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Cannes                                     REVIEWED BY VINCENT LE LEURCH
             Cannes 2015  2019






             BURYING YASMEEN          By Carlo Obispo with Carlos Dala,   Tel: +81 3 3505 7177   6 Place Abel Gance  Benchetrit, Lambert Wilson, Kristin
             Completed. Comedy.       Barbara Miguel, Therese Malvar.  [email protected]  92656 Boulogne-Billancourt, France  Scott Thomas, Elsa Lepoivre.
             By Phillip Clark Davis with Elaine   Luis, a boy from the country,   crei.co.jp  Tel: +33 1 41 41 21 68   One day, in the commotion of a
             Hendrix, Niki Koss, Jason Lott, Mike   ventures into the city to find his   Palais -1: 23,01  [email protected]  Paris  train  station, a  young  man
             Langer.                  younger 12-year-old sister, Lulu,   Konomi Sasaki (Sales Executive)  tf1studio.com  from a modest family begins to play
             One man’s odyssey to put a ring on   who is locked up in the dark rooms       Regis Ravanas (President-CEO),   a public piano. The world seems
             his dead ex-wife.        of a brothel.             A TOWN AND A TALL CHIMNEY   Olivier Jacobs (Executive Vice   to stop.
                                                                Completed. Environmental, 130’.
             HARD SELL                HOW SHE LEFT ME           By Katsuya Matsumura with Asato   President), Nathalie Toulza Madar   LOLA AND HER BROTHERS
             Completed. Comedy, 96’.  Completed. Drama, 107’.   Ide, Dai Watanabe, Tatsuya Nakadai.  (Deputy CEO), Sabine Chemaly    Completed. Comedy, 102’.
             By Sean Nalaboff with Kristin   By Joel Ruiz with Jm De Guzman,   In Japan in 1905, due to the national   (EVP-Int’L Distribution),    By Jean-Paul Rouve with Ludivine
             Chenoweth, Skyler Gisondo, Katrina   Rhian Ramos.  policy of giving priority to economy,   Émilie Pegurier (EVP Development &   Sagnier, José Garcia, Jean-Paul
                                                                                                                   Rouve, Ramzy Bedia.
             Bowden.                  Lio, quiet and withdrawn, finds it   air pollution by smoke has occurred   Coproductions), Cedric Troudet (EVP
             A high school student struggling to   difficult to connect with others due   at Hitachi Mine in Ibaraki Prefecture.  Theatrical and E-Cinema),    MADE IN CHINA
             help his suffering mom and their   to his condition : face blindness, an     Colombe de Cerf (EVP Acquisitions),   Completed. Comedy, 87’.
             sick dog forms an unlikely friendship   inability to recognize and remember   BLANK 13  Marie Carmen Rami Sanchez   By  Julien Abraham with Frédéric
             with a beautiful runaway.  faces.                  Completed. Drama, 70’.        (Marketing Manager),    Chau, Medi Sadoun, Julie De Bona.
                                                                By  Takumi Saitoh with Issey   Géraldine Lepicard (Int’L Sales   Francois, a young French-Chinese
                                      I’M DRUNK, I LOVE YOU
             LAST RAMPAGE  : THE ESCAPE OF   Completed. Comedy, 110’.  Takahashi, Lily Franky,  Takumi   Manager), Aurélia Tahar (Int’L Sales   photographer, hasn’t set foot in
             GARY TISON               By Jp Habac with Maja Salvador,   Saitoh.              Manager), Alice Damiani    Paris’ Chinatown or even talked to
             Completed. Drama, 93’.   Paulo Avelino, Dominic Roco, Jasmin   Following the death of his deadbeat   (VP International Sales),    his father Meng since their violent
             By Dwight Little with Robert Patrick,   Curtis-Smith.  father, a son discovers that there   Alexandre René (International Sales),   dispute ten years ago.
             Heather  Graham,  Bruce  Davison,   Days before graduation, two college   was more to him than anyone in the   Coralie Chave (SVP International
             Alex Macnicoll.          best friends go on one last road trip   family suspected.  Sales), Alice Kaminski (Acquisitions),   MEMOIR OF WAR
             The true story of the infamous prison   where they settle how they really        Pierre Olivier (Head of    Completed. Drama, 125’.
             break, of Gary Tison and Randy   feel for each other. But to put it   GHOST SQUAD  Home Entertainment ),    By Emmanuel Finkiel with Mélanie
             Greenwalt, from the Arizona State   upfront, this is not a love story.  Completed. Fantasy, 105’.  Gilles Sebbah (Exploitation et   Thierry, Benoit Magimel, Benjamin
             prison in Florence, AZ, in the summer              By Noboru Iguchi.             Marketing Catalogue),    Biolay, Shulamit  Adar, Grégoire
             of 1978.                 NEOMANILA                 A Noboru Iguchi Film ! ("Slavemen",   Mikael Govciyan (EVP Development   Leprince-Ringuet, Emmanuel
                                      Completed. Thriller, 102’.  "The machine girl", "Dead Sushi").   & Coproductions), Vincent Courtade   Bourdieu.
