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Cannes                                     REVIEWED BY VINCENT LE LEURCH
              Cannes 2015  2018






              By Michele Russo with Francis Ford   TWERKUMENTARY  CINEMA NOVO             Orlin Pavlov.            planning for the future. After Orlando
              Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Talia Shire,   Completed. Documentary, 62’.  Completed. Documentary, 90’.  When Aaron, an ex-fighter, turns to   suddenly dies, Marina is forced to
              Robert Schwartzman, Roman Coppola,   By Diana Manfredi with Diplo Diplo, Big   By Eryk Rocha.  music after years of being knocked   confront his family and society to
              Marc Coppola, Jason Schwartzman,   Freedia, Jameela Jamil, E 40, Too Short,   A  documentary  that  poetically   around and left with permanent mental   defend her identity as a complex,
              Michele Russo.           Kreay Shawn, George Clinton.  investigates the main latin american   disabilities, he falls for Jana, an off-  strong, forthright, fantastic woman.
              A documentary exploring the origins of   A film about twerking, freedom of   cinematic movement, through the   centered Bulgarian immigrant living   NERUDA
              the famed Coppola family of musicians   expression and how music & the   thoughts of its main authors: Nelson   in New York.  Completed. Drama, 108’.
              and filmmakers.          Internet influence genres & cultures   Pereira dos Santos, Glauber Rocha,   By Pablo Larrain with Gael Garcia
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              THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO   all around the world.    Leon Hirszman, Joaquim Pedro de   PRODUCTIONS CO.,  Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Moran,
              MATTEI                   VLAD’S LEGACY             Andrade, Ruy Guerra, Walter Lima Jr.,             Pablo Derqui, Alfredo Castro.
              Completed. Black comedy, 78’.  Completed. Horror, 89’.  Paulo César Saraceni, and others.  LTD.      It’s 1948 and the Cold War has reached
              By Antonio Andrisani,  Pascal  Zullino   By Patricio Valladares with Gianni   HUMAN PERSONS  #214 THE SHARE 3-25-18 Jingumae,  Chile.
              with Flavio Bucci, Andrea Osvart,   Capaldi, Natalie Burn, Selma Ergeç.  Completed. Drama, 100’.  Shibuya-ku
              Mimmo Calopresti.        Filmmaker John Gillespie and his   By Frank Spano.      1500001 Tokyo, Japan      FUTURIKON
              A cynical film director and his assistant   crew travel to Turkey to document the   A criminal named Nando returns to   Tel: +81 0 80 9467 0401  12, rue de Turenne
              seek revenge from failure remaking   legend of Vlad The Impaler, only to find   his native Latin America after 30 years,   [email protected]  75004 Paris, France
              the famous movie by Pasolini but   themselves caught up in a centuries old   with just one thing in mind—taking   freestone.jp  Tel: +33 1 44 61 94 61
              focusing on the disasters caused by   conspiracy in a village nestled on the   an organ from a human victim and   Palais -1: 23,01  [email protected]
              oil extractions in their wasteland of   outskirts of Istanbul.  smuggling it back to the United States.  Momoko Nakamura (International   futurikon.com
              Basilicata, in the south of Italy.  WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED             Sales), Shizuka Murakami (International   Riviera: L10
              HUMAN HAPPINESS          STATES                    FORESIGHT UNLIMITED                Sales)          Philippe Delarue (Exec. Producer-CEO),
              Completed. Documentary, 85’.  Completed. Documentary, 87’.  9903 Santa Monica Blvd. #3000  THE CHRYSANTHEMUM AND THE   Fazia Madouni (Senior Vice President,
              By Maurizio Zaccaro with Serge   By Luis Prieto with Stephen Bates,   90212 Beverly Hills, California, USA  GUILLOTINE  Sales), Manon Thibodot (Marketing,
              Latouche, Sergio Castellitto, Ermanno   Bonnie Bolitho, Patricia Cameron.  Tel: +1 310 275 5222  Post-Production. Romance, 189’.  Executive Assistant of Philippe Delarue),
              Olmi.                    An insight into the lives and minds   [email protected]  By  Takahisa Zeze with Masahiro   Loïc Ronget (Communication Designer)
              Poverty growing, social and economic   of Middle America, a portrait of fears   foresight-unltd.com  Higashide, Mai Kiryu.  MINUSCULE-THE MANDIBLES
              instability, war, fanaticism: how can   and beliefs focusing on trending issues   Mark Damon (CEO), Tamara Birkemoe   In 1920’s. In the chaos caused by the   FROM FAR AWAY [S]
              contemporary man be happy in such   like gun control, healthcare, latent   (President), Maggie Damon (Executive)  Great Kanto Earthquake and early steps   Completed. Animation, 60’.
              a context?               racism, in the months leading up to the            of militarism, the nation-wide circuit of
                                       unparalleled 2016 election.  THE LAST FULL MEASURE                           GAGA CORPORATION
              JUST RIGHT HERE                                    Post-Production. Historical.  lady sumo wrestlers has started.
