Paris and Los Angeles-based sales agency has boarded films by Nicolas Benamou, Artus and Christophe Duthuron
Paris and Los Angeles-based Other Angle Pictures has boarded three French comedy dramas: Nicolas Benamou’s We Should Have Gone to Greece, Artus’ A Little Something Extra and Christophe Duthuron’s Happiness Therapy.
The company will launch sales for all three films at this week’s Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris in the French capital.
We Should Have Gone to Greece is the latest feature from Benamou, known for co-directing local and international hit comedies Babysitting and Babysitting 2 with Philippe Lacheau, 2020’s Mystery in St. Tropez,...
Paris and Los Angeles-based Other Angle Pictures has boarded three French comedy dramas: Nicolas Benamou’s We Should Have Gone to Greece, Artus’ A Little Something Extra and Christophe Duthuron’s Happiness Therapy.
The company will launch sales for all three films at this week’s Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris in the French capital.
We Should Have Gone to Greece is the latest feature from Benamou, known for co-directing local and international hit comedies Babysitting and Babysitting 2 with Philippe Lacheau, 2020’s Mystery in St. Tropez,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The American Film Market has unveiled the initial lineup of screenings for its 2018 edition, with 64 world premieres landing amid the more than 300 films set to be showcased.
Among the world premieres are Killers Anonymous, starring Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba; Running With the Devil, starring Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne; Stano, starring Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara; Killerman, starring Liam Hemsworth; and Beautiful Darkness, starring Matthew Broderick and Chloe Sevigny.
Other films making their debut include Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, starring Christian Clavier, Guillaume Briat and Elie Semoun; Balloon, starring Friedrich Mucke and Karoline Schuch; and the documentary Fidel Up Close....
Among the world premieres are Killers Anonymous, starring Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba; Running With the Devil, starring Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne; Stano, starring Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara; Killerman, starring Liam Hemsworth; and Beautiful Darkness, starring Matthew Broderick and Chloe Sevigny.
Other films making their debut include Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, starring Christian Clavier, Guillaume Briat and Elie Semoun; Balloon, starring Friedrich Mucke and Karoline Schuch; and the documentary Fidel Up Close....
- 10/8/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The American Film Market has unveiled the initial lineup of screenings for its 2018 edition, with 64 world premieres landing amid the more than 300 films set to be showcased.
Among the world premieres are Killers Anonymous, starring Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba; Running With the Devil, starring Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne; Stano, starring Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara; Killerman, starring Liam Hemsworth; and Beautiful Darkness, starring Matthew Broderick and Chloe Sevigny.
Other films making their debut include Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, starring Christian Clavier, Guillaume Briat and Elie Semoun; Balloon, starring Friedrich Mucke and Karoline Schuch; and the documentary Fidel Up Close....
Among the world premieres are Killers Anonymous, starring Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba; Running With the Devil, starring Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne; Stano, starring Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara; Killerman, starring Liam Hemsworth; and Beautiful Darkness, starring Matthew Broderick and Chloe Sevigny.
Other films making their debut include Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, starring Christian Clavier, Guillaume Briat and Elie Semoun; Balloon, starring Friedrich Mucke and Karoline Schuch; and the documentary Fidel Up Close....
- 10/8/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
We have added a new set of pictures from the event "Global Gift Gala 2012".Eva Longoria attending the Global Gift Gala 2012 presented by Eva Longoria and hosted by Sheeva in France.Photo copyright by Pixplanete / PR Photos. Fm Laeti attending the Global Gift Gala 2012 presented by Eva Longoria and hosted by Sheeva in France.Photo copyright by Pixplanete / PR Photos. Sheeva attending the Global Gift Gala 2012 presented by Eva Longoria and hosted by Sheeva in France.Photo copyright by Pixplanete / PR Photos. Elie Semoun attending the Global Gift Gala 2012 presented by Eva Longoria and hosted by Sheeva in France.Photo copyright by Pixplanete / PR Photos. Sheeva, Leila Bekhti, Eva Longoria, Omar Sy and Fred Testot -...
- 5/31/2012
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Chicago – Episodic ensemble pieces in America often follow a contrived pattern typified by Paul Haggis’s “Crash.” Various diverse lives are juxtaposed and intersect while illustrating an overarching theme. What’s so refreshing about Bruno Podalydès’s 2009 French gem, “Park Benches,” is its utter lack of dramatic significance. It’s more interested in exploring the idiosyncrasies of humanity rather than preaching a self-important message.
Podalydès is a writer/director not known to most American moviegoers, but this thoroughly delightful comedy is bound to win the filmmaker many new fans. The vast majority of his screwball humor does not get lost in cultural translation, and produces countless moments that are laugh-out-loud funny. As a microcosm of Parisian society, “Benches” hops whimsically from one colorful scenario to the next, capturing vignettes as endearing as they are bittersweet.
DVD Rating: 4.0/5.0
What’s apparent right off the bat is the picture’s mammoth gallery of French stars.
Podalydès is a writer/director not known to most American moviegoers, but this thoroughly delightful comedy is bound to win the filmmaker many new fans. The vast majority of his screwball humor does not get lost in cultural translation, and produces countless moments that are laugh-out-loud funny. As a microcosm of Parisian society, “Benches” hops whimsically from one colorful scenario to the next, capturing vignettes as endearing as they are bittersweet.
DVD Rating: 4.0/5.0
What’s apparent right off the bat is the picture’s mammoth gallery of French stars.
- 7/29/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Paris -- The Annecy International Animation Film Festival will blow out its 50th birthday candles this year with a different toon thanks to a colorful slate of all-star guests, including Jeffrey Katzenberg, Matt Groening and Ari Folman, plus several international film premieres and professional conferences, organizers confirmed Monday. The fest kicked off Monday.
Folman will head the Feature Film Jury, which will vote on competition titles from across the globe -- this year with a particularly Asian flare. Titles include Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox," Tarik Saleh's "Metropia," Dominique Montery's "Kerity la maison des contes," Liu Jian's "Piercing 1," Mamoru Hosoda's "Summer Wars," Munehisa Sakai's "One Piece Film: Strong World" and Jean-Christophe Roger's "Allez raconte!"
This year's official selection will showcase 213 films in competition including features, short films, TV movies, educational programming, commercials, music videos and student films.
Organizers have gathered more than 50 animated personalities to...
Folman will head the Feature Film Jury, which will vote on competition titles from across the globe -- this year with a particularly Asian flare. Titles include Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox," Tarik Saleh's "Metropia," Dominique Montery's "Kerity la maison des contes," Liu Jian's "Piercing 1," Mamoru Hosoda's "Summer Wars," Munehisa Sakai's "One Piece Film: Strong World" and Jean-Christophe Roger's "Allez raconte!"
This year's official selection will showcase 213 films in competition including features, short films, TV movies, educational programming, commercials, music videos and student films.
Organizers have gathered more than 50 animated personalities to...
- 6/7/2010
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screened
Locarno International Film Festival In Competition
Riviera is a very broad title for Anne Villaceque's narrow look at a mother and daughter trying to get along amid the temptation and corruption that surrounds them on the Cote d'Azur.
Slow and sometimes incoherent, the film is unlikely to draw much attention to its ill thought out tale of what can happen to a pretty blonde who doesn't know how to say no.
Using close-ups to the point of claustrophobia, writer/director Villaceque follows Antoinette (Miou-Miou) as she cleans rooms at a swanky hotel and worries about her seldom seen daughter Stella (Vahina Giocante), who table dances at a nightclub named Milk.
Very little information is offered about the pair although there's no man about the house and when not staring vacantly, Antoinette is not above inviting the pizza delivery guy in for a beer.
Stella is vacuously gullible and believes pretty much what any man tells her including the nightclub boss who says that if she's a very good girl she can make a lot of money and get a boob job.
Impressed by a respectable looking real estate salesman named Romansky (Elie Semoun), whose room she cleans, Mom puts a card from Milk under his door. Romansky is the kind of man who is delighted equally by the automatic curtains in his room and the pornography on the television. He gets himself quickly down to Milk where he immediately spots Stella, and its downhill from there.
What might have been a cautionary tale is let down by inadequate narrative, empty scenes and the director's evident enchantment with Giocante, a love affair not entirely shared by the camera.
Agat Films & CIE -- Nicolas Blanc
No MPAA rating
Running time 94 mins.
Locarno International Film Festival In Competition
Riviera is a very broad title for Anne Villaceque's narrow look at a mother and daughter trying to get along amid the temptation and corruption that surrounds them on the Cote d'Azur.
Slow and sometimes incoherent, the film is unlikely to draw much attention to its ill thought out tale of what can happen to a pretty blonde who doesn't know how to say no.
Using close-ups to the point of claustrophobia, writer/director Villaceque follows Antoinette (Miou-Miou) as she cleans rooms at a swanky hotel and worries about her seldom seen daughter Stella (Vahina Giocante), who table dances at a nightclub named Milk.
Very little information is offered about the pair although there's no man about the house and when not staring vacantly, Antoinette is not above inviting the pizza delivery guy in for a beer.
Stella is vacuously gullible and believes pretty much what any man tells her including the nightclub boss who says that if she's a very good girl she can make a lot of money and get a boob job.
Impressed by a respectable looking real estate salesman named Romansky (Elie Semoun), whose room she cleans, Mom puts a card from Milk under his door. Romansky is the kind of man who is delighted equally by the automatic curtains in his room and the pornography on the television. He gets himself quickly down to Milk where he immediately spots Stella, and its downhill from there.
What might have been a cautionary tale is let down by inadequate narrative, empty scenes and the director's evident enchantment with Giocante, a love affair not entirely shared by the camera.
Agat Films & CIE -- Nicolas Blanc
No MPAA rating
Running time 94 mins.
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