             NIGHTHAWKS               By Mikhail Red with Eula Valdes,   We will never forgive you. This is   (Theatrical Distribution Assistant)  1944 Paris.  When her husband
             Completed. Thriller.     Timothy Castillo.         fantastic revenge !                                is arrested by the Gestapo, then
             By Grant S. Johnson with Chase   Toto, a teenage orphan, is recruited       THE LION                  deported, Marguerite suffers the
             Crawford, Janet Montgomery, Kevin   by a notorious death squad. Irma,   I WILL NEVER FORGIVE  Production. Comedy.  long and silent agony of waiting
             Zegers.                  the groups leader, soon becomes a   Completed. Social issues, 124’.  By Ludovic Colbeau-Justin with
                                      maternal figure to the young boy. As   By Hideki Wada.  Dany Boon, Philippe Katerine, Anne   for his return.
             WE DIE YOUNG             the two form a familial bond, their   15-year-old junior high school girl,   Serra, Samuel Jouy, Sophie Verbeeck,   THE MORNING AFTER
             Completed. Drama.        loyalties will be put to the test when   Yoko, gets raped by five men until   Carole Brana.  Completed. Comedy.
                                      one of their targets turns out to be
             By Lior Geller with Jean-Claude Van                early in the morning. She manages   When a shrink breaks out his most   By Méliane Marcaggi with Alexandra
             Damme, Elijah Rodriguez, David   a familiar face.  to escape from the group rape site,   dangerous patient, to help save his   Lamy, Miou-Miou, Jonathan Zaccaï,
                                                                                         kidnapped girlfriend... And ends up
             Castaneda.               SUNDAY BEAUTY QUEEN       but when she gets home, her parents   in more trouble than he can possibly   Patrick  Mille,  Thomas  Dutronc,
             When a teenage member of a noto-  Completed. Drama, 94’.  show no interest.   imagine.                Guillaume Bouchède.
             rious Washington D.C. criminal street   By Babyruth Villarama with Hazel   IRON GIRL FINAL WARS       He gave her a night. His mom gave
             gang becomes the target of his own   Perdido, Leo Selomenio, Rudelyn   Completed. Action/Adventure, 90’.  WAY DOWN  her a clan.
             organization, the only person he can   Acosta, Cherrie Mae Bretana, Mylyn   By Kenichi Fujiwara with Kirara   Production. Thriller, 100’.
             turn to for protection is a lethal, but   Jacobo.  Asuka,  Saki Akai, Takaya Aoyagi,   By Jaume Balaguero with Freddie   NEW BIZ IN THE HOOD !
                                                                                                                   Completed. Comedy, 100’.
             drug-addicted war veteran he used   Filipina maids dream to become   Asami, Jun Amaki.  Highmore, Liam Cunningham, Astrid   By Mohamed Hamidi with Gilles
             to sell pain killers to.  Hong Kong’s beauty queens.                        Bergès-Frisbey, Sam Riley, Famke   Lellouche, Malik Bentalha, Sabrina
                                                                                         Janssen, Axel Stein, Jose Coronado,
                                                                PLANET OF AMOEBAS
             THE WORLD WE MAKE        TWO WAYS HOME             Completed. Horror, 75’.  Luis Tosar, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba,   Ouazani, Camille Lou.
             Completed. Drama.        Completed. Family, 92’.   By Yasushi Koshizaka with Nanami   Daniel Holguín.  ONE ROLE FOR TWO
             By Brian Baugh with Caleb Castille,   By  Ron Vignone  with Tanna   Kawakami.  The Bank of Spain is like no other.   Completed. Comedy, 97’.
             Rose Reid, Kevin Sizemore, George   Frederick, Tom Bowers, Rylie Behr,   Over the skies of Japan, women are   An  absolutely  impenetrable bank.   By  Anne Giafferi with Mathilde
                                                                                         A  bank  that  nobody  could  ever
             D. Escobar.              Joel West.                trapped in a meteor.                               Seigner, François-Xavier Demaison,
                                      A young woman living with bipolar                  rob. With no blueprints, no data
                  TBA STUDIOS /       disorder struggles to care for her   SMILES LEADING TO HAPPINESS  and no living person knows the   Arié Elmaleh, Marie-Anne Chazel.
