Gilles Bourdos’ Cross Away, starring Vincent Lindon, a French remake of Steven Knight’s 2013 film Locke that starred Tom Hardy, is being launched at the EFM by Newen Connect.
Lindon plays the head of a construction company who takes a series of telephone calls in his car during one long night. The voices of his wife, his mistress, his boss and his co-worker and will be played by Micha Lescot, Pascale Arbillot, Gregory Gadebois, Brigitte Catillon and Cédric Kahn. Curiosa Films is producing.
Also in post for Newen is Marie-Hélène Roux’s second feature Mending Lives about real-life Congolese doctors Denis Mukwege,...
Lindon plays the head of a construction company who takes a series of telephone calls in his car during one long night. The voices of his wife, his mistress, his boss and his co-worker and will be played by Micha Lescot, Pascale Arbillot, Gregory Gadebois, Brigitte Catillon and Cédric Kahn. Curiosa Films is producing.
Also in post for Newen is Marie-Hélène Roux’s second feature Mending Lives about real-life Congolese doctors Denis Mukwege,...
- 2/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
With its impressive stunt scenes, pimped cars and groomed cops, Netflix’s “Lost Bullet” marks a big departure from the typical French thriller with run-down cops on the verge of depression or retirement.
Sara May, a Quebec-born executive who joined Netflix in 2018, has been a driving force behind a new wave of French action thrillers such as the “Lost Bullet” franchise that have been global hits on the streamer.
Released two weeks ago on the platform, the second opus of “Lost Bullet” currently ranks as the most-watched non-English language movie on Netflix, and it’s also in the top 10 across 80 countries. The movie also tops the charts across 80 territories including France, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Thailand and Jamaica.
Set in Southern France, in Marseille, “Lost Bullet 2” brings back the French cast including Alban Lenoir, Stéfi Celma and Pascale Arbillot. Lenoir (pictured above), who started his career as a stuntman on movies like “Taken,...
Sara May, a Quebec-born executive who joined Netflix in 2018, has been a driving force behind a new wave of French action thrillers such as the “Lost Bullet” franchise that have been global hits on the streamer.
Released two weeks ago on the platform, the second opus of “Lost Bullet” currently ranks as the most-watched non-English language movie on Netflix, and it’s also in the top 10 across 80 countries. The movie also tops the charts across 80 territories including France, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Thailand and Jamaica.
Set in Southern France, in Marseille, “Lost Bullet 2” brings back the French cast including Alban Lenoir, Stéfi Celma and Pascale Arbillot. Lenoir (pictured above), who started his career as a stuntman on movies like “Taken,...
- 11/30/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
"Lost Bullet 2", the France-produced, police action feature directed by Guillaume Pierret, stars Alban Lenoir, Stéfi Celma, Pascale Arbillot and Sebastien Lalanne, now streaming on Netflix:
"...after the death of 'Charras', 'Lino' and 'Julia' form the new narcotic unit. Now determined to find the killers of his brother and his mentor, Lino continues his hunt and won't let anyone get in his way..."
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"...after the death of 'Charras', 'Lino' and 'Julia' form the new narcotic unit. Now determined to find the killers of his brother and his mentor, Lino continues his hunt and won't let anyone get in his way..."
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- 11/11/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Lost Bullet 2: Back for More is an action movie directed by Guillaume Pierret, starring Alban Lenoir, who also wrote the screenplay, and Stéfi Celma.
Fights, shooting and car chases.
Premise
Having cleared his name, genius mechanic Lino has only one goal in mind: getting revenge on the corrupt cops who killed his brother and his mentor.
Movie Review Lost Bullet 2 (2022)
It carries the same style of the first movie, though it is darker, from the very start, and strives to become a thriller in its purest form – not making allowances for deep characterizations nor providing a thorough background to the story. This is a story of goodies and baddies, of police vs. mafiosos, it does not delve much into the grey areas.
It does stand out though, very slightly, from American movies, as it did in the prequel, but we fail to see that “special something” that would...
Fights, shooting and car chases.
Premise
Having cleared his name, genius mechanic Lino has only one goal in mind: getting revenge on the corrupt cops who killed his brother and his mentor.
Movie Review Lost Bullet 2 (2022)
It carries the same style of the first movie, though it is darker, from the very start, and strives to become a thriller in its purest form – not making allowances for deep characterizations nor providing a thorough background to the story. This is a story of goodies and baddies, of police vs. mafiosos, it does not delve much into the grey areas.
It does stand out though, very slightly, from American movies, as it did in the prequel, but we fail to see that “special something” that would...
