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Cannes                                     REVIEWED BY VINCENT LE LEURCH
              Cannes 2015  2018






              as a professional basketball player. He   THE WINTER  follows a team of international seals   caretaker heals family wounds before   By Philippe De Broca with Alan Bates,
              surprisingly decides to join his former   Completed. Drama, 93’.  who defend their island from mobster   the past catches up with her.  Geneviève Bujold, Pierre Brasseur, Jean-
              club which has recently been promoted   By  Emiliano Torres  with Alejandro   sharks.  CHASING THE STAR  Claude Brialy, Michel Serrault.
              to the highest level.    Sieveking, Cristian Salguero, Adriàn   THE ENCOUNTER  Completed. Drama, 96’.  MAURICE
                                       Fondari, Pablo Cedron.
              THE ONES WHO STAY        After working his whole life on an   Production. Thriller.  By Bret Miller with Yancy Butler, Rance   Completed. Drama, 140’.
              Completed. Comedy, 80’.                           By Carl Strathie with Laura Fraser, Mel   Howard.  By James Ivory with James Wilby, Hugh
              By Loïc Paillard with Benoit Chauvin,   isolated ranch in Patagonia, the old   Raido, Vincent Regan, Alice Lowe, Sid   Three Magi Priests journey the   Grant, Rupert Graves, Ben Kingsley,
                                       foreman  Evans  is forced to  retire,
              Camille Claris, Jean Fornerod, Sylvain            Phoenix, Grant Masters.   unforgiving desert in search of the   Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie
              Mossot, Marica Soyer, Zack Zublena.  replaced by Jara, a younger man who   Rural Pennsylvania, 1982, a struggling   newborn King.  Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt.
                                       plans to set up there with his wife
              Alexandre, a somewhat lost thirty-  and kids.     family have a frightening encounter   THE HEART OF MAN  OUR HOSPITALITY
              something, decides to start out in                with otherworldly beings, which will   Completed. Drama, 76’.  Completed. Thriller, 70’.
              the professional world. Loris, his   CJ ENTERTAINMENT/  lead to the truth of their daughter’s   By Eric Esau.  By Buster Keaton, Jack Blystone with
              misanthropic roommate, works on a   CJ E&M CORPORATION  disturbing disappearance.  A timeless tale of a father’s relentless   Buster Keaton, Natalie Talmadge, Joe
              "universal method to succeed in life",   26th Fl, 521, Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu  SEARCHING FOR INGMAR   pursuit of his son -- interwoven with   Keaton, Buster Keaton Jr..
              and Patrick, Alexandre’s father, decides          BERGMAN [S]               interviews of top thought-leaders on
              to stop his chemiotherapy.   06164 Seoul, Korea (South)  Production. Documentary, 95’.  brokenness, identity, and shame.  RED TREES
                                             Tel: +82 2 371 9297  By Margarethe Von Trotta, Felix Moeller          Completed. Documentary, 80’.
                    CITE FILMS               [email protected]  with Liv Ullman, Daniel Bergman, Linn   LET THERE BE LIGHT  By Marina Willer with Alfred Willer.
                    56, rue Perronet,       lineup.cjenm.com/films  Ullman, Ruben Ostlund, Jean Claude   Completed. Drama, 100’.  SEVEN CHANCES
                 1er étage-bureau de gauche    Riviera: E19     Carriere, Stig Bjorkman, Olivier Assayas,   By Kevin Sorbo with Kevin Sorbo, Sam   Completed. Family, 58’.
                92200 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France  Yoonhee Choi (Head of Int’l   Wim Wenders, Mia Hansen-Love.  Sorbo, Travis Tritt, Dionne Warwick.  By Buster Keaton with Buster Keaton,
                   Tel: +33 1 82 64 52 98  Sales & Distribution), Dani Jeong   Internationally renowned director   RESTORING THE SHACK  Ruth Dwyer, Ray Barnes, Snitz Edwards.
                   [email protected]  (Manager, Int’l Marketing), Eunji   Margarethe von Trotta takes a closer   Completed. Documentary, 495’.Join   SHERLOCK, JR.
                     citefilms.com        Kim (Director, Int’l Sales), James   look at Bergman’s life and work and   author Paul Young on an adventure   Completed. Comedy, 45’.
                                         Seo (Sales Manager), Justin Kim
              Riviera: H6 (Tel: +33 6 73 68 26 16)  (Producer, Int’l Film Production), E   explores his film legacy with Bergman’s   into the world of the best-selling book   By Buster Keaton with Buster Keaton,
                                                                                          phenomenon, “The Shack.”
                 Raphael Berdugo (President)  Seul Monica An (Assistant Producer),   closest collaborators, both in front and   Kathryn  Mcguire, Joe Keaton, Ward
                                                                behind the camera, as well as a new
              AESOP                      Min Yoon (International Marketing   generation of filmmakers.  STEPS OF FAITH  Crane.