              Completed. Documentary, 70’.  FM PRODUÇÕES         By Todd Robinson with Sebastian Stan,   BORN BONE BORN  TY Bldg., 2-22-18 Minami-Aoyama,
              By  Simone Carnesecchi, Tommaso                    Christopher Plummer, Ed Harris, William   Completed. Second film, 115’.  Minato-ku
              Lusena De Sarmiento with Pierre   Rua Bulhões de Carvalho, 619/ap 602  Hurt, Diane Ladd, Peter Fonda, Bradley   By Toshiyuki Teruya with Eiji Okuda,   107-0062 Tokyo, Japan
              Vignon, Aldo Fogazza, Sofia Engberg   22081-000 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil  Whitford,  Michael  Imperioli,  Linus   Ayame Misaki, Michitaka Tsutsui.  Tel: +81 3 5786 7135
              Jame.                        Tel: +55 21 995 869 999  Roache, John Savage.  Takashi comes back to his hometown in   [email protected]
              An intimate diary of two shamans   [email protected]  The true story of William Pitsenbarger,   Aguni island, Okinawa for his mother’s   gaga.co.jp
              helping locals facing the destruction   fmproducoes.com.br  an Air Force medic who saved over 60   Senkotsu. His father Nobutsuna is living   Riviera: D13
              of the sacred Wirikuta desert in Mexico.  Palais -1  men before being killed in the bloodiest   alone like a dead after his wife’s death.  Tom Yoda (Chairman of The Board
              LATE WINTER RAIN            José Fernando Muniz De Melo   battle of the Vietnam War.  FAMILY STORY     of Directors-CEO), Satomi Odake
              Completed. Romance, 100’.       (President-CEO)    WE DIE YOUNG             Completed. Drama, 79’.      (Operating of ficer Acquisition-
              By Ciro De Caro with Roberto   CLAMOR              Completed. Thriller, 95’.  By Takeyoshi Yamamoto with Masaki   Planning), Chizu Ogiya (General
              Caccioppoli,  Rossella  D’Andrea,   Development. Drama.                     Okada, Naomi Zaizen, Saburo Tokito,   Manager-Acquisition Div.), Eiji Murano
              Claudia Vismara, Nicola Di Pinto, Anita   By Malu De Martino with Marjorie   FRANCE TELEVISIONS  Riko Narumi.  (Operating of ficer Acquisition-
              Zagaria, Gianni D’Andrea.  Estiano, Irandhir Santos,  Antônio   DISTRIBUTION  In middle school, lead character, Takuya   Planning), Kiyoshi Watanabe (CEO
              When Libero goes back to his   Calloni, Mirela Pascual.  37-45, quai du Président-Roosevelt,  experiences a major setback in his life   (Gaga America)), Haruko Watanabe
              hometown to say farewell to his dying   GAUGUIN & CANAL   Immeuble EOS      and ever since feels repulsion and   (Manager-Int’l Sales Dept.), Natalie
              grandmother, spring rain washes away   Development. Drama.  92130 Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France  defiance against his father whose only   Miura (International Sales Dept.), Kazuo
              the wintry stillness to help him finding   By Frank Spano with Jean Reno,   goal seemed to make Takuya take over   Ohnuki (Senior Procuder, New Business
              his true identity and love.  Bardem Carlos.            Tel: +33 1 56 22 68 24  the business.               Development Div.)
                                                                       [email protected]
              LIVING IN NAPLES         Old and sick, the painter Paul Gauguin   contentsales.francetvdistribution.fr  THE GUN  MY FRIEND “A” [S]
              Completed. Comedy, 88’.  is tried by the French authorities in   Majestic   Completed. Drama, 98’.   Post-Production. Drama, 129’.
              By Edoardo De  Angelis, Guido   Tahiti, while obsessed painting his last   Christel Delahaye (Head of Acquisitions)  By Masaharu  Take with Nijiro   By Takahisa Zeze with Toma Ikuta.
              Lombardi, Francesco Prisco with   great work.                               Murakami, Alice Hirose, Lily Franky.  An ex-journalist Masuda whose article
              Giovanni Esposito, Massimiliano Gallo,   QUANDO EU NÃO ESTIVER  KINGS FOR A DAY  On  a nighttime  walk  along  a Tokyo   caused a scandalous  fatality  now
              Miriam Candurro.         Development. Romance.     Completed. Drama, 84’.   riverbank, a young man named   works at a small factory. He learns
              Three stories about cultural integration,   By Beto Rodrigues.  By Xabi Molia with Kad Merad, Sylvie   Nishikawa stumbles on a dead body,   that his colleague Suzuki is a former
              one tribute to the welcoming and   Haydée, a woman in her fifties, is a   Testud, Kacey Mottet Klein.  beside which lies a gun.  convict who killed some children back
              multiethnic city of Naples in light tones   retired music teacher. Abandoned by   Despite involving his son Micka in his   in middle school.
              of comedy.               her husband and distant from her only   door-to-door scam operation, Joseph   HANAGATAMI  SUMMER BLOOMS
                                                                                          Completed. Drama, 169’.