- 11/10/2022
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
"What do you want?" "For him to pay!" Netflix has launched the full-length official trailer for Lost Bullet 2: Back for More, a "high octane" sequel to the French film Lost Bullet from 2020. That one has been on Netflix since 2020 and is one of the underrated gems that is worth a watch if you enjoy action movies. Lino is a car savant-turned-police officer with a need for speed. Determined to find the murderers of his brother and his mentor, Lino continues his hunt and won't let anyone – or anything – get in his way. Lost Bullet 2 is the exciting sequel to the 2020 French action thriller that "wastes nothing in its quest to deliver the goods." Starring Alban Lenoir, Diego Martín, Pascale Arbillot, and Stéfi Celma. This looks dope!! It doesn't seem as polished as the Fast & Furious films, but does have that same energetic streets-on-fire vibe. Enjoy. ›››
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- 10/27/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Lost Bullet 2", the France-produced, police action feature directed by Guillaume Pierret, stars Alban Lenoir, Stéfi Celma, Pascale Arbillot and Sebastien Lalanne, streaming November 10, 2022 on Netflix:
"...after the death of 'Charras', 'Lino' and 'Julia' form the new narcotic unit. Now determined to find the killers of his brother and his mentor, Lino continues his hunt and won't let anyone get in his way..."
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"...after the death of 'Charras', 'Lino' and 'Julia' form the new narcotic unit. Now determined to find the killers of his brother and his mentor, Lino continues his hunt and won't let anyone get in his way..."
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- 10/27/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"He'll slip up soon. I'll be there." Netflix has revealed the first look teaser trailer for Lost Bullet 2: Back for More, a "high octane" sequel to the French film Lost Bullet from 2020. That one has been on Netflix since 2020 and is one of the underrated gems that everyone skips when they're picking a film on Netflix. Now there's already a sequel!! Lino is a car savant-turned-police officer with a need for speed. And he'll stop at nothing to get justice — even if it means breaking all the rules. Lost Bullet 2 is the hotly anticipated sequel to the 2020 French action thriller that "wastes nothing in its quest to deliver the goods." Starring Alban Lenoir, Diego Martín, Pascale Arbillot, and Stéfi Celma. Looks like it's trying to be France's Fast & Furious franchise. What is this badass electric shock forklift thing on the front?! This is going to be badass. ›››
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- 10/13/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“Coda” producer Philippe Rousselet’s next movie “Maestro” has been sold to major territories by Orange Studio which hosted a market screening at Cannes.
“Maestro” is adapted from Joseph Cesar’s Oscar-nominated, Cannes-prizewinning Israeli film “Footnote.” The movie is directed by Bruno Chiche and stars Yvan Attal, Pierre Arditi, Miou-Miou and Pascale Arbillot. “Maestro” follows a father and a son, The Dumars, who are music conductors.
Orange Studio has sold the film to leading distributors around the world, including in Japon (Gaga), Canada (Az), Israel (Lev Cinema), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Benelux (Vertigo), Germany (Wild Bunch Germany), Italy (Bim), Spain (Vertigo) and South Korea (T-cast). Other territories are in advanced negotiations. The film will be released on Dec. 7 by Apollo Films Distribution.
Rousselet, one of France’s top producers who recently won an Oscar for “Coda,” described “Maestro” has an incredibly moving story which isn’t just about music but also...
“Maestro” is adapted from Joseph Cesar’s Oscar-nominated, Cannes-prizewinning Israeli film “Footnote.” The movie is directed by Bruno Chiche and stars Yvan Attal, Pierre Arditi, Miou-Miou and Pascale Arbillot. “Maestro” follows a father and a son, The Dumars, who are music conductors.
Orange Studio has sold the film to leading distributors around the world, including in Japon (Gaga), Canada (Az), Israel (Lev Cinema), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Benelux (Vertigo), Germany (Wild Bunch Germany), Italy (Bim), Spain (Vertigo) and South Korea (T-cast). Other territories are in advanced negotiations. The film will be released on Dec. 7 by Apollo Films Distribution.
Rousselet, one of France’s top producers who recently won an Oscar for “Coda,” described “Maestro” has an incredibly moving story which isn’t just about music but also...
- 5/24/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The film will be shooting in June, with a cast also including Laurent Stocker, India Hair and Pascale Arbillot. An Aurora Films and Local Films production sold by Indie Sales. In mid-June will begin in Île-de-France the shoot for Annie Colère, the third feature film by Blandine Lenoir after Zouzou (2014) and Fifty Springtimes (2017). In the cast, the director is working for the third time with Laure Calamy who will be flanked by Zita Hanrot (winner of the 2016 César award for Most Promising Actress for Fatima, and a stand...
