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Cannes                                     REVIEWED BY VINCENT LE LEURCH
              Cannes 2015  2018






                 [email protected]  Catia Rossi (Managing Director-Head   Girardello, Galatea Bellugi, Ksenia   Manager), Silje Nikoline Glimsdal (Sales   Biagiotti (Sales Manager)
                    timelessfilms.co.uk  of Sales), Gaetano Maiorino (Festival   Rappoport, Ivan Franek, Noa Zatta,   & Project Manager)  VERSACE
                The Bettina Yacht, Quay Albert  and Sales Manager), Giulia Casavecchia   Valeria Golino.  A BETTER LIFE  Development. Drama.
                Ralph Kamp (Chairman & CEO),   (Sales Manager), Francesca Tiberi (Sales   The young superhero Michele is now   Post-Production. Historical, 90’.  By Bille August.
               Rebecca Kamp (Vice President Int’l   Executive)  16  and  is  facing  all  the  troubles  of   By Michael  Noer  with  Jesper   A Biopic about the intimate life and
               Marketing & Publicity), Gareth Kamp   GOLEM      his age. But it’s hard to be a normal   Christensen, Clara Rosager, Magnus   rise of Gianni Versace in the fashion
              (Vice President Int’l Sales & Distribution)  Pre-Production. Science-fiction.  teenager after having discovered you   Krepper, Elliott Crosset Hove, Ghita   designer business.
              DRAGON RIDER             RIDE                     have super powers.        Nørby.                   YOUTOPIA [S]
              Production. Animation.   Post-Production. Horror.  IT HAPPENS               As winter approaches in rural 1850s   Post-Production. Drama, 94’.
              By Tomer Eshed.          By Jacopo Rondinelli.    Completed. Comedy, 94’.   Denmark, an old farmer and hisfamily   By Berardo Carboni with Matilda De
              Firedrake, a young, clumsy, silver   Jesse and Claude are two extreme   By Francesca Mazzoleni with   face starvation.  Angelis, Alessandro Haber, Donatella
              dragon is shunned by his pack as   sports athletes, two riders in continuous   Margherita Morchio, Matilde Passera,   CONGO  Finocchiaro, Federico Rosati, Paolo
              inept and unworthy.      challenge and search of money.  Matteo Oscae Giuggioli.  Post-Production. Drama, 110’.  Sassanelli, Luca Lionello, Antoine-
              PETS UNITED              AS NEEDED                JUST BELIEVE              By Marius Holst with Aksel Hennie,   Olivier Pilon.
              Production. Animation.   Completed. Comedy, 92’.  Completed. Comedy, 100’.  Tobias Santelmann, Ine Jansen, Hakeem   18-year-old Matilde makes money by
              By Reinhard Klooss.      By Francesco Falaschi with Vinicio   By Alessandro Aronadio with Edoardo   Kae-Kazim.  stripping online. But she has a special
                                       Marchioni,  Valeria Solarino, Luigi   Leo,  Margherita  Buy,  Giuseppe   When Tjostolv Moland is found dead in   place out of her drab real life, a parallel
              HAPPY FAMILY                                      Battiston.                his cell after four long years in prison,   online universe.
              Completed. Animation, 96’.  Fedele.               Massimo is the owner of a crumbling   Joshua French is accused of murdering
              By Holger Tappe with Emily Watson,   Arturo, talented chef with a troubled   bed and breakfast with too few clients   his best friend.  BETTER DAYS
              Jason Isaacs, Nick Frost, Jessica Brown   past, is assigned to serve community   to host and too many taxes to pay.  Completed. Comedy, 90’.
              Findlay, Celia Imrie, Catherine Tate.  services as a cooking teacher Institute   THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT  By Alessio Di Giambattista with Cody
              An animated, action-packed, family   for a group of guys with Asperger’s   LIKE A CAT ON A HIGHWAY  Post-Production. Drama, 150’.  Brotter, Zachary Mooren, Mitch Eakins,
              adventure starring the  Wishbone   syndrome.      Completed. Comedy, 98’.   By Lars Von Trier with Matt Dillon,   Sarah Lindsey, James Duval, Jodi Moore,
              Family, who despite the title are far   BLESSED MADNESS  By Riccardo Milani with Paola Cortellesi,   Bruno Ganz,  Uma  Thurman,  Riley   Jamie Gray Hyder.
              from happy.              Completed. Comedy, 109’.  Antonio Albanese, Claudio Amendola.  Keough, Sofie Gråbøl, Siobhan Fallon   John and his lifelong friends are
                                       By Carlo Verdone, Carlo Verdone, Ilenia   What  happens  when  the  teenage   Hogan.  spending New Year’s Eve for the first
              JIM BUTTON AND LUKE THE                           children of the most diverse people   “The greatest cathedrals have sublime   time  in his  big  family house  in  the
              ENGINE DRIVER [S]        Pastorelli.              on of earth fall in in love? He is an   artwork hidden in the darkest of   Napa Valley.