              OUR LAST                 son, she concludes that there is no   can no longer make ends meet.  By Nobuhiko Obayashi with Shunsuke   Completed. Drama, 88’.
              Completed. Black comedy, 91’.  meaning in her life, but she does not   THE RED COLLAR  Kubozuka,  Honoka Yahagi, Takako   By Ryutaro Nakagawa with  Aki
              By Ludovico Di Martino with Guglielmo   have the courage to commit suicide.  Completed. Drama, 90’.  Tokiwa.  Asakura, Takahiro Miura.
              Poggi, Fabrizio Colica, Pietro De Silva.  VENEZA   By Jean Becker with Francois Cluzet,              Hatsumi, 27 years old, has a secret.
              The incredible journey of two brothers   Production. Drama, 100’.  Nicolas Duvauchelle.  MARRIAGE HUNTING BEAUTY  Three years after her boyfriend died,
              with the coffin of their mother,   By  Miguel  Falabella  with  Rodrigo   In  1919, in a  small  town under  the   Completed. Drama, 90’.  she receives a letter from him. In the
              rediscovering themselves and their   Santoro, Maura Carmen, Dira Paes,   crushing heat of summer, a war hero   By Akiko Oku with Asami Usuda.  night of summer, she confess her past.
              relationship.            Caio  Manhante,  Macarena  García,   is held prisoner in an abandoned   SAKURANBO NO KOI  WE MAKE ANTIQUES!
              OXYGEN                   Georgina Barbosa.         barracks.                Completed. Drama, 117’.  Completed. Drama, 110’.
              Completed. Documentary, 57’.  Seeing Venice has always been Gringa’s   FREE DOLPHIN  By Tomoyuki Furumaya with Daisuke   By Masaharu Take with Kiichi Nakai,
                                                                                          Miyagawa, Yuki  Sakurai, Takuya
              By  Piero  Cannizzaro  with Agrippino   greatest dream (Carmen Maura), a   INTERNATIONAL             Kuranosuke Sasaki.
              Costa.                   brothel owner in southern Brazil. Her   10, rue du Dôme  Kusakawa.          TBC
              After serving his 20-year sentence in   coworkers will have to overcome all   FUNNY BALLOONS
              prison being almost led to insanity   the challenges to take Gringa to the   92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France  GAUMONT
              and trying to escape multiple times,   romantic Italian city.  Tel: +33 1 46 10 01 45  4 bis, rue Saint-Sauveur  30, Av. Charles de Gaulle
              Agrippino Costa struggles for a normal   NEW AMSTERDAM  [email protected]        75002 Paris, France   92200 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France
              life holding onto arts.  Post-Production. Historical, 100’.  freedolphinentertainment.com  Tel: +33 1 40 13 05 86  Tel: +33 1 46 43 20 00
              RED SKIES-BASSANO AT WAR  By Edson Soares with Paulo Cezar   Fiorenza Cella (President), Bruno   [email protected]  [email protected]
                                                                                                funny-balloons.com
              Completed. Documentary, 85’.  Pereio,  Anselmo  Vasconcellos,   Maccarone  (Acquisitions),  Bertrand         gaumont.net
              By Giorgia Lorenzato, Manuel   Leonardo Miggiorin, Joana Fomm,   Reignier (Head of Acquisitions), Cecile   17 Square Mérimée, 2nd floor  Christophe Riandee (Vice CEO), Cécile
                                                                                              (Tel: +33 6 85 73 87 02)
              Zarpellon.               Marcelia Cartaxo, Ittala Nandi, Roney   Baduel (Legal Manager), Marine      Gaget (Head of International Production
              The first documentary to have   Villela, Charles Paraventi, André Di   Mutinelli-Szymanski (Int’l Sales)  Renan Artukmac (International Sales)  and Distribution), Jerome Hilal (Directeur
              obtained  the scientific certification   Mauro, Thalitta Kume.  ALL SHE WROTE  A FANTASTIC WOMAN     Distibution France), Franck  Weber
              of the University Committee for the   A Love story duiring the Dutch invasion   Completed. Romance, 90’.  Completed. Drama, 104’.  (Directeur Du Developpement), Francis
              Centenary of the Great War of the   in the Brazilian Northeast in XVIIth   By Niki Iliev with Gary Dourdan, Roy   By Sebastián Lelio with Daniela Vega.  Boespflug (Cinema Consultant), Jérôme
              University of Padua.     century                   Hill, Bashar Rahal, Sanya Borisova,   Marina and Orlando are in love and   Soulet  (Directeur Vidéo, Télévision  Et
              [S] Screening
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