
Cédric Klapisch’s Rise, about a ballet dancer (Marion Barbeau) who, after an injury, seeks a new future in contemporary dance, was up for 9 Césars, as was Albert Serra’s Pacifiction, a thriller featuring Benoît Magimel as a morally-challenged Haut-Commissaire on an island in French Polynesia.
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s dramedy Forever Young, Cedric Jimenez’s terrorism drama November, Eric Gravel’s family...
- 2/24/2023
- by Scott Roxborough and Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
’Rise’ and ’Pacifiction’ are also strong contenders.
Louis Garrel’s crime-infused romantic comedy The Innocent and Dominik Moll’s investigative drama The Night Of The 12th are the frontrunners for France’s 48th annual Cesar Awards with 11 and 10 nominations respectively.
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Cédric Klapisch’s dance drama Rise and Albert Serra’s political thriller Pacifiction follow with nine nominations each.
The titles are all selected in the best film category alongside Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi’s Forever Young.
Despite a strong showing from French female directors at both the box office and festivals, the best director category is all-male this year.
Louis Garrel’s crime-infused romantic comedy The Innocent and Dominik Moll’s investigative drama The Night Of The 12th are the frontrunners for France’s 48th annual Cesar Awards with 11 and 10 nominations respectively.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Cédric Klapisch’s dance drama Rise and Albert Serra’s political thriller Pacifiction follow with nine nominations each.
The titles are all selected in the best film category alongside Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi’s Forever Young.
Despite a strong showing from French female directors at both the box office and festivals, the best director category is all-male this year.
- 1/25/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Reims Polar, a new international festival set in Northern France and dedicated to police thrillers, has awarded Wen Shipei’s “Are You Lonesome Tonight?,” Adikhan Yerzhanov’s “Assault” and Lado Kvataniya’s “The Execution.”
The selection of Reims Polar is curated by Bruno Barde, who is also the artistic director of the Deauville American Film Festival.
“Assault,” a dead-pan thriller set fictional village in rural Kazakhstan and revolving around a school hostage situation, won the festival’s Grand Prize Award. Yerzhanov, a prolific Kazakh director, previously directed “The Gentle Indifference of the World” which played at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2018.
The Reims Polar jury prize went to a pair of feature debuts, “Are You Lonesome Tonight?,” a Chinese film which world premiered out of competition at last year’s Cannes, and Russian filmmaker Lado Kvataniya’s “The Execution,” a thriller inspired by the case of an infamous Soviet-era serial killer.
The selection of Reims Polar is curated by Bruno Barde, who is also the artistic director of the Deauville American Film Festival.
“Assault,” a dead-pan thriller set fictional village in rural Kazakhstan and revolving around a school hostage situation, won the festival’s Grand Prize Award. Yerzhanov, a prolific Kazakh director, previously directed “The Gentle Indifference of the World” which played at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2018.
The Reims Polar jury prize went to a pair of feature debuts, “Are You Lonesome Tonight?,” a Chinese film which world premiered out of competition at last year’s Cannes, and Russian filmmaker Lado Kvataniya’s “The Execution,” a thriller inspired by the case of an infamous Soviet-era serial killer.
- 4/12/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
If you could find only one other person at the end of time, Nick Nolte would be a near-optimal individual to encounter, especially if he ran Earth’s last movie theater. Alas, while “Last Words” has initial intriguing fun with that premise, it eventually sends its two protagonists on a post-apocalyptic odyssey that’s defined by stasis, not to mention an abundance of half-baked themes. Despite a collection of A-list luminaries, writer-director Jonathan Nossiter’s drama is , and thus seems likely to enchant only the most charitable of viewers.
Based on a novel by Santiago Amigorena (who co-wrote the script), “Last Words” revolves around Kal (Kalipha Touray), who in 2085 believes himself to be the final survivor of a global climate-change catastrophe that spawned ecological decay, war, famine and disease. After losing his pregnant sister to a mob of young French children, Kal — motivated by film canisters found in Paris — decides...
Based on a novel by Santiago Amigorena (who co-wrote the script), “Last Words” revolves around Kal (Kalipha Touray), who in 2085 believes himself to be the final survivor of a global climate-change catastrophe that spawned ecological decay, war, famine and disease. After losing his pregnant sister to a mob of young French children, Kal — motivated by film canisters found in Paris — decides...
- 12/22/2021
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
It’s a strange thing to watch a movie that truly (and almost literally) believes it will never be seen; a movie that was written, financed, and shot with the bone-deep conviction that it would eventually be released to great silence; a movie that isn’t just at peace with its uncommerciality, but also consciously draws its power from the advance knowledge that it’s destined to disappear amid the boundless ocean of streaming content, not dumped into the water so much as scattered along its surface like ashes. A post-apocalyptic cri de coeur that suggests the death of cinema and the end of human civilization are two sides of the same coin, Jonathan Nossiter’s “Last Words” (adapted from the Santiago Amigorena novel “Mes Derniers Mots”) offers an end-of-the-world lament for the natural beauty that we’ve surrendered to consumerism, and for the shared experiences we’ve forfeited in the name of personal convenience.
- 12/17/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival (October 23-30), the Middle East’s first sizeable Covid-era physical film event, has set Peter Webber (Girl With A Pearl Earring) as jury president.
Gérard Depardieu will receive the festival’s Career Achievement Award and actor Said Taghmaoui (La Haine) will received the Omar Sharif Award.
Hannibal Rising and Emperor director Webber told us: “It has been a difficult year for many and especially those of us in the film industry, yet it is important to remember that it is our work that has been keeping so many people entertained, inspired and engaged as they were trapped in their homes or struggling during the biggest pandemic in living memory.
“Therefore it’s a great delight and a privilege to be invited to be president of the jury at El Gouna Film Festival, a festival that will celebrate the importance of film at this crucial time.
Gérard Depardieu will receive the festival’s Career Achievement Award and actor Said Taghmaoui (La Haine) will received the Omar Sharif Award.