              Completed. Family, 105’.  Guglielmo is the owner of a religious   intellectual and she is a former cashier   corners for only God to see... so does
              By Dennis Gansel with Henning   items shop who just got dumped by   with a common goal, this love story,   MURDER!”  EDHEL [S]
              Baum, Solomon Gordon,  Annette   his wife Lidia. Depressed and unable   which has the life expectations of a   Completed. Family, 84’.
              Frier, Christoph Maria Herbst, Uwe   to enjoy anything else in life, he gets   THE QUAKE             By Marco Renda with Gaia Forte,
              Ochsenknecht, Michael Bully Herbig.  his life turned upside down by his   cat on a highway, must end!  Post-Production. Second film, 105’.  Roberta Mattei, Mariano Rigillo, Nicolò
              Once upon  a  time there was a tiny   new employee, the cheery suburban   MICHELANGELO-ENDLESS  By  John Andreas Andersen  with   Ernesto Alaimo, Fioretta Mari.
                                       girl Luna.
              island  called Morrowland, which                  Completed. Biography.     Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp.  Edhel is a young girl born with a
              consisted of only two mountains,   DISCONNECTED   By Emanuele Imbucci with Enrico Lo   In 1904 an earthquake of magnitude   malformation that makes her ears look
              a picturesque palace, one house, a   Completed. Comedy, 90’.  Verso, Ivano Marescotti.  5.4 on the Richter scale shook Oslo.   pointy, like those of an Elf, setting her
              grocery store, a set of train tracks and   By Cristian Marazziti with Fabrizio   The life of the genius of Italian   The earthquake had its epicenter in the   apart from her peers.
              four inhabitants.        Bentivoglio, Carolina Crescentini.  Reinassance, his fascinating and and   "Oslo Graben" which runs under the   FALLING
                                       Ettore Ranieri, famous writer and guru   varied artistic production that left   Norwegian capital.  Completed. Drama, 105’.
              TRICOAST WORLDWIDE       of the analogical world, decides to   an everlasting sign in the history of   SONJA-THE WHITE SWAN  By Marina Stepanska with Andriy
                 11124 W. Washington Blvd.  spend a few days with his family in their   universal art.  Post-Production. Drama, 100’.  Seletskiy, Dasha Plahtiy, Oleg
                90232 Culver City, California, USA  house in the mountains to celebrate   MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING   By Anne Sewitsky with Ine Marie   Mosiychuk,  Larysa  Rusnak,  Christian
                   Tel: +1 310 458 7707  his birthday.          (WT)                      Wilmann, Valene Kane, Eldar Skar,   Boris.
                   [email protected]  DISTANCES               Completed. Comedy, 89’.   Anders Mordal, Malcolm Adams.  A fragile love story set in the
                   tricoastworldwide.com  Completed. Drama, 99’.  By Alessanro Genovesi with Diego   The true story of one of the world’s   young generation of today’s post-
               Riviera: D3 (Tel: +3104354481)  By Elena Trapé with Alexandra Jimenez,   Abatantuono, Monica Guerritore,   greatest athletes and the inventor of   revolutionary Ukraine.
                                                                                          modern figure skating, who decides to
               Marcy Levitas Hamilton (CEO), Strath   Bruno Sevilla.  Salvatore Esposito, Cristiano Caccamo.  go to Hollywood in 1936 to become a   THE ISLE OF MEDEA
                Hamilton (CEO), Daisy Hamilton   Olivia, Eloy, Guille and Anna travel   Antonio and Paolo live happily together   movie star.  Completed. Documentary, 90’.
               (VP-Acquisitions and Development),   to Berlin to visit by surprise their   in Berlin and are finally getting married.   By  Sergio  Naitza  with  Pier  Paolo
                 Genesis Torres (International   friend Comas who turns 35 years   They decide to celebrate in the small   SWOON  Pasolini, Maria Callas, Piero  Tosi,
                     Coordinator)      old. He doesn’t receive them as they   village where Antonio’s parents live.  Post-Production. Romance, 110’.  Ninetto Davoli, Dacia Maraini, Piera
                                       expected, and during the weekend their   NAPLES IN VEILS  By Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein with
              CHINA SALESMAN           contradictions emerge and friendship is            Pernilla August, Albin Grenholm, Frida   Degli Esposti.
              Completed. Action/Adventure, 110’.  put to the test.  Completed. Thriller, 109’.  Gustavsson, Robert Gustafsson.  On the 40th anniversary of the death
              By Tan Bing with Steven Seagal, Mike              By  Ferzan  Ozpetek  with  Giovanna   The story about two rivaling amusement   of Maria Callas (September 16, 1977),
              Tyson, Dong Xue Li.      EUPHORIA                 Mezzogiorno, Alessandro Borghi.  parks in a raging feud.  with footage never seen before from
              In Africa, a Chinese engineer/salesman   Completed. Drama, 120’.  In a Naples suspended between      Pier Paolo Pasolini’s film MEDEA,
              comes  face-to-face  with  a  corrupt   By  Valeria  Golino  with  Valerio   magic and superstition, madness and   THAT TIME OF YEAR  this film celebrates the genius and
              competitor over the contract for the   Mastrandrea, Riccardo Scamarcio.  rationality, a mystery envelops the   Post-Production. Comedy, 100’.  sensibility of two icons of the XX
              first mobile telecom technology.  The second film by the director and   existence of Adriana, overwhelmed by   By Paprika Steen with Paprika Steen,   century.