Orange Studio has unveiled a first still for “L’astronaute,” a French drama headlined by Nicolas Giraud and Mathieu Kassovitz (“The Bureau”).
The film is produced by Christophe Rossignon and Philip Boëffard at Nord-Ouest Films. It will be distributed in France by Orange Studio and Diaphana Distribution.
Orange Studio is also representing “L’astronaute” in international markets and kicked off sales at the UniFrance Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in January as well as this month’s virtual EFM.
The film follows the journey of Jim, a passionate engineer who has always dreamed of becoming an astronaut, and devotes all his spare time to building a rocket, sacrificing his social and love life and putting himself in danger.
“This tale of transcendence, pursuit of dreams and collective strength is in line with the type of films we aim to produce at Nord-Ouest: films that are meaningful and have a universal humanity,...
The film is produced by Christophe Rossignon and Philip Boëffard at Nord-Ouest Films. It will be distributed in France by Orange Studio and Diaphana Distribution.
Orange Studio is also representing “L’astronaute” in international markets and kicked off sales at the UniFrance Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in January as well as this month’s virtual EFM.
The film follows the journey of Jim, a passionate engineer who has always dreamed of becoming an astronaut, and devotes all his spare time to building a rocket, sacrificing his social and love life and putting himself in danger.
“This tale of transcendence, pursuit of dreams and collective strength is in line with the type of films we aim to produce at Nord-Ouest: films that are meaningful and have a universal humanity,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Alice Pol, Eddy Mitchell, Miou-Miou, Pablo Pauly, Gustave Kervern, Sarah Stern, Pascale Arbillot and Zabou Breitman star in Nicolas Pleskof’s first feature, a Kazak production sold by Bac Films. Nicolas Pleskof has been shooting his first feature film Murder Party since 26 November. A comedy thriller, the filmmaker’s debut work boasts a cast composed of Alice Pol, Eddy Mitchell, Miou-Miou, Pablo Pauly (nominated for the Best New Hope César as well as the Lumières Revelation award in 2018 for Step by Step; touring French cinemas next year in Garder ton nom), Gustave Kervern (at his best...
The duo heads the cast of François Uzan’s first feature. A film handled by Radar Films and Unagi Production, and which will be sold by Orange Studio. Final stretch in Greece for the shoot of On sourit pour la photo, François Uzan’s feature debut. Standing out in the cast are Jacques Gamblin, Pascale Arbillot, Pablo Pauly (nominated for a Best Newcomer César award and Lumières award in 2018 for Step by Step, appreciated also in Three Days And a Life, in...
Greece, where the death rate due to the coronavirus outbreak has been among among the lowest in Europe, is looking to lure more international productions by raising its cash rebates from 35% to 40% just as cameras are already rolling there on what is being touted as the first post-pandemic European co-production to start up.
“Greece is quite a success story in these particularly difficult times because of (anti-coronavirus) measures that were taken early on,” said Venia Vergou, director of the Hellenic Film Commission during a virtual Cannes Market panel.
The country was on lockdown between March 3 and May 4, and just one week later shooting had already resumed on hit Greek TV series “Wild Bees,” a period piece about three farmer sisters who live in a small, fictional village in the Thessalian flatland in the late 1950s, which was the first Greek production that started filming after the pandemic.
The scheduled production output of “Wild Bees,...
“Greece is quite a success story in these particularly difficult times because of (anti-coronavirus) measures that were taken early on,” said Venia Vergou, director of the Hellenic Film Commission during a virtual Cannes Market panel.
The country was on lockdown between March 3 and May 4, and just one week later shooting had already resumed on hit Greek TV series “Wild Bees,” a period piece about three farmer sisters who live in a small, fictional village in the Thessalian flatland in the late 1950s, which was the first Greek production that started filming after the pandemic.
The scheduled production output of “Wild Bees,...
- 6/25/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Nathalie Baye, Lyna Khoudri and Pascale Arbillot star in the cast of the filmmaker’s second feature film, a Les Films du 24 production sold by Orange Studio. Filming on Sylvie Ohayon’s La beauté du geste wrapped on 19 December. This second feature, following on from Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone (2014), sees the filmmaker entrusting lead roles to Nathalie Baye, Lyna Khoudri (crowned Best Actress in Venice’s 2017 Orizzonti competition for Blessed, leading the cast of Papicha, also known for her role in the series Savages and...
The Paris-based shingle Other Angle has closed a raft of sales on “A Good Doctor,” a French comedy that is having its market premiere on Thursday at the American Film Market.