Hannibal Rising and Emperor director Webber told us: “It has been a difficult year for many and especially those of us in the film industry, yet it is important to remember that it is our work that has been keeping so many people entertained, inspired and engaged as they were trapped in their homes or struggling during the biggest pandemic in living memory.
“Therefore it’s a great delight and a privilege to be invited to be president of the jury at El Gouna Film Festival, a festival that will celebrate the importance of film at this crucial time.
- 10/13/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Jonathan Nossiter, one of the few American directors who was able to attend the Deauville Film Festival this year, didn’t make the trip for the Normandy seaside red carpet. He intended to shake people up with “Last Words,” a post-apocalyptic film set in 2086 which seems eerily prophetic.
Competing in Deauville, “Last Words” was part of the Cannes 2020 Official Selection and would have likely sparked some heated debate on the Croisette if the festival hadn’t been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Conceived as an allegory on the impact of the climate crisis, “Last Words” unfolds in a planet that has been ravaged. Europe is a vast desert and its population has been decimated by a virus. Survivors are living isolated, and while nature has perished and culture has disappeared from the world. It will take a young African refugee, played by newcomer Kalipha Touray, to bring joy and...
Competing in Deauville, “Last Words” was part of the Cannes 2020 Official Selection and would have likely sparked some heated debate on the Croisette if the festival hadn’t been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Conceived as an allegory on the impact of the climate crisis, “Last Words” unfolds in a planet that has been ravaged. Europe is a vast desert and its population has been decimated by a virus. Survivors are living isolated, and while nature has perished and culture has disappeared from the world. It will take a young African refugee, played by newcomer Kalipha Touray, to bring joy and...
- 9/10/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
It’s 2085. There is no more electricity or machines on Earth. The planet is mostly a vast desert. Crops no longer grow. Children have not been born for a decade and there are very few people left alive due to a virus that debilitates people’s lungs. A young African finds a cache of film reels in a Paris apartment, all bearing the inscription “Cineteca di Bologna.” He will become the world’s last moviemaker after traveling across Europe to Athens. In “Last Words,” Italy-based U.S. director Jonathan Nossiter tackles the climate crisis while also addressing concerns over the impending death of cinema and has fun doing so with a stellar ensemble cast comprising Nick Nolte, Charlotte Rampling, Alba Rohrwacher and Stellan Skarsgaard. The Cannes Label film, produced by Italy’s Donatella Palermo (“Fire at Sea”), has “an urgency” these days, he tells Variety. This is undeniable. If nothing else,...
- 6/25/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Valentyn Vasyanovych’s “Atlantis,” a dystopian film set in war-torn Ukraine, won the Crystal Arrow Award of the 11th edition of Les Arcs Film Festival.
The film, which won the top prize at Venice’s Horizons section this year, takes place in 2025 in Eastern Ukraine after a ten-year war against Russia which has left the country in ruins. “Atlantis” follows two war veterans, Sergiy (Andriy Rymaruk) and a mate, who are both affected by the war and are living in an abandoned building.
Presided over by the French filmmaker Guillaume Nicloux, the jury was comprised of Santiago Amigorena, the Colombian screenwriter, producer and author, Mélanie De Biasio, the Belgian musician, Nina Hoss, the German actor, Atiq Rahimi, the Afghan director, and Antoine Reinartz, the French actor.
Besides the Cystal Arrow prize, five other kudos were handed out at les Arcs, including the Grand Jury Prize which went to Sarah Gavron’s “Rocks,...
The film, which won the top prize at Venice’s Horizons section this year, takes place in 2025 in Eastern Ukraine after a ten-year war against Russia which has left the country in ruins. “Atlantis” follows two war veterans, Sergiy (Andriy Rymaruk) and a mate, who are both affected by the war and are living in an abandoned building.
Presided over by the French filmmaker Guillaume Nicloux, the jury was comprised of Santiago Amigorena, the Colombian screenwriter, producer and author, Mélanie De Biasio, the Belgian musician, Nina Hoss, the German actor, Atiq Rahimi, the Afghan director, and Antoine Reinartz, the French actor.
Besides the Cystal Arrow prize, five other kudos were handed out at les Arcs, including the Grand Jury Prize which went to Sarah Gavron’s “Rocks,...
- 12/21/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The festival, held in the French Alps, will have a timely ecological angle for the first time.
The Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 11th edition, which will unfold in the French Alps Dec 14-21, with a timely ecological angle for the first time.
Artistic director Frédéric Boyer has selected 120 films, which will play across six sections, including the Competition, Playtime, Hauteur and Avant-Premieres sidebars. Some 22,000 public and professional attendees are expected to attend in line with 2018.
Dutch actor-turned-director Halina Reijn’s psychological thriller Instinct, Fyzal Boulifa’s UK tragic female friendship tale Lynn + Lucy and...
The Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 11th edition, which will unfold in the French Alps Dec 14-21, with a timely ecological angle for the first time.
Artistic director Frédéric Boyer has selected 120 films, which will play across six sections, including the Competition, Playtime, Hauteur and Avant-Premieres sidebars. Some 22,000 public and professional attendees are expected to attend in line with 2018.
Dutch actor-turned-director Halina Reijn’s psychological thriller Instinct, Fyzal Boulifa’s UK tragic female friendship tale Lynn + Lucy and...
- 11/5/2019
- by 1100380¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The programme for the 11th edition of the Les Arcs Film Festival - running 14-21 December - has been unveiled. An unmissable event for all European auteur cinema professionals, Les Arcs Film Festival will offer an opulent, high-class menu for its 11th edition (running 14 – 21 December), welcoming the actresses Isabelle Huppert (as the ambassador of Talent Village) and Barbara Sukowa as guests of honour.The winning feature film from among the 10 titles in the running for the Crystal Arrow 2019 will be decided upon by a jury presided over by French filmmaker Guillaume Nicloux, who will be shored up in his work by Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi, German star Nina Hoss, French-Afghan filmmaker Atiq Rahimi and Argentine screenwriter and director Santiago Amigorena.The competition concocted by artistic director Frédéric Boyer includes nine French premieres, amongst which A Thief’s Daughter by the Spaniard Belén Funes (who scooped the Best Female...