                                                                                         monumental engineering work
                                                                                                                   After  a  disastrous  lip  injection,
                    TUKOFILM          cantankerous grandfather and   Completed. Social issues, 84’.  used to build the safe more than a   capricious and selfish film star Julie
               PRODUCTIONS INC.       his dilapidated farmhouse, while   By Jiro Enomoto with Mahiro   hundred years ago.  Varenne is in a total panic. To save
                  160 Luna Mencias St.,   reconciling with  her  estranged   Takasugi, Seia Yasuda.                her declining career, she has signed
                   Brgy. Addition Hills  12-year-old daughter.  A film based on the current Dental   OF LOVES & LIES  on to a comedy that starts shooting
                1500 San Juan, Philippines  US AT THE END OF THE YEAR   Care, where you will see the growth   Post-Production. Comedy, 105’.  in two days, and now her face looks
                  Tel: +63 2 398 1939   Completed. Romance, 101’.  of a young dental technician.  By Julien Rappeneau with François   like a watermelon.
                     [email protected]      By  Nestor  Abrogena  with  Nicco                  Damiens, Maleaume Paquin,
                      tba.ph          Manalo,  Emmanuelle Vera, Alex   THIS OLD ROAD - KONOMICHI  Ludivine Sagnier, André Dussolier,   PROMO REEL SCREENING
               Palais -1: 19.08 (Palais Club)   Medina, Anna Luna.  Completed. Drama, 104’.  Sébastien  Chassagne,  Laetitia   Completed.
                  (Tel: +13108695370)  Five years after their break-up,   By Kiyoshi Sasabe with Nao Omori,   Dosch, Nicolas Wanczycki, Cassiopée
                     Tito Velasco                               Akira.                   Mayance.                  REMI, NOBODY’S BOY
              (International Sales & Marketing),   ex-lovers turned friends attempt   Hakushu Kitahara left his name in   An inspiring story about the   Completed. Family, 108’.
                                      to find romance but find nothing
                     Cindy Sison                                Japanese literature and music, but   unlimited power of a child’s love to   By  Antoine Blossier with Daniel
                (Executive Sales Consultant)  except the pain of being in love   he had a wild side. He was always   help his father to get back on track.  Auteuil, Ludivine Sagnier, Virginie
                                      with someone else whom they can   drunk and engaged in adultery.             Ledoyen, Jonathan Zaccai, Zoe Boyle,
             BLISS                    never be with.                                     HOW TO BE A FRENCH LOVER   Jacques Perrin, Maleaume Paquin.
                                                                                         Completed. Comedy, 94’.
             Completed. Thriller, 100’.                         TOKYO LIVING DEAD IDOL   By Olivier Baroux with Kad Merad,   The adventures of a young orphan
             By Jerrold Tarog with Iza Calzado, Tj   WOMEN OF THE WEEPING RIVER  Completed. Action/Adventure, 82’.  Anne Charrier, Léopold Moati,   who travels with a mysterious street
                                      Completed. Drama, 113’.
             Trinidad, Ian Veneracion.  By Sheron Dayoc with Laila Putli   By  Yuki Kumagai with Nana   Pascal Elbé, Thierry Lhermitte, Anny   musician and his animals in search
             The road to recovery for a crippled   Ulao, Sharifa Pearlsia Ali-Dans.  Asakawa, Shogen, Asami.  Duperey, Lionel  Abelanski, Guy   of his long-lost origins
             actress becomes an endless                                                  Lecluyse.
             nightmare once she realizes she’s   Satra, a widow, is caught in an   WE DON’T WANNA...  Dumped for a younger man by his   ROXANE
                                                                Completed. Drama, 67’.
             trapped in a house filled with bizarre   escalating blood feud stretching   By  Yu Katsumata with Shino   80-year old lady friend, an aging   Completed. Comedy, 88’.
             phenomena while under constant   back generations.  Takeuchi, Kanae Hirohashi, Koko,   gigolo enlists his pre-teen nephew   By Mélanie Auffret, Souhaité Michaël
             threat by her husband and a strange                                         to help find his next millionaire.  with Guillaume De Tonquedec, Léa
             nurse.                      TBS GLOWDIA INC.       Miyabi Mizuhara, Ami Yuki.                         Drucker,  Lionel  Abelanski, Kate
                                         TBS Broadcast Center 18th Fl.,                  IN YOUR HANDS             Duchêne, Liliane Rovère, Michel
             GASPING FOR AIR              5-3-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku    TF1 STUDIO         Completed. Drama, 106’.   Jonasz.
             Completed. Drama, 103’.       1070052 Tokyo, Japan     1 Quai du Point du Jour,   By Ludovic Bernard with Jules   A happily married father of three,
                Screening
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