Directed by Tristan Séguéla, “A Good Doctor” stars French actor Michel Blanc as Serge, a visiting doctor who is tired after 20 years of service and sends a food delivery guy (Hakim Jemili) to visit his patients for him on Christmas Eve. The film also stars Solene Rigot and Franck Gastambide.
Other Angle has sold the film to Germany (Square One), Italy (Medusa), Canada (Az films), Brazil (Pandora), Belgium (Vertigo) and Switzerland (Pathé). Apollo will release the film in France on Dec. 11.
The company’s Afm slate also include David Lanzmann’s thriller “Savage Days,” currently in production, as well as “Simone,” Olivier Dahan’s film starring Elsa Zylberstein as Simone Veil. The movie will be released in France in...
Directed by Tristan Séguéla, “A Good Doctor” stars French actor Michel Blanc as Serge, a visiting doctor who is tired after 20 years of service and sends a food delivery guy (Hakim Jemili) to visit his patients for him on Christmas Eve. The film also stars Solene Rigot and Franck Gastambide.
Other Angle has sold the film to Germany (Square One), Italy (Medusa), Canada (Az films), Brazil (Pandora), Belgium (Vertigo) and Switzerland (Pathé). Apollo will release the film in France on Dec. 11.
The company’s Afm slate also include David Lanzmann’s thriller “Savage Days,” currently in production, as well as “Simone,” Olivier Dahan’s film starring Elsa Zylberstein as Simone Veil. The movie will be released in France in...
- 11/7/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Rome Film Festival (October 17-27) has unveiled its 2019 official selection, which includes Downton Abbey, Waves, Judy, The Aeronauts, Hustlers and Werner Herzog documentary Nomad[/link] about writer Bruce Chatwin.
A total of 33 films and documentaries will play in the official lineup (full list below). As previously announced, the fest will open with Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn while Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman will have a centerpiece screening. Only two Italian movies are included in the main selection.
The festival also revealed a pre-opening October 16 world premiere for John Turturro’s anticipated The Big Lebowski spinoff, The Jesus Rolls, which follows Lebowski character Jesus Quintana.
The impressive lineup of onstage interviews includes Bill Murray and Viola Davis – both of whom will receive lifetime achievement awards – Fanny Ardant, Olivier Assayas, Ethan Coen, Benicio Del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Ron Howard, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Edward Norton, Bertrand Tavernier, John Travolta and Jia Zhangke.
A total of 33 films and documentaries will play in the official lineup (full list below). As previously announced, the fest will open with Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn while Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman will have a centerpiece screening. Only two Italian movies are included in the main selection.
The festival also revealed a pre-opening October 16 world premiere for John Turturro’s anticipated The Big Lebowski spinoff, The Jesus Rolls, which follows Lebowski character Jesus Quintana.
The impressive lineup of onstage interviews includes Bill Murray and Viola Davis – both of whom will receive lifetime achievement awards – Fanny Ardant, Olivier Assayas, Ethan Coen, Benicio Del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Ron Howard, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Edward Norton, Bertrand Tavernier, John Travolta and Jia Zhangke.
- 10/4/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
To say that ‘Nous finirons ensemble’ suffers from many of the same problems as its predecessor should come as no surprise. “Les petits mouchoirs” (released as “Little White Lies” in English-speaking territories) was the second most popular film in France in 2010, behind “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” so one cannot fault writer-director Guillaume Canet for wanting to give Gallic audiences more of what they loved the first time around. However, we can fault Canet for the result, a jabbering and ingratiating followup filled with narrative dead ends, unexplored themes and late-inning plot contrivances.
None of these issues seem to bother local audiences, who have made “Nous finirons ensemble” (which translates to “We will end up together”) a hit, albeit a smaller one than its predecessor. Fortunately, considering the first film’s mediocre performance in North America — where it earned just $206,088 of its more than $48 million haul — foreknowledge of “Les petits mouchoirs” is not mandatory,...
None of these issues seem to bother local audiences, who have made “Nous finirons ensemble” (which translates to “We will end up together”) a hit, albeit a smaller one than its predecessor. Fortunately, considering the first film’s mediocre performance in North America — where it earned just $206,088 of its more than $48 million haul — foreknowledge of “Les petits mouchoirs” is not mandatory,...
- 6/10/2019
- by Mark Keizer
- Variety Film + TV
Everyone fears the process of aging. It unleashes realisations of mortality, nostalgia, regret, and the dreaded loss of youth. The French are no strangers to these ideas, but director Blandine Lenoir tackles these topics with a comedic and feministic twist. Instead of viewing the existential problems of middle-class, intellectual men – the convention in many European movies, as well as in lauded literature – Lenoir gives us those of a working-class woman for a change.