There are two big takeaways in “Someone, Somewhere,” director Cédric Klapisch’s return to Paris after satisfying detours to New York (“Chinese Puzzle”) and eastern France (“Back to Burgundy”). The first, which makes for the better movie, is you can’t love someone until you’ve learned to love yourself. The second, which drags the movie down, is that our hyper-connected era has, paradoxically, kept us from establishing meaningful relationships. Both lessons need to be learned by Mélanie (Ana Girardot) and Rémy (François Civil), lonely thirtysomething neighbors who’d be perfect for each other if only they could overcome their individual hangups, stop substituting computer screens for real connections and actually meet.
At this point, no one can argue that Facebook and Tinder are acceptable alternatives to engaging with the world around you. Had Klapisch advanced the idea 10 years ago, it would have been downright prescient. In 2019, however, his...
At this point, no one can argue that Facebook and Tinder are acceptable alternatives to engaging with the world around you. Had Klapisch advanced the idea 10 years ago, it would have been downright prescient. In 2019, however, his...
- 9/29/2019
- by Mark Keizer
- Variety Film + TV
Set in 2085, the end-of-the-world drama is directed by Jonathan Nossiter.
Doc & Films International has boarded sales on Us director Jonathan Nossiter’s end-of-the-world, 2085-set drama Last Words, starring Nick Nolte, Charlotte Rampling, Alba Rohrwacher, Stellan Skarsgard and Valeria Golino.
The long-gestating project, which was first unveiled at the Les Arcs Coproduction Village in 2016, unfolds against the backdrop of a near-future world devastated by ecological disasters and conflicts, where there have been no human births in over a decade.
A handful of survivors respond to a mysterious call to meet up in Athens. The feature’s narrator Jo, a 17-year-old boy of African origin,...
Doc & Films International has boarded sales on Us director Jonathan Nossiter’s end-of-the-world, 2085-set drama Last Words, starring Nick Nolte, Charlotte Rampling, Alba Rohrwacher, Stellan Skarsgard and Valeria Golino.
The long-gestating project, which was first unveiled at the Les Arcs Coproduction Village in 2016, unfolds against the backdrop of a near-future world devastated by ecological disasters and conflicts, where there have been no human births in over a decade.
A handful of survivors respond to a mysterious call to meet up in Athens. The feature’s narrator Jo, a 17-year-old boy of African origin,...
- 9/6/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Back To Burgundy (Ce qui nous lie) Music Box Films Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Director: Cédric Klapisch Screenwriter: Cédric Klapisch, Santiago Amigorena Cast: Po Marmaï, Ana Girardot, François Civil, Jean-Marc Roulot Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 314/18 Opens: March 23, 2018 I don’t “get” wine. I wish I could because wine raises Hdl, the good […]
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- 3/19/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
A total of 21 projects will be presented at the development and financing platform.
Caroline Deruas, Jonathan Nossiter and David Verbeek will be among the directors presenting their upcoming projects at the eighth edition of the Les Arcs Coproduction Village (Dec 10-13).
A total of 24 projects will presented at the three-day event unfolding within the Les Arcs European Film Festival (10-17) which announced the bulk of its programme last week.
Verbeek will present his long-gestating vampire project Dead & Beautiful.
Jonathan Nossiter will be at the market with The Last Words, his big screen adaptation of France-based Argentine writer Santiago Amigorena’s novel Mes derniers mots revolving around the last two members of the human race as they contemplate a world destroyed by mankind.
Deruas will present her second feature Sad Liza after Daydreams which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival over the summer.
Two animation projects have also made it into this year’s selection, Dutch experimental...
Caroline Deruas, Jonathan Nossiter and David Verbeek will be among the directors presenting their upcoming projects at the eighth edition of the Les Arcs Coproduction Village (Dec 10-13).
A total of 24 projects will presented at the three-day event unfolding within the Les Arcs European Film Festival (10-17) which announced the bulk of its programme last week.
Verbeek will present his long-gestating vampire project Dead & Beautiful.
Jonathan Nossiter will be at the market with The Last Words, his big screen adaptation of France-based Argentine writer Santiago Amigorena’s novel Mes derniers mots revolving around the last two members of the human race as they contemplate a world destroyed by mankind.
Deruas will present her second feature Sad Liza after Daydreams which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival over the summer.
Two animation projects have also made it into this year’s selection, Dutch experimental...
- 11/17/2016
- ScreenDaily
French President Francois Hollande is officially having his Bill Clinton moment. The weekly tabloid ‘Closer’ ran several photos of Francois allegedly spending the night with actress Julie Gayet — allegations that Francois has not denied.
Francois Hollande, 59, is threatening to sue the tabloid Closer for running seven pages of photos taken outside of Julie Gayet‘s apartment that supposedly prove that Francois — France’s president — and the 41-year-old actress are having an affair.
Francois Hollande & Julie Gayet Take Down ‘Closer’ Mag Take Our Poll
Yikes! While an affair has not been officially confirmed, Julie and Francois have definitely had interactions in the past — BBC News reports that the actress appeared in a promotional video for Francois’ presidential election campaign in 2012, in which she called him marvelous, humble, and “somebody who really listens.” However, Julie is married to Argentinian film director and script writer Santiago Amigorena and Francois has a long-time partner named Valerie Trierweiler,...
Francois Hollande, 59, is threatening to sue the tabloid Closer for running seven pages of photos taken outside of Julie Gayet‘s apartment that supposedly prove that Francois — France’s president — and the 41-year-old actress are having an affair.
Francois Hollande & Julie Gayet Take Down ‘Closer’ Mag Take Our Poll
Yikes! While an affair has not been officially confirmed, Julie and Francois have definitely had interactions in the past — BBC News reports that the actress appeared in a promotional video for Francois’ presidential election campaign in 2012, in which she called him marvelous, humble, and “somebody who really listens.” However, Julie is married to Argentinian film director and script writer Santiago Amigorena and Francois has a long-time partner named Valerie Trierweiler,...
