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Cannes REVIEWED BY VINCENT LE LEURCH
Cannes 2015 2019

MERCY BLACK Completed. Drama, 110’. Donahue, Cameron Cook, Simran Freddie Highmore, Patrick Stewart, David Danipour, Terence Tierney,
Completed. Horror, 88’. By Ritesh Batra. Hans, Brodie Lancaster, Eleanor Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Meera Rich Sands, Patrick Mark Turner,
By Owen Egerton with Daniella Rafi works as a street photographer Mcdowall, Laura Snapes. Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nonso Anozie. Abby Relic, Bridget Albough, Brando
Pineda, Austin Amelio, Jeaneane in frenzied Mumbai, snapping Firedrake, a young, clumsy, silver Abro, Kyle Eastman.
Garofolo. improvised portraits for tourists at STUPID YOUNG HEART dragon is shunned by his pack as A sorority girl being stalked by her
the city’s landmarks. Completed. Drama, 102’. inept and unworthy.
THRILLER By Selma Vilhunen with Jere ex-boyfriend disappears while on a
Completed. Horror, 90’. THE PROJECTIONIST Ristseppä, Rosa Honkonen, Pihla HAPPY FAMILY 2 date with another guy. Her ex, who
By Dallas Jackson with Noah Abbott, Completed. Documentary, 81’. Viitala, Ville Haapasalo, Abshir Production. Family. is spying on her with a bug camera,
Johnny Alexander, Jessica Allain, By Abel Ferrara. Sheikh Nur. By Holger Tappe. witnesses her abduction but when
Mykelti Williamson. Having saved the world once already, the police discover he was spying on
STIEG LARSSON – THE MAN WHO THIRD WINDOW FILMS you’d think the Wishbones would be her, he becomes the prime suspect
THE MATCH FACTORY PLAYED WITH FIRE 18B The Vale entitled to everlasting happiness,
but the formidable monster-hunter,
Domstrasse 60 Completed. Documentary, 95’. NW11 8SG London, United Kingdom Mila Starr, has other ideas. LOVELIFT
50668 Cologne, Germany By Henrik Georgsson. Tel: +818040591716 Completed. Comedy, 30’.
By David Huey with Martin Morrow.
Tel: +49 22 15 39 70 90 [email protected] JUNGLE BEAT
[email protected] TOMMASO thirdwindowfilms.com Production. Family. PINCH
By Brent Dawes.
Completed. Drama, 115’.
the-match-factory.com By Ferrara Abel with Willem Dafoe. Adam Torel (Managing Director) A little alien is begrudgingly sent to Completed. Drama, 93’.
25 boulevard La Croisette Earth to conquer the planet. By Jake Lloyd with Tony Wayne, Jake
Michael Weber (Managing Director- THE TRAITOR A DOBUGAWA DREAM Lloyd, Julie Jeanne Tyler, Melanie
Buyer), Zsuzsi Bánkuti (Acquisitions), Completed. Drama, 140’. Completed. Black comedy, 82’. KOATI Johnson, Jake Brown, Kenny Cooper,
Thania Dimitrakopoulou (Head of By Bellocchio Marco. By Asato Watanabe with Yuwa Production. Family.
Sales), Laura Nacher (Senior Sales), In the early 1980’s, an all out war Kitagaki, Takahiro Fujita, Tatsuo By Rodrigo Perez Castro with Sofia Shane Brady, Michael Wayne Foster,
Sergi Steegmann (Sales), rages between Sicilian mafia bosses. Kasano. Vergara. Mike Bridenstine, Jonny Loquasto.
Jenny Walendy (Legal & Business Tommaso Buscetta, a made man, Since the suicide of his classmate The Land of Xo is where reality and Two guys remember how to laugh,
a few years before, a young man
Affairs), Carolina Jessula (Marketing), flees to hide out in Brazil. Back home named Tatsumi stays shut inside fantasy meet - a place where real love and live when they play a
Pablo Ladera Otones his parent’s house, refusing to leave forces of nature intertwine with winner-takes-all game to win a
(Marketing/Delivery), Patrizia Barba in Italy, scores are being settled, and his room and stuck in a limbo of the magic and mysticism of our valuable baseball bat.