I Got Life! follows middle-class waitress Aurore (Agnès Jaoui) as she endures a difficult mid-life crisis, with many problems surfacing and re-surfacing in this stressful period. As well as hot flushes, she loses her job, her eldest daughter Marina (Sarah Suco) announces her pregnancy, and she bumps into an old lover (Thibault de Montalembert). Aurore must try and keep her head together, but proves difficult as she keeps getting into funny and irritating situations.
Like many French films,...
I Got Life! follows middle-class waitress Aurore (Agnès Jaoui) as she endures a difficult mid-life crisis, with many problems surfacing and re-surfacing in this stressful period. As well as hot flushes, she loses her job, her eldest daughter Marina (Sarah Suco) announces her pregnancy, and she bumps into an old lover (Thibault de Montalembert). Aurore must try and keep her head together, but proves difficult as she keeps getting into funny and irritating situations.
Like many French films,...
- 3/21/2018
- by Euan Franklin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chicago – The landmark ensemble film “The Big Chill” (1983) featured seven former college friends reuniting for the funeral of one of their own. The French film “Little White Lies” takes that concept a step further, as friends go on a yearly retreat without one of their own, because he is in the hospital. Francois Cluzet, Marion Cotillard and Jean Dujardin co-star.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Cotillard (“The Dark Knight Rises”) and Dujardin (“The Artist”) have broken through to American audiences recently, so this 2010 film is ripe for a stateside release. Set at a seaside resort, the ensemble interact, argue, get drunk, make love and wonder where all the relationships are going in this absorbing and revealingly cultural view on French friendship. Real emotions go much deeper here, and honest reactions seem more prevalent with this group of “Big Chillers.” It’s not fair to compare the two films nearly 30 years after the first BC,...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Cotillard (“The Dark Knight Rises”) and Dujardin (“The Artist”) have broken through to American audiences recently, so this 2010 film is ripe for a stateside release. Set at a seaside resort, the ensemble interact, argue, get drunk, make love and wonder where all the relationships are going in this absorbing and revealingly cultural view on French friendship. Real emotions go much deeper here, and honest reactions seem more prevalent with this group of “Big Chillers.” It’s not fair to compare the two films nearly 30 years after the first BC,...
- 8/31/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The difference between friends and lovers is usually penetration, but even that isn’t a hard line distinction. Intimacy goes beyond sex, especially when it comes to the closest of friends, but no matter how open people are with each other there are always truths they keep hidden. Truths, and lies. Ludo (Jean Dujardin) makes his rounds through a packed bar, drinking, snorting and leering along the way, before heading outside at the first hint of dawn. He hops onto his scooter and heads home through the quiet streets of Paris. And is promptly slammed into by a large truck. Max (Francois Cluzet) and his wife Veronique (Valerie Bonneton), Vincent (Benoit Magimel) and his wife Isabelle (Pascale Arbillot), Antoine (Laurent Lafitte), Marie (Marion Cotillard) and Eric (Gilles Lellouche) all had vacation plans that included Ludo, but they decide it would be best if they went on without him instead of hanging around his hospital bed. The...
- 8/30/2012
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Title: Little White Lies Director: Guillaume Canet Starring: Marion Cotillard, Francois Cluzet, Benoit Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Laurent Lafitte, Jean Dujardin, Valerie Bonneton, Pascale Arbillot Finally arriving in American theaters almost two years after its Toronto Film Festival premiere, generational ensemble dramedy “Little White Lies,” from French filmmaker Guillaume Canet, proves itself a bloated, melodramatic and ultimately emotionally impenetrable affair. Centering around a collection of close-knit Parisian friends whose bonds are tested over the course of a summer holiday when one of their group is involved in a horrible automobile accident, the movie feels a bit like a French-flavored all-star tribute to Lawrence Kasdan, given the roster of notable performers, but its [ Read More ]...
- 8/28/2012
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
The Big Chilly Summer Vacation: Canet’s Latest an Exemplary Drama
For his third outing as director, actor/screenwriter Guillaume Canet looks to have been heavily influenced by Lawrence Kasdan’s American classic, The Big Chill (1983) when he penned Little White Lies. Originally premiering at the Toronto Film Festival in 2010, the film now has two cast members with Oscar statues. Whatever the impetus that has vanquished the delayed release of this title, we should be thankful to have the chance to see such a finely wrought and engrossing drama about adult relationships. And while it may indeed share similar themes with an aforementioned title, this is the type of intelligently written and engaging cinema rarely produced for American audiences.