                                                                                          Completed. Drama, 90’.
              Development. Comedy, 90’.  and Distribution), Sarah Nam (Sales              By M. Legend Brown with Charles   SPIRAL
              By Atiq Rahimi with Thomas N’Gijol,   Manager)    DAMN KIDS [S]             Malik Whitfield, Chrystee Pharris.  Completed. Documentary, 80’.
              John Malkovich (Tbc).    THE SPY GONE NORTH       Completed. Drama, 95’.    In this lighthearted comedy drama,   By Fairrie Laura.
              Inspired by the story of Aesop, the   Completed. 147’.  By Gonzalo Justiniano with Nathalia   Faith Houston is an accountant who   STEAMBOAT BILL, JR.
              slave with a deformed physique who,   By Jong-Bing Yoon.  Aragonese, Daniel Contesse, Elias   believes God has instructed her to   Completed. Comedy, 74’.
              thanks to his brilliant mind, managed             Collado, Corina Posada De Gregorio.  move to a small town to work at a   By Charles Reisner with Buster Keaton,
              to win his freedom and become an   CMG-CINEMA     In 1983, a woman fights for democracy   horse therapy farm helping children.  Marion Byron, Ernest Torrence.
              advisor to the greatest rulers in the   MANAGEMENT  in Chile under the regime of vicious             Buster plays the son of a steamboat
              sixth century BC.              GROUP LLC          dictator General Pinochet. Gladys,   THE UNMIRACLE  captain who falls in love with the
                                                                known as  “The French Girl”, is a
              THE LAWYER                  8383 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 320  young Chilean woman, attractive and   Completed. Drama, 94’.  daughter of a rival steamboat owner.
                                                                                          By Andrew Papke with Kevin Sorbo,
              Development. Comedy, 90’.  90211 Beverly Hills, California, USA  courageous, living in a working class   Stephen Baldwin.
              By Zinedine Soualem with Zinedine   Tel: +1 310 300 9959  neighborhood of Santiago.  A  suburban town  is torn  apart in   COLORBIRD INC.
              Soualem, Charles Berling (Tbc), Simon   [email protected]      the aftermath of an accidental teen   3-10-3 Kamimeguro, #307, Meguro-ku
              Abkarian (Tbc), Dany Boon (Tbc).  cinemamanagementgroup.com  MISSION KATHMANDU: THE   drug overdose in this ensemble film   153-0051 Tokyo, Japan
              In the wake of his divorce, Alain Berriba,   Lerins: M17  ADVENTURES OF NELLY AND   exploring the mysteries of modern   Tel: +81 3 6451 2885
                                                                SIMON
              a brilliant French lawyer of Algerian   Edward Noeltner (President), Dene   Completed. 3D, 85’.  faith.    [email protected]
              origin, decides to return to France after   anderberg (Vice President-Sales &   By Pierre Greco, Nancy Florence Savard   colorbird.co.jp
              a spell in Canada.        Operations), Giulia Prenna (Sales and   with Rachelle Lefevre, Noel Fisher,   VICTOR  Riviera: C3
                                                                                          Completed. Drama, 105’.
              THE DESERT BRIDE           Acquisitions Consultant), Jonathan   Colm Feore.  By  Brandon Dickerson  with  Patrick   Yasushi Miyamae (Managing Director)
              Completed. First film, 78’.  Dubow (Operations Manager), Pierre   Nelly, a young detective and Simon,   Davis, Lisa Vidal, Josh Pence.  EVERYDAY IS A GOOD DAY.
              By Cecilia Atán, Valeria Pivato with   Malpel (Intern)  a research assistant in anthropology,   Based on a true story, a migrant teen   (WORKING TITLE)
              Paulina García, Claudio Rissi.  AINBO             set off to the Himalayas on a   from Puerto Rico is forced to survive the   Post-Production. Drama, 120’.
              Teresa’s life is turned upside down   Pre-Production. Animation.  wild adventure to try and find the   dark streets of 1962 Brooklyn.  By Tatsushi Omori with Haru Kuroki,
              when she is forced to accept a job far   By José Zelada, Richard Claus.  abominable snowman.         Kirin Kiki, Mikako Tabe.
              away. On her way, she loses her bag,   Born in the deepest jungle of the   THE SCHOOL [S]  COHEN MEDIA GROUP  IT’S BORING HERE, PICK ME UP
              causing her to cross paths with El   Amazon, AINBO struggles to save her   Completed. Fantasy, 87’.  750 Lexington Avenue, 5th floor  Post-Production. Drama, 120’.
              Gringo, a traveling salesman.  homeland from the dark spirits of greed   By Storm Ashwood with Megan Drury,   10022 New York, New York, USA  By Ryuichi Hiroki with Ai Hashimoto,
              FAITH CONNECTIONS        and exploitation.        William Mcdonald, Nicholas Hope.  Tel: +1 646 380 7929  Mugi Kadowaki, Ryo Narita.
              Completed. Documentary, 115’.  FALCON LAKE        Amy, an attractive, successful surgeon,   [email protected]  Ai Hashimoto, Mugi Kadowaki, and
              By Nalin Pan.            Pre-Production. Crime.   struggles to cope with her emergency   cohenmedia.net  Ryo Narita: three popular and talented
              Filmmaker Pan Nalin travels to   By Sara Seligman with Adriana Barraza,   room duties and those of a young   Riviera: H6  young stars join with director Ryuichi
              Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s most   Camila Mendes.  mother looking after her hospitalized   Charles Cohen (Chairman-CEO), John   Hiroki in a finely chiseled exploration
              extraordinary religious events.  Taken hostage by the cartel in their bed   son who has fallen into a coma.  Kochman (Executive Vice President),   of the vagaries of the human heart.
              FRENCH TOUR              and breakfast, a mother and daughter   SOLIS [S]   Georgia Poivre (Director of Acquisitions),   ROOM LAUNDERING
              Completed. Road movie, 94’.  must survive the night while also hiding   Completed. Science-fiction, 90’.  Liz Mackiewicz (Senior Vice President   Post-Production. Drama, 109’.
              By Rachid Djaïdani with Gérard   a deadly secret.  By Strathie Carl with Steven Ogg,   Int’l Distribution), Gavin Smith (Vice   By Kenji Katagiri with Elaiza Ikeda,
              Depardieu,-Sadek, Louise Grinberg.  NOAH’S ARK    Alice Lowe.                       President)       Joe Odagiri.
              Far’Hook is a 20-year-old rapper.   Pre-Production. Musical.  Astronaut Troy Holloway awakens,       Rising young actress Elaiza Ikeda
              Following a violent dispute with a rival,   By Sérgio Machado.  trapped aboard a drifting escape pod   THE GREAT BUSTER  moves into a “haunted” home in her
                                                                                          Post-Production. Documentary.
              he’s forced to leave Paris for a while.  A musical comedy adventure about   shooting towards the sun, and quickly   By Peter Bogdanovich.  latest lead role alongside Jo Odagiri
              HONEY                    two bohemian mice embarking on the   realizes the terror of his situation and   making for a highly charismatic pair
              Completed. Drama, 96’.   quest to secure their place on Noah’s   survival.  COHEN MEDIA PROMO        in this charming and heartwarming
                                                                                          SCREENING
              By Valeria Golino with Jasmine Trinca,   iconic Ark.  COBALT PICTURES       Completed. 15’.          occult fantasy!
              Carlo Cecchi, Libero De Rienzo, Vinicio   POOR BOY                                                   CALL BOY
              Marchioni, Iaia Forte.   Pre-Production. Drama.      3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd., #100  THE GENERAL     Completed. Drama, 118’.
              Irene lives alone a pretty isolated   By Guy Pearce with Guy Pearce, Carice   91604 Studio City, California, USA  Completed. Comedy, 79’.  By Daisuke Miura with Tori Matsuzaka,
              life. Her clandestine job is to help   Van Houten, Frances O’Connor, Richard   Tel: +1 310 424 0467  By Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman   Sei Matobi.
              terminally-ill people to die with dignity   Roxburgh, Callan Mulvey, Sarah Peirse.  [email protected]  with Buster Keaton, Marion Mack,   The most provocative movie of 2018
              by giving them a drug.   A boy wakes up in the hospital on his   cobaltpictures.com  Glen Cavender.  becomes a sensational “scandal”
              ROSSO ISTANBUL           seventh birthday from an accident and   Riviera: H6  HEAT AND DUST          REON
              Completed. Drama, 117’.  tells his parents that he now belongs to   Travis Mann (President)  Completed. Drama, 133’.  Completed. Drama, 100’.With a
              By Ferzan Ozpetek with Halit Ergenç,   another family.  BROKEN MEMORIES     By James Ivory with Julie Christie, Greta   little effort, Reon Takanashi, could be a
              Nejat Isler, Tuba Büyüküstün, Mehmet   SEAL TEAM  Completed. Drama, 90’.    Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor, Christopher   ravishing beauty with knockout curves,
              Günsur.                  Pre-Production. Animation.  By  Michael Worth  with  Ivan  Sergei,   Cazenove, Julian Glover, Susan   but right now she’s merely a listless
              Ohran is a Turkish novelist who left his   By Greig Cameron.  Kelly Greyson, Rance Howard.  Fleetwood, Patrick Godfrey.  temp worker in an office. Meanwhile,
              country following a personal tragedy   An action packed family comedy from   While a son struggles with his father’s   KING OF HEARTS  the company is run by an autocratic
              which made him lose his inspiration.  the makers of ZAMBEZIA and KHUMBA   Alzheimer’s, a beautiful and mysterious   Completed. Comedy, 102’.  president, Leo Asahina, who has a
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