                                       famous actress, following the popular   a sudden love and violent crime.  Sofie  Gråbøl,  Lars  Brygmann,  Jacob
              EVERYDAY HERO            Miele, stars Riccardo Scamarcio and                Lohmann.                 RESURRECTION
              Completed. Action/Adventure, 90’.  Valerio Mastandrea as two brothers  PUT GRANDMA IN THE FREEZER  This year at Katrine and Mads’ house   Completed. Drama, 110’.
                                                                Completed. Comedy, 100’.
                                                                                                                   By Kristof Hoornaert with Johan Leysen,
              HOUSE OF SWEAT AND TEARS  THE HANDYMAN            By Giancarlo Fontana, Giuseppe G.   the family will once again be united   Gilles De Schryver, Kris Cuppens.
              Completed. Thriller, 104’.  Completed. Comedy, 98’.  Stasi with Fabio De Luigi, Miriam Leone,   around Christmas Eve and on a   A hermit who takes in a half-naked
              By Sonia Escolano.       By  Valerio  Attanasio  with  Sergio   Lucia Ocone, Marina Rocco.  traditional holiday like this, there has   young man is faced with an agonising
              She, leader of a religious sect, leads a   Castellitto, Guglielmo Poggi, Elena   Is it acceptable to swindle the state   to be room for everyone.  dilemma...
              group of people. All live together in a   Sofia Ricci.  when the state swindles you? This is   WILDWITCH
              claustrophobic place. The arrival of a   Antonio is a young lawyer apprentice   the doubt that grips Claudia, a young   Post-Production. Action/Adventure,   UDI-URBAN
              mysterious character changes everything.  dreaming of joining his mentor’s   art restorer who manages to make ends   90’.  DISTRIBUTION
              THE LAST MOVIE STAR      prestigious firm. But Salvatore "Toti"   meet thanks to her grandma’s pension,   By Kaspar Munk with Gerda Lie Kaas,   INTERNATIONAL
              Completed. Drama, 90’.   Bellastella, the best lawyer in Italy is   because the Superintendence is late   Sonja Richter, Signe Egholm Olsen,   14, rue du 18 Août
              By Adam Rifkin with Burt Reynolds,   also an exploitative tyrant!.  paying her.  Henrik Mestad.           93100 Montreuil, France
              Ariel Winter, Clark Duke, Chevy Chase.  I’M BACK                            12-year-old Clara is just like any other   Tel: +33 1 48 70 46 56
              An aging, former movie star is forced   Completed. Comedy, 92’.  TRUSTNORDISK  girl until one day a mysterious black   [email protected]
              to face the reality that his glory days   By  Luca  Miniero  with  Massimo   Filmbyen 30  cat scratches her. Clara soon discovers   urbandistrib.com
              are behind him.          Populizio, Frank Matano.      2650 Hvidovre, Denmark  that she can communicate with the cat.  Riviera: H2
                                                                      Tel: +45 29 74 62 06
                  TRUE COLOURS         Rome. Today. After 80 years since his   [email protected]  TVCO             Frédéric Corvez (President),
                                       death,  Benito  Mussolini reappears
                                                                                                                      Eric Schnedecker (International
               GLORIOUS FILMS SRL      in Piazza Vittorio. The war is over, his   trustnordisk.com  Via Buccari 16   Sales Manager), Delphyne Besse
                   Largo Italo Gemini, 1  beloved Claretta is gone and everything   10 Rue Buttura, 1st floor  00195 Rome, Italy  (International Sales Manager), Louise
                    00161 Rome, Italy  seems changed.                (Tel: +4 528 721 474)      Tel: +39 335273654  Ronzet (International Sales), Arnaud
                   Tel: +39 06 3735 2334  INVISIBLE BOY-SECOND     Silje Glimsdal (Sales & Project   [email protected]  Bélangeon-Bouaziz (International Sales,
                    [email protected]  GENERATION               Manager), Susan Wendt (Director   tvco.eu          Tv Sales, Festivals), Claire Beaudoin
                     truecolours.it    Completed. Fantasy, 100’.  of International Sales & Marketing),   Riviera: C1 (Tel: +393 333 305 054)  (Post-Production & Services), Jean-
                     Riviera: A10      By Gabriele Salvatores with Ludovico   Nicolai Korsgaard (Senior Sales   Vincenzo Mosca (President), Geremia   Jacques Rue (Acquisitions)
              [S] Screening
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