Concerning a large group of close friends residing in Paris, their lives are altered when one of their most affable members, Ludovic (Jean Dujardin) is involved in a tragic accident...
For his third outing as director, actor/screenwriter Guillaume Canet looks to have been heavily influenced by Lawrence Kasdan’s American classic, The Big Chill (1983) when he penned Little White Lies. Originally premiering at the Toronto Film Festival in 2010, the film now has two cast members with Oscar statues. Whatever the impetus that has vanquished the delayed release of this title, we should be thankful to have the chance to see such a finely wrought and engrossing drama about adult relationships. And while it may indeed share similar themes with an aforementioned title, this is the type of intelligently written and engaging cinema rarely produced for American audiences.
Concerning a large group of close friends residing in Paris, their lives are altered when one of their most affable members, Ludovic (Jean Dujardin) is involved in a tragic accident...
- 8/23/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Title: Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs) Mpi Pictures Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten Grade: B Director: Guillaume Canet Screenwriter: Guillaume Canet Cast: François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoit Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lafitte, Velerie Bonneton, Pascale Arbillot Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 8/8/12 Opens: August 24, 2012 The most shattering climax in the movies this year is not Aaron Cross’s motorcycle chase in “The Bourne Legacy.” Words often have more impact than mere physical mayhem. Points of greatest blockbuster tension can speed the heart and raise the blood pressure, but they rarely draw intentional laughter or tears from an audience. In “Little White Lies,” written and directed [ Read More ]...
- 8/9/2012
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
(Fantastic Fest is still going in Austin, Texas, and our intrepid reporter Brian Salisbury is bringing us the highlights of what he's seen at the world's largest festival dedicated to genre movies. For everything else Brian has been up to, check out all of his reports here.) Borderline Middle class couple David (François Damiens) and Christine (Pascale Arbillot) begins to be buried under an avalanche of bad luck. David realizes he is not even in consideration for partner at his law firm and Christine.s insubordination just got her fired. To make matters worse, they are drifting out of touch with their children and drowning in debt. One night, while taking a walk to clear his head, David comes across a leather bag full of cocaine. Instead of turning it into the authorities, he decides selling the narcotics may be the key to solving all their problems; that is, ...
- 9/27/2011
- cinemablend.com
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. When life hands you a bag of cocaine, make yourself into a drug dealer (?!). In Borderline (Aka Une pure affaire), a silly comic trifle with a small, dark heart, David Pelame (Francoise Damiens) is innocently walking his dog one night when he comes into possession of the aforementioned bag of cocaine. Since his career and family life have been sputtering lately, he decides to pick up a little extra money by going into business for himself, touching off a chain of events that slowly spirals out of control. David and his wife Christine (Pascale Arbillot) are not a terribly happy couple. He's been elbowed aside at his place of business by a younger rival named Brice...
- 9/22/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Little White Lies, starring Marion Cotillard, comes to UK cinemas on 15th April, and to mark its releases we have a DVD bundle consisting of I’Ve Loved You So Long, Angel, The Lives Of Others and Children Of Glory to give away!
Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested.
They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they have been telling each other.
Directed by Guillaume Canet (Tell No One), the film has an all star cast featuring François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lafitte, Valérie Bonneton and Pascale Arbillot. Find out more at http://www.littlewhiteliesmovie.co.uk/.
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Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested.
They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they have been telling each other.
Directed by Guillaume Canet (Tell No One), the film has an all star cast featuring François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lafitte, Valérie Bonneton and Pascale Arbillot. Find out more at http://www.littlewhiteliesmovie.co.uk/.
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- 4/12/2011
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Lionsgate have sent us this new poster for their new movie, Little White Lies. If you missed it, Jamie put up the trailer for the movie last week here. Little White lies is directed by Guillaume Canet and stars Marion Cotillard, François Cluzet, Benoit Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Laurent Lafitte, Jean Dujardin, Valérie Bonneton, Pascale Arbillot, Anne Marivin, Louise Monot, Joel Dupuch and Hocine Merabet.
Synopsis: From the prolific César winning director who gave us Tell No One this intimate study of friendship and humanity brings together a truly exceptional ensemble cast; including the Academy and BAFTA award winning actress Marion Coutillard; and the César ‘Best Actor’ award winner François Cluzet. Walking the fine line between laughter and tears Canet directs some of France’s most skillful performers to deliver startlingly intimate performances. As we learn of each character’s flaws we also understand the bond between the friends, and recognise ourselves in them.