- 1/10/2014
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
Time for all of us to take a better look at Adam & Eden, ’cause another great clip from the upcoming Upside Down movie has arrived! As you already know, we’re actually talking about Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst who will lead us through Juan Solanas‘ latest romantic fantasy which is set to open in less than 10 days! Check out this brand new video & let us know what you think! Juan Solanas directed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Santiago Amigorena, and as we previously reported, the whole thing centers on Sturgess’ character Adam, a man searching an alternate universe for...
- 3/9/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
There are a lot of very promising sci-fi movies coming out this year, and Upside Down is definitely one of the few that I’m looking forward to that little bit more than the rest.
With Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst leading the cast, that’s pretty much all I need to know. But it helps that the film has a brilliant premise, and the visuals to match it.
The first Us trailer finally debuted earlier in the year, and we’ve since seen a new featurette and the first clip surface. And now the first TV spot has been released, interestingly featuring two behind-the-scenes interview moments with Sturgess and Dunst, giving us a great sixty-second look at the upcoming sci-fi/romantic drama.
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with...
With Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst leading the cast, that’s pretty much all I need to know. But it helps that the film has a brilliant premise, and the visuals to match it.
The first Us trailer finally debuted earlier in the year, and we’ve since seen a new featurette and the first clip surface. And now the first TV spot has been released, interestingly featuring two behind-the-scenes interview moments with Sturgess and Dunst, giving us a great sixty-second look at the upcoming sci-fi/romantic drama.
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with...
- 3/8/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Upside Down has long been one of our most anticipated upcoming films, and we were really glad to hear that Millennium had acquired it late last year for a March release date in the Us.
Of all the original movies getting released this year, I think this and Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel are the two I’m most looking forward to.
The first Us trailer and poster finally made their way online last month, and now the first official clip has debuted over on Facebook, giving us a look at a gravity-defying moment between our leads, Adam (Jim Sturgess) and Eden (Kirsten Dunst).
“In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?...
Of all the original movies getting released this year, I think this and Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel are the two I’m most looking forward to.
The first Us trailer and poster finally made their way online last month, and now the first official clip has debuted over on Facebook, giving us a look at a gravity-defying moment between our leads, Adam (Jim Sturgess) and Eden (Kirsten Dunst).
“In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?...
- 2/27/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Juan Diego Solanas' Upside Down romantic fantasy adventure has 2 fresh clips called "Something's Missing and "Where Have You Been?" Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst star in the Millennium Entertainment film which opens on March 15th. Solanas helms as well as writing the script alongside Santiago Amigorena, while Claude Léger, Aton Soumache, Dimitri Rassam, Jonathan Vanger and Alexis Vonarb produce. Jayne Heitmeyer, Vincent Messiana, Elliot Larson, Nicholas Rose, James Kidnie and John Mclaren also star. Upside Down tells of a universe where two Earths exist. There's one on top which is a paradise packed with the wealthy and the other below with the poor trying to make ends meet. The parallel planet co-exist, but robberies taking place on upper Earth by those on lower Earth force border control security to tighten.
- 2/27/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Juan Diego Solanas' Upside Down romantic fantasy adventure has 2 fresh clips called "Something's Missing and "Where Have You Been?" Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst star in the Millennium Entertainment film which opens on March 15th. Solanas helms as well as writing the script alongside Santiago Amigorena, while Claude Léger, Aton Soumache, Dimitri Rassam, Jonathan Vanger and Alexis Vonarb produce. Jayne Heitmeyer, Vincent Messiana, Elliot Larson, Nicholas Rose, James Kidnie and John Mclaren also star. Upside Down tells of a universe where two Earths exist. There's one on top which is a paradise packed with the wealthy and the other below with the poor trying to make ends meet. The parallel planet co-exist, but robberies taking place on upper Earth by those on lower Earth force border control security to tighten.
- 2/27/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch a new featurette from Juan Solanas' Upside Down romance Millennium Entertainment's added a new featurette from the sci-fi romantic adventure starring Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess, Jayne Heitmeyer, Vincent Messiana, Elliot Larson, Nicholas Rose, James Kidnie and John Mclaren. Juan Solanas directs as well as scripting alongside Santiago Amigorena. The film's produce by Claude Léger, Aton Soumache, Dimitri Rassam, Jonathan Vanger and Alexis Vonarb. Upside Down tells of a universe where two Earths exist. There's one on top which is a paradise packed with the wealthy and the other below with the poor trying to make ends meet. The parallel planet co-exist, but robberies taking place on upper Earth by those on lower Earth force border control security to tighten.
- 2/20/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch a new featurette from Juan Solanas' Upside Down romance Millennium Entertainment's added a new featurette from the sci-fi romantic adventure starring Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess, Jayne Heitmeyer, Vincent Messiana, Elliot Larson, Nicholas Rose, James Kidnie and John Mclaren. Juan Solanas directs as well as scripting alongside Santiago Amigorena. The film's produce by Claude Léger, Aton Soumache, Dimitri Rassam, Jonathan Vanger and Alexis Vonarb. Upside Down tells of a universe where two Earths exist. There's one on top which is a paradise packed with the wealthy and the other below with the poor trying to make ends meet. The parallel planet co-exist, but robberies taking place on upper Earth by those on lower Earth force border control security to tighten.
- 2/20/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Led by Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst, Upside Down is by far one of my most anticipated films of 2013. The film mixes sci-fi, drama, and romance, and the films that do that are few and far between. And even fewer have a leading cast like Sturgess and Dunst.
The first Us trailer and poster finally debuted last month. And with its release in the States just under a month away, Apple have debuted a new featurette for Upside Down, giving us a look behind the scenes of the film.
“In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?”
Starring alongside Dunst and Sturgess will be Timothy Spall.
Juan Diego Solanas...
The first Us trailer and poster finally debuted last month. And with its release in the States just under a month away, Apple have debuted a new featurette for Upside Down, giving us a look behind the scenes of the film.
“In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?”
Starring alongside Dunst and Sturgess will be Timothy Spall.
Juan Diego Solanas...
- 2/19/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Check out photos from Millennium Entertainment's Upside Down, directed by Juan Solanas. The romantic drama stars Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst. Santiago Amigorena and Solanas write the romantic sci-fi fantasy/adventure which you can catch in limited venues on March 15th this year. In Upside Down, ever since Adam (Jim Sturgess) and Eden (Kirsten Dunst) fell in love as teens, their bond has faced astronomical odds. The pair are separated not just by social class and a political system bent on keeping them apart, but also by a freak planetary condition: they live on twinned worlds with gravities that pull in opposite directions—he on the poverty-stricken planet below, she on the wealthy, exploitative world above. Their budding but illicit romance screeches to a tragic halt when interplanetary-border patrol agents catch them and Eden suffers an apparently fatal fall. But when, ten years later, Adam learns she is alive and...
- 1/31/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out photos from Millennium Entertainment's Upside Down, directed by Juan Solanas. The romantic drama stars Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst. Santiago Amigorena and Solanas write the romantic sci-fi fantasy/adventure which you can catch in limited venues on March 15th this year. In Upside Down, ever since Adam (Jim Sturgess) and Eden (Kirsten Dunst) fell in love as teens, their bond has faced astronomical odds. The pair are separated not just by social class and a political system bent on keeping them apart, but also by a freak planetary condition: they live on twinned worlds with gravities that pull in opposite directions—he on the poverty-stricken planet below, she on the wealthy, exploitative world above. Their budding but illicit romance screeches to a tragic halt when interplanetary-border patrol agents catch them and Eden suffers an apparently fatal fall. But when, ten years later, Adam learns she is alive and...
- 1/31/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Well, one thing is for sure – Juan Solanas‘ upcoming movie Upside Down looks totally weird. Good, but weird! Starring Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess in the leading roles, this romantic fantasy film will teach us that gravity is (definitely) a bitch, but that bitch has no chance against true love! Check out the rest of this report to see what we’re talking about!
Juan Solanas co-wrote the script together with Santiago Amigorena, and the whole thing centers on Sturgess’ character – a young man named Adam, who searches the forbidden twin world that fills the sky above him for the long-lost love from his youth.
In other words – we have a sci-fi take on Romeo and Juliet, only these lovers will have to attempt to unite against two different worlds which hover above & below one another by way of reverse gravitational pulls.
Or, even better – Solanas’ movie is a visually...
Juan Solanas co-wrote the script together with Santiago Amigorena, and the whole thing centers on Sturgess’ character – a young man named Adam, who searches the forbidden twin world that fills the sky above him for the long-lost love from his youth.
In other words – we have a sci-fi take on Romeo and Juliet, only these lovers will have to attempt to unite against two different worlds which hover above & below one another by way of reverse gravitational pulls.
Or, even better – Solanas’ movie is a visually...
- 1/25/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
To say that I can’t wait for the release of Upside Down would be an enormous understatement. Led by a brilliant pairing of Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst, we had been hoping to see its arrival before the end of last year. And whilst that was sadly not to be, we finally heard back in October that Millennium had acquired it for release in the States this year.
With its Us release date now set for March, the first Us trailer and poster have debuted over at Yahoo Movies, giving us another exceptional look at what promises to be one of the year’s best films.
“Kept apart from the girl he has loved his entire life; Adam must fight to reunite with Eden. But the laws of his world as well as the laws of gravity keep him from her. Adam must risk everything to access the forbidden...
With its Us release date now set for March, the first Us trailer and poster have debuted over at Yahoo Movies, giving us another exceptional look at what promises to be one of the year’s best films.
“Kept apart from the girl he has loved his entire life; Adam must fight to reunite with Eden. But the laws of his world as well as the laws of gravity keep him from her. Adam must risk everything to access the forbidden...
- 1/25/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Led by Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess, Juan Diego Solanas’ Upside Down has long been one of our most anticipated films of the year. Things were looking brilliant for the film at the start of the year, with one of the most promising trailers I’ve seen in a long time landing back in January, but all has been fairly quiet since then.
There was talk of a Us December release earlier in the month, but now Variety are reporting that Millennium Entertainment have officially acquired the Us distribution rights for the film, and are planning a 2D and 3D release in 2013.
Unfortunately, that means we’ll have a little longer to wait than we were hoping, but it’s definitely good news that the film has been officially, 100% picked up, and the 3D release would certainly suggest that Millennium are planning to give the film a very wide release next year,...
There was talk of a Us December release earlier in the month, but now Variety are reporting that Millennium Entertainment have officially acquired the Us distribution rights for the film, and are planning a 2D and 3D release in 2013.
Unfortunately, that means we’ll have a little longer to wait than we were hoping, but it’s definitely good news that the film has been officially, 100% picked up, and the 3D release would certainly suggest that Millennium are planning to give the film a very wide release next year,...
- 10/25/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Upside Down has long been one of my most anticipated films of the year, promising to be one of the most fantastic sci-fi/fantasy romantic dramas in recent memory.
Starring Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess in the leads, we saw the stunning first international trailer all the way back in January, and have seen a small number of things since then, but it has been largely very quiet; even the first official Us trailer is still yet to debut.
I’m hoping, however, that that will soon change.
Though it may not be official, the film’s release date on IMDb has recently been updated to 10th December this year, which would put it in a potential prime position in the coming awards season.
It’s worth noting, however, that this date should be taken with a pinch of salt – IMDb also list the Canadian release as 31st August this year,...
Starring Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess in the leads, we saw the stunning first international trailer all the way back in January, and have seen a small number of things since then, but it has been largely very quiet; even the first official Us trailer is still yet to debut.
I’m hoping, however, that that will soon change.
Though it may not be official, the film’s release date on IMDb has recently been updated to 10th December this year, which would put it in a potential prime position in the coming awards season.
It’s worth noting, however, that this date should be taken with a pinch of salt – IMDb also list the Canadian release as 31st August this year,...
- 10/5/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Juliette Binoche believes relationships are a ''real challenge''. The French actress - who has previously had romances with professional scuba diver Andre Helle and actor Benoit Magimel - is currently dating Argentinean writer-and-director Santiago Amigorena, and admits she constantly finds maintaining a partner difficult. She said: ''To keep [a relationship] is an art in itself. When woman are caught up in their everyday lives, habits are killers. ''You have to take time for your relationship. Because it's always there you don't pay as much attention as you should. I think staying together is a lot of a work. It's a real challenge...
- 4/11/2012
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Juliette Binoche believes relationships are a 'real challenge'. The French actress - who has previously had romances with professional scuba diver Andre Helle and actor Benoit Magimel - is currently dating Argentinean writer-and-director Santiago Amigorena, and admits she constantly finds maintaining a partner difficult. She said: 'To keep [a relationship] is an art in itself. When woman are caught up in their everyday lives, habits are killers. 'You have to take time for your relationship. Because it's always there you don't pay as much attention as you should. I think staying together is a lot of a work. It's a real challenge to be a couple.' However, the 48-year-old beauty - who has children Raphael, 18 and 12-year-old Hannah...
- 4/11/2012
- Monsters and Critics
#47. Upside Down Director: Juan SolanasWriter(s): Santiago Amigorena and Solanas Producers: Claude Léger, Dimitri Rassam, Aton Soumache, Jonathan Vanger and Alexis VonarbDistributor: Rights Available The Gist: Adam (Sturgess) is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he met once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach... a girl named Eve (Dunst)...(more) Cast: Jim Sturgess toplines supported by Kirsten Dunst. List Worthy Reasons...: I'll reiterate what I mentioned same time last year (#53 in 2011) : filmmaking is in his blood, his debut film was a Cannes invite, the short film (The Man Without a Head) I have seen of his is stellar and while I have an aversion to sci-fi/time travel related romances, if...
- 1/6/2012
- IONCINEMA.com
A new international trailer has popped up for Juan Diego Solanas' sci-fi-based romantic drama 'Upside Down'. The flick stars Kirsten Dunst ('The Virgin Suicides') and Brit actor Jim Sturgess ('21') and was co-scripted by helmer Solanas along with writing partner Santiago Amigorena. The movie will follow a man who searches an alternate universe for a long-lost love from his youth. Dunst recently gave the performance of her life in Lars von Trier's artsy sci-fi flick 'Melancholia' and will star as Eve alongside Sturgess's Adam character. If you havent' already then why not check out Jim Sturgess in Philip Ridley's excellent fantasy horror 'Heartless'. Check out the new French trailer below which features French text and subtitles but the audio is in English....
- 1/6/2012
- Horror Asylum
French trailer for Juan Diego Solanas' Upside Down, starring Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess. The Santiago Amigorena and Solanas-scripted romantic drama is produced by Claude Léger, Aton Soumache, Dimitri Rassam, Jonathan Vanger and Alexis Vonarb. Upside Down tells of auniverse where two Earths exist. There's one on top which is a paradise packed with the wealthy and the other below with the poor trying to make ends meet. The parallel planet co-exist, but robberies taking place on upper Earth by those on lower Earth force border control security to tighten. The romance comes in as Adam (Sturgess), who fell for Eve (Dunst) will do anything to see her, playing in a story of rich and poor romance. Sounds like Romeo and Juliet but in upside down worlds, opposing the relationships between the two worlds...
- 1/3/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
French trailer for Juan Diego Solanas' Upside Down, starring Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess. The Santiago Amigorena and Solanas-scripted romantic drama is produced by Claude Léger, Aton Soumache, Dimitri Rassam, Jonathan Vanger and Alexis Vonarb. Upside Down tells of auniverse where two Earths exist. There's one on top which is a paradise packed with the wealthy and the other below with the poor trying to make ends meet. The parallel planet co-exist, but robberies taking place on upper Earth by those on lower Earth force border control security to tighten. The romance comes in as Adam (Sturgess), who fell for Eve (Dunst) will do anything to see her, playing in a story of rich and poor romance. Sounds like Romeo and Juliet but in upside down worlds, opposing the relationships between the two worlds...
- 1/3/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
French trailer for Juan Diego Solanas' Upside Down, starring Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess. The Santiago Amigorena and Solanas-scripted romantic drama is produced by Claude Léger, Aton Soumache, Dimitri Rassam, Jonathan Vanger and Alexis Vonarb. Upside Down tells of auniverse where two Earths exist. There's one on top which is a paradise packed with the wealthy and the other below with the poor trying to make ends meet. The parallel planet co-exist, but robberies taking place on upper Earth by those on lower Earth force border control security to tighten. The romance comes in as Adam (Sturgess), who fell for Eve (Dunst) will do anything to see her, playing in a story of rich and poor romance. Sounds like Romeo and Juliet but in upside down worlds, opposing the relationships between the two worlds...
- 1/3/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
From Director Juan Solanas, watch this Inception-like trailer for Upside Down, starring Jim Sturgess & Kirsten Dunst. So fabulous to see more smart films coming to the cinemas deriving from the world of science-fiction!
Synopsis:
Adam is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he met once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach.a girl named Eve. Their childhood flirtation becomes an impossible love. But when he catches a glimpse of grownup Eve on television, nothing will get in the way of getting her back. Not even the law or science!
Written by Juan Solanas, Santiago Amigorena & Pierre Magny, Upside Down will be in theaters in 2012.
Synopsis:
Adam is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he met once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach.a girl named Eve. Their childhood flirtation becomes an impossible love. But when he catches a glimpse of grownup Eve on television, nothing will get in the way of getting her back. Not even the law or science!
Written by Juan Solanas, Santiago Amigorena & Pierre Magny, Upside Down will be in theaters in 2012.