(Assistant To M. Weber) Buscetta’s allies are killed off one confusion and grief. ancestors and our folklore.
after another. SCREECH OF THE DECAPITATED
A REGULAR WOMAN THE LEGEND OF THE STARDUST PETS UNITED Completed. Comedy, 88’.
Completed. Drama, 90’. THE UNKNOWN SAINT BROTHERS Production. Family. By Michael Tarzian with Shannon
By Sherry Hormann. Completed. Completed. Musical, 100’. By Reinhard Klooss. Noelle Garrigus, Brittany Petros,
Young Aynur Sürücü struggles for By Aljem Alaa Eddine. By Macoto Tezuka with Kan Takagi, Gilles Marini, Willam Belli, Diana
a self determined life. As a German Moments before his capture by Shingo Kubota, Kiyohiko Ozaki, TOTEM FILMS Kyle, Debbie Rochon, Monica
Woman of Turkish descent she police, a thief digs a grave to hide a Kyoko Togawa. 8 impasse Druinot Gonzales, Harry Hart-Browne.
searches for balance between her bag of money. Released from prison 75012 Paris, France
family’s traditions and her own years later he returns to retrieve LOVE AND OTHER CULTS [email protected] Two beautiful showgirls must save
modernity, while her brothers the bag, only to find a shrine to an Completed. Black comedy, 95’. totem-films.com the world from outer space invaders,
threats escalate into violence. Unknown Saint build directly over By Eiji Uchida with Sairi Ito, Kenta 29 rue du Commandant André wrestling werewolves... and bad
Suga, Ami Tomite, Leona Hirota,
taste.
A TALE OF THREE SISTERS his loot, and a brand new village Kanae Han. Agathe Valentin (Partner),
Completed. Drama, 108’. constructed all around it. Born in a small town in Japan, a Berenice Vincent (Partner), TRUE COLOURS
By Emin Alper. young girl named Ai is sent to a cult Laure Parleani (Partner) GLORIOUS FILMS SRL
Three sisters are reunited in the THE SOLUTION commune by her religious maniac Largo Italo Gemini, 1
remote mountain village where they ENTERTAINMENT mother and lives there for seven AND THEN WE DANCED
grew up with their father. Tensions GROUP long years. Completed. Romance, 106’. 00161 Rome, Italy
run high as the girls strive to return 6525 Sunset Blvd GS4, LOWLIFE LOVE By Levan Akin with Ana Javakishvili, Tel: +39 06 37 35 23 34
to city life. Garden Suite 4 Completed. Drama, 110’. Bachi Valishvili, Levan Gelbakhiani. [email protected]
90028 Hollywood, California, USA By Eiji Uchida. A young dancer falls in love with truecolours.it
FLATLAND Tetsuo is a lowlife. As a film director, his strongest rival in conservative Riviera: A10-C1
Completed. Drama, 117’. Tel: +1 323 723 32 04 he had an indie hit many years back, Georgia. Catia Rossi (Managing
By Jenna Bass. [email protected] but refuses to go against his artistic Director-Head of Sales),
A journey of self-discovery for three thesolutionent.com integrity. TRICOAST WORLDWIDE Gaetano Maiorino (Festival &
different but equally desperate Lisa Wilson (Co-Founder-Partner) Acquisition Manager), Giulia
women, painting a vivid and unique ONE CUT OF THE DEAD 11124 W. Washington Blvd. Casavecchia (Sales Manager),
portrait of femininity against a CROWN VIC Completed. Comedy, 96’. 90232 Culver City, California, USA
hostile frontier land. Completed. Crime, 110’. By Shinichiro Ueda. Tel: +1 310 458 77 07 Francesca Tiberi (Sales Executive)
[email protected]
THE GOLDEN GLOVE THE YELLOW AFFAIR TIME VISION CO. LTD tricoastworldwide.com AMAZING LEONARDO
Post-Production. Documentary.
Completed. Thriller, 115’. Korkeavuorenkatu 25 A 1 Riviera: D3 By Jesus Garces Lambert with Luca
By Fatih Akin. 00130 Helsinki, Finland 10F-2, No. 59, Sec. 4, Zhong Marcy Levitas Hamilton (CEO), Argentero, Angela Fontana.
Fatih Akin’s horror film tells the Tel: +1 718 290 59 14 106 Taipei City, Taiwan Strath Hamilton (CEO), A fascinating journey in history and
true story of Fritz Honka and his Tel: +88 628 77 26 543 Daisy Hamilton time unveiling the mysteries behind
gruesome exploits at the "Golden [email protected] [email protected] (VP-Acquisitions the greatest genius the world has
Glove", where schmaltzy German yellowaffair.com timevision.com and Development), ever known.
songs move the boozy bar hounds to Riviera: D2 Jove Lin (General Manager) Nick Risher (Acquisitions)
tears and drinking is a reflex against (Tel: +35 850 360 03 50) THE MAYOR OF RIONE SANITA’
pain and longing. Karoliina Dwyer (CEO), Steven THE SILENCE OF OM LOVELAND / WATCH THE SKIES Post-Production. Drama.
Bestwick (Head of Sales & Business Completed. Drama, 100’. By Mario Martone with Francesco Di
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE Development), Miira Paasilinna By Lee Leading. PROMO Leva, Roberto De Francesco, Adriano
GUSMÃO Completed. Science-fiction, 40’. Pantaleo, Massimiliano Gallo.
Completed. Drama, 135’. DOGS DON’T WEAR PANTS TIMELESS FILMS By Senn Ivan.
By Aïnouz Karim. Post-Production. Drama, 103’. STOLEN DAYS
Rio de Janeiro, 1950. Euridice, 18 By Valkeapää J-P with Krista 55 Loudoun Road, St John’s Wood MY LAST FRIEND Post-Production. Drama.
and Guida, 20, are two inseparable Kosonen, Pekka Strang. NW8 0DL London, United Kingdom Completed. Drama, 105’. By Guido Lombardi with Riccardo
sisters. They live at home, and each The film tells a story of Juha, who Tel: +44 776 078 66 25 Scamarcio, Massimo Popolizio,
has a dream: becoming a renowned has lost his wife in an accident. [email protected] TRIGOLD Augusto Zazzaro, Carlo Cerciello,
pianist, or finding true love. Years after, he still feels numb and timelessfilms.co.uk ENTERTAINMENT INC. Giorgio Careccia.
unable to connect with people. Vieux Port: The Bettina Yacht, 13251 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 2 Salvo is 5 years old when his father
O BEAUTIFUL NIGHT Meeting Mona, a dominatrix, Quay Albert 91604 Studio City, California, USA Vincenzo gets arrested and put
Completed. Drama, 89’. changes everything. DOGS DON’T Ralph Kamp (Chairman & CEO), Tel: +1 818 259 63 94 in jail.
By Xaver Böhm. WEAR PANTS is a darkly humorous Rebecca Kamp (Vice President Int’L
In this Faustian tale, anxious Yuri story of loss, love and the sweet Marketing & Publicity), [email protected] AN ALMOST ORDINARY
finds himself face-to-face with pain of being. Gareth Kamp (Vice President trigoldentertainment.com SUMMER
Death. Yuri is forced to confront his Int’L Sales & Distribution) Judy Kim (President CEO) Completed. Comedy, 100’.
fears over the course of a fateful ROMANTIC COMEDY By Simone Godano with Alessandro
night. Completed. Documentary, 78’. DRAGON RIDER FEARCAM
By Elizabeth Sankey with Jessica Production. Animation. Completed. Drama, 89’. Gassman, Fabrizio Bentivoglio,
PHOTOGRAPH Barden, Charlie Lyne, Anne T. By Tomer Eshed with Felicity Jones, By Michael Morris with Brian Combs, Jasmine Trinca, Filippo Scicchitano.
Screening
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