Synopsis: From the prolific César winning director who gave us Tell No One this intimate study of friendship and humanity brings together a truly exceptional ensemble cast; including the Academy and BAFTA award winning actress Marion Coutillard; and the César ‘Best Actor’ award winner François Cluzet. Walking the fine line between laughter and tears Canet directs some of France’s most skillful performers to deliver startlingly intimate performances. As we learn of each character’s flaws we also understand the bond between the friends, and recognise ourselves in them.
- 2/16/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Lionsgate have released the worldwide exclusive new trailer for acclaimed comedy-drama Little White Lies.
Directed by Guillaume Canet (Tell No One), Little White Lies stars François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lafitte, Valérie Bonneton and Pascale Arbillot.
Little White Lies, which premiered to rave reviews at the 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival, will be released in the UK on April 15.
In a Parisian nightclub, party man Ludo (Dujardin) takes off late at night on his scooter, where he’s blindsided by a truck. Lying between life and death in the hospital, Ludo is visited by his band of longtime pals, who decide that the gruesome crash shouldn’t prevent them from embarking on their coveted summer holidays.
Prior to the trip, another major problem arises when one of the friends, chiropractor Vincent (Magimel), confesses his attraction to nervous-wreck restaurateur Max (Cluzet); their initial tête-à-tête...
Directed by Guillaume Canet (Tell No One), Little White Lies stars François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lafitte, Valérie Bonneton and Pascale Arbillot.
Little White Lies, which premiered to rave reviews at the 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival, will be released in the UK on April 15.
In a Parisian nightclub, party man Ludo (Dujardin) takes off late at night on his scooter, where he’s blindsided by a truck. Lying between life and death in the hospital, Ludo is visited by his band of longtime pals, who decide that the gruesome crash shouldn’t prevent them from embarking on their coveted summer holidays.
Prior to the trip, another major problem arises when one of the friends, chiropractor Vincent (Magimel), confesses his attraction to nervous-wreck restaurateur Max (Cluzet); their initial tête-à-tête...
- 2/11/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Here comes the 35th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, and the line-up thus far of Galas and Special Presentations (that is code for High Profile Films) is looking quite stellar. In this first taster, there are new films from Kim Ji-Woon, Andrew Lau (and not even in the Midnight Madness portion, those films have not been announced yet!) Stephen Frears, Mark Romanek, Darren Aronfosky, Michael Winterbottom, Sylvain Chomet, Mike Leigh, François Ozon, Tran Anh Hung, Guillaume Canet, John Cameron Mitchell, Danis Tanovic, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Julian Schnabel and Im Sang-Soo. Please sirs, I want some more!
No signs of Terrence Malick yet, but fingers crossed!
Full Press Release from Tiff:
"On the occasion of our 35th anniversary, we are thrilled to announce this selection of important and notable films," says Piers Handling, Director and CEO of Tiff. "The richness and diversity of this year's Galas and Special...
No signs of Terrence Malick yet, but fingers crossed!
Full Press Release from Tiff:
"On the occasion of our 35th anniversary, we are thrilled to announce this selection of important and notable films," says Piers Handling, Director and CEO of Tiff. "The richness and diversity of this year's Galas and Special...
- 7/27/2010
- Screen Anarchy
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Attention shifts this morning from San Diego (and the Comic-Con gathering) to Canada, where representatives for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival unveiled its lineup of Gala Premieres and Special Presentations.
According to this morning’s announcement, Tiff — which runs Sept. 9-19 — boast world premieres of new films by Robert Redford, Michael Winterbottom, Guillaume Canet, John Cameron Mitchell, Kiran Rao, Mike Mills and Andrucha Waddington.
In addition, critically acclaimed filmmakers Woody Allen, Sylvain Chomet, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Tran Anh Hung, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mike Leigh, Julian Schnabel and Im Sang-Soo will make their North American premieres in Toronto. Meanwhile, the Galas and Special Presentations announced today feature on-screen performances by Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Aamir Khan, Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, Juliette Lewis, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Christopher Plummer, Natalie Portman, Om Puri, Ryan Reynolds,...
Hollywoodnews.com: Attention shifts this morning from San Diego (and the Comic-Con gathering) to Canada, where representatives for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival unveiled its lineup of Gala Premieres and Special Presentations.
According to this morning’s announcement, Tiff — which runs Sept. 9-19 — boast world premieres of new films by Robert Redford, Michael Winterbottom, Guillaume Canet, John Cameron Mitchell, Kiran Rao, Mike Mills and Andrucha Waddington.