- 1/3/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Today, Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinéma (Fnc), which will take place between October 12 to 23. Here's the complete line-up of feature films according to the press release we received.
Opening and closing
The 40th edition of the Fnc kicks off on Wednesday, October 12, with Declaration of War by Valérie Donzelli (France) at Cinéma Impérial (Centre Sandra & Leo Kolber, Salle Lucie & André Chagnon). This critically-acclaimed second feature by Valérie Donzelli (The Queen of Hearts) tells the love story of Roméo and Juliette who are battling to save their sick child. The director and her producer Edouard Weil will be in attendance.
Ten days later, on Saturday, October 22, Monsieur Lazhar (Quebec/Canada) by Philippe Falardeau will close the Festival. Selected to represent Canada at the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film, Monsieur Lahzar shows the efforts of an Algerian schoolteacher to help his Grade 6 students come to terms with their teacher’s death.
Opening and closing
The 40th edition of the Fnc kicks off on Wednesday, October 12, with Declaration of War by Valérie Donzelli (France) at Cinéma Impérial (Centre Sandra & Leo Kolber, Salle Lucie & André Chagnon). This critically-acclaimed second feature by Valérie Donzelli (The Queen of Hearts) tells the love story of Roméo and Juliette who are battling to save their sick child. The director and her producer Edouard Weil will be in attendance.
Ten days later, on Saturday, October 22, Monsieur Lazhar (Quebec/Canada) by Philippe Falardeau will close the Festival. Selected to represent Canada at the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film, Monsieur Lahzar shows the efforts of an Algerian schoolteacher to help his Grade 6 students come to terms with their teacher’s death.
- 9/27/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
I will soon post a list of films I have already seen that I highly recommend as well as a list of my most anticipated films screening at this year’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema. For now here is the press release from the festival. Make sure you read carefully because there are a ton of great films to check out.
Montreal, Tuesday September 27, 2011– Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinéma will be celebrating its 40th edition from October 12 to 23. For the past 40 years, Canada’s oldest film festival has offered film buffs a selection of the year’s most exciting new films — a bold lineup with plenty of whimsical and surprising elements, but one that also turns its lens on social realities and the evolution of film and new technologies. Over the course of this year’s 11-day Festival, audiences of all ages can take in features and shorts, fiction films and documentaries,...
Montreal, Tuesday September 27, 2011– Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinéma will be celebrating its 40th edition from October 12 to 23. For the past 40 years, Canada’s oldest film festival has offered film buffs a selection of the year’s most exciting new films — a bold lineup with plenty of whimsical and surprising elements, but one that also turns its lens on social realities and the evolution of film and new technologies. Over the course of this year’s 11-day Festival, audiences of all ages can take in features and shorts, fiction films and documentaries,...
- 9/27/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Canadian industry has an outstanding presence at the Venice International Film Festival, with five films officially selected: A Dangerous Method by David Cronenberg, in competition for the Golden Lion; The Moth Diaries by Mary Harron, with a Gala presentation; Marécages by Guy Édoin at the Critics Week, competing for the Lion of the Future – Luigi de Laurentiis Venice Award and the Kino Audience Award; and Café de Flore by Jean-Marc Vallée and Another Silence by Santiago Amigorena in the Venice Days section. The documentary Inni is also showing. We've written about the incredible international growth of the Canadian…...
- 9/6/2011
- Sydney's Buzz
About to premiere in Venice, Santiago Amigorena puts an arthouse spin on the revenge drama with Another Silence.On a winter night, Mary, a Toronto police officer, finds her husband and son have been violently murdered at a drive by shooting. She discovers that a drug dealer she had arrested over a year ago, Pablo Molina has summoned the murder. Mary tracks the actual killer, Molina's 20-years-old nephew down to Argentina.A journey of revenge. And a journey to come to terms with her loss.A story that spans continents while remaining intimate and personal the trailer for this one is pretty compelling stuff. Take a look below....
- 9/5/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Dueling festival lineups! It seems that for every announcement for the Toronto International Film Festival lineup comes a competing (and often overlapping) one from Venice. Here we're collecting the finalized Venice lineups so far. (Above image: Philippe Garrel's A Burning Hot Summer.)
Competition
The Ides of March (George Clooney, USA) (opening night) 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, USA) Alps (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece) A Burning Hot Summer (Philippe Garrel, France) Carnage (Roman Polanski, France/Germany/Spain/Poland) Chicken With Plums (Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, France/Belgium/Germany) A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, Canada) Dark Horse (Todd Solondz, USA) The Exchange (Eran Kolirin, Israel/Germany) Faust (Alexander Sokurov, Russia) Himizu (Sion Sono, Japan) Killer Joe (William Friedkin, USA) Life without Principle (Johnnie To, Hk) Quando la notte (Cristina Comencini, Italy) Seediq Bale (Wei Desheng, Taiwan) Shame (Steve McQueen, UK) Terraferma (Emanuele Crialese, Italy) Texas Killing Fields (Ami Canaan Mann,...
Competition
The Ides of March (George Clooney, USA) (opening night) 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, USA) Alps (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece) A Burning Hot Summer (Philippe Garrel, France) Carnage (Roman Polanski, France/Germany/Spain/Poland) Chicken With Plums (Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, France/Belgium/Germany) A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, Canada) Dark Horse (Todd Solondz, USA) The Exchange (Eran Kolirin, Israel/Germany) Faust (Alexander Sokurov, Russia) Himizu (Sion Sono, Japan) Killer Joe (William Friedkin, USA) Life without Principle (Johnnie To, Hk) Quando la notte (Cristina Comencini, Italy) Seediq Bale (Wei Desheng, Taiwan) Shame (Steve McQueen, UK) Terraferma (Emanuele Crialese, Italy) Texas Killing Fields (Ami Canaan Mann,...
- 8/9/2011
- MUBI
Now that we're done salivating over the unveiling of the Gala and Special Presentation screenings for 2011 Toronto Int. Film Festival, we now put our attention on the official selection of the Venice Film Festival sidebar know as Venice Days. Director Giorgio Gosetti has mounted an edition that includes some gem auteurs and newbie filmmakers we've been keeping tabs on for the better half of 2010/2011. For the most part consists of French productions and of the "12 feature films in the Official Selection, three Special Events, one short opening film and two special collaborations," Lou Ye's Love and Bruises - a film that was a tad not ready for Cannes is indeed ready to go on the Lido. We've been thinking great things about the film the moment Tahar Rahim was announced as the lead, hot tempered character. The second name that sticks out is vet documentarian Frederick Wiseman who last explored...
- 7/26/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Celluloid Dreams, the Sales Agent and Production Co. based out of Paris have got a pair of films playing in the festival's line-up in the closing night film Honore's Beloved and the Ucr selected Loverboy from Romania. The top title in our books is Marjane Satrapi's Chicken with Plums which is currently in post and would currently be a contender for a Venice slot and Frederick Wiseman's next docu (see pic above) and an Italian number from Marco Bellocchio called Sorelle Mai. Here is their menu items: Beloved (Les Bien-AIMÉS) by Christophe HONORÉ - Completed Greetings To The Devil (Saluda Al Diablo De Mi Parte) by Carlos Esteban Orozco - Completed Loverboy by Catalin Mitulescu - Completed Another Silence by Santiago Amigorena - Post-Production Atrocious by Fernando Barreda Luna - Completed Bullhead (Rundskop) by Michaël R. Roskam - Completed Chicken With Plums (Poulet Aux Prunes) by Marjane Satrapi...
- 5/13/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
#53. Upside Down Director: Juan Diego SolanasWriter(s): Santiago Amigorena and SolanasProducers: Claude Léger, Dimitri Rassam, Aton Soumache, Jonathan Vanger and Alexis VonarbDistributor: Rights Available. The Gist: Adam is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he met once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach... a girl named Eve. Their childhood flirtation becomes an impossible love. But when he catches a glimpse of grown‐up Eve on television, nothing will get in the way of getting her back... Not even the law or science!....(more) Cast: Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess List Worthy Reasons...: You can say that filmmaking is in his blood, and while I haven't seen Juan Diego Solanas' debut film,...
- 1/13/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Oscar-winning French actor Juliette Binoche could have settled for Hollywood stardom. Instead, she is putting the spotlight on human rights injustices in Iran
Actor, poet, painter, dancer: these are all real-life roles that Juliette Binoche has performed with varying degrees of success or, at least, recognition. But this year it is as a human rights campaigner that the 46-year-old Oscar-winning star of The English Patient has drawn perhaps most headlines.
Just recently hers was one of the celebrity names attached to the international appeal to halt the stoning to death of Mohammadi Ashtiani, the 43-year-old Iranian mother found guilty of adultery. Ashtiani had already been lashed 99 times and held in prison for five years, after confessing under torture to having affairs with two men.
Binoche was not the only actor to defend Ashtiani (Emma Thompson, Colin Firth and Robert De Niro also put their names to the campaign), but she...
Actor, poet, painter, dancer: these are all real-life roles that Juliette Binoche has performed with varying degrees of success or, at least, recognition. But this year it is as a human rights campaigner that the 46-year-old Oscar-winning star of The English Patient has drawn perhaps most headlines.
Just recently hers was one of the celebrity names attached to the international appeal to halt the stoning to death of Mohammadi Ashtiani, the 43-year-old Iranian mother found guilty of adultery. Ashtiani had already been lashed 99 times and held in prison for five years, after confessing under torture to having affairs with two men.
Binoche was not the only actor to defend Ashtiani (Emma Thompson, Colin Firth and Robert De Niro also put their names to the campaign), but she...
- 8/24/2010
- by Andrew Anthony
- The Guardian - Film News
Juliette Binoche is French film royalty, famous the world over. But nothing could prepare her for Iran, where she was chased by female fans in burqas
On the beach at Cannes, the pedlars sell knick-knacks and sun hats. They come trudging up the sand, their arms laden with shades and sombreros, beaded necklaces and kiss-me-quick baseball caps. Sometimes they make a sale; more often they don't. "Non, merci," says Juliette Binoche, who is perched at the end table of a seafront bar. "Thank you. No." I don't know what you give the woman who has everything, but I am fairly sure it's not a red sequined sombrero.
In France they call her "La Binoche", as though she is her own brand or self-contained principality. Her latest film refers to her as "She", a label that invites us to regard her as the emblem of womanhood. It is abundantly clear that...
On the beach at Cannes, the pedlars sell knick-knacks and sun hats. They come trudging up the sand, their arms laden with shades and sombreros, beaded necklaces and kiss-me-quick baseball caps. Sometimes they make a sale; more often they don't. "Non, merci," says Juliette Binoche, who is perched at the end table of a seafront bar. "Thank you. No." I don't know what you give the woman who has everything, but I am fairly sure it's not a red sequined sombrero.
In France they call her "La Binoche", as though she is her own brand or self-contained principality. Her latest film refers to her as "She", a label that invites us to regard her as the emblem of womanhood. It is abundantly clear that...
- 5/28/2010
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
- Quick Links > Koch Lorber > A Few Days in September > Santiago Amigorena > Juliette Binoche > John Turturro As foreign fare begins to redefine its niche in the states, Koch Lorber Films, best known for their straight to DVD library of contemporary international fare, has signed on as Us distributor of A Few Days in September aka Quelques jours en septembre. The film was an official selection in Venice has been picked up for distribution internationally previously, but Lorber’s decision marks its Us debut. The flick is set in September 2001 and focuses on the disappearance of Elliot, an American CIA agent who has top-secret information regarding the immediate future of the world. Irene ( Juliette Binoche ), a French agent who once worked with the missing man, teams up with Elliot’s children, including the daughter he abandoned 10 years previous, to search for him. The group is chased however, by William ( John Turturro
- 11/9/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
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