In addition, critically acclaimed filmmakers Woody Allen, Sylvain Chomet, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Tran Anh Hung, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mike Leigh, Julian Schnabel and Im Sang-Soo will make their North American premieres in Toronto. Meanwhile, the Galas and Special Presentations announced today feature on-screen performances by Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Aamir Khan, Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, Juliette Lewis, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Christopher Plummer, Natalie Portman, Om Puri, Ryan Reynolds,...
- 7/27/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Toronto International Film Festival will be celebrating its 35th year this September and it has announced today the first batch of big premieres. Some highlights include Darren Aronofsky‘s Black Swan, Robert Redford‘s The Conspirator, John Madden‘s The Debt, Tom Hooper‘s The King’s Speech, and Mark Romanek‘s Never Let Me Go. Check out the initial line-up below.
Galas
The Bang Bang Club. Steven Silver, Canada/South Africa World Premiere The Bang Bang Club was the name given to four young photographers, Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva, whose photographs captured the final bloody days of white rule in South Africa and the final demise of apartheid. The film tells the remarkable and sometimes harrowing story of these young men – and the extraordinary extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures. The film stars Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch,...
Galas
The Bang Bang Club. Steven Silver, Canada/South Africa World Premiere The Bang Bang Club was the name given to four young photographers, Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva, whose photographs captured the final bloody days of white rule in South Africa and the final demise of apartheid. The film tells the remarkable and sometimes harrowing story of these young men – and the extraordinary extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures. The film stars Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch,...
- 7/27/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Quickcard Review
Let It Rain (Parlez-moi de la pluie)
Directed by: Agnes Jaoui
Cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jamel Debouzze, Agnes Jaoui, Pascale Arbillot
Running Time: 2 hrs
Rating: R
Release Date: July 2, 2010
Plot: An upcoming politician (Jaoui) is asked to be interviewed by the man (Bacri) her sister is having an affair with.
Who’S It For?: Fans of dialogue-driven comedies, with this one being in the vein of something that a less-morbid Woody Allen might write.
Overall
Sometimes, real life is funny enough. Let It Rain is a charming comedy with honest folk encountering situations that must be stolen from the scripts of our own lives – there’s a hint of romance between two hotel employees, a disagreement on “relationship titles” between an upcoming politician and her boyfriend, and a story of cheating that includes a loving mother and a bumbling documentary filmmaker. All of these characters have their own stories,...
Let It Rain (Parlez-moi de la pluie)
Directed by: Agnes Jaoui
Cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jamel Debouzze, Agnes Jaoui, Pascale Arbillot
Running Time: 2 hrs
Rating: R
Release Date: July 2, 2010
Plot: An upcoming politician (Jaoui) is asked to be interviewed by the man (Bacri) her sister is having an affair with.
Who’S It For?: Fans of dialogue-driven comedies, with this one being in the vein of something that a less-morbid Woody Allen might write.
Overall
Sometimes, real life is funny enough. Let It Rain is a charming comedy with honest folk encountering situations that must be stolen from the scripts of our own lives – there’s a hint of romance between two hotel employees, a disagreement on “relationship titles” between an upcoming politician and her boyfriend, and a story of cheating that includes a loving mother and a bumbling documentary filmmaker. All of these characters have their own stories,...
- 7/2/2010
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Gender politics are at the heart of this script director-actress Agnés Jaoui co-wrote with her husband, Jean-Pierre Bacri.
Interested in putting together a documentary on an influential woman, Michel (Bacri) and Karim (Jamel Debbouze) approach the only influential woman they know: Agathe (Jaoui), a feminist author who is visiting her childhood home in the south of France to run for an election and help her sister sort out their mother’s affairs. Karim knows her best: His mother Mimouna (Mimouna Hadji, a nonpro on whom the character is based) has been her family’s housekeeper since she was a girl. What Agathe doesn’t know is that Michel is sleeping with her sister Florence (Pascale Arbillot), who is married with children.
Michel and Karim, it turns out, are ill equipped to mange even this modest project. Miscommunication, forgotten batteries and the titular weather all conspire to render their shoot a comedy of errors.
Interested in putting together a documentary on an influential woman, Michel (Bacri) and Karim (Jamel Debbouze) approach the only influential woman they know: Agathe (Jaoui), a feminist author who is visiting her childhood home in the south of France to run for an election and help her sister sort out their mother’s affairs. Karim knows her best: His mother Mimouna (Mimouna Hadji, a nonpro on whom the character is based) has been her family’s housekeeper since she was a girl. What Agathe doesn’t know is that Michel is sleeping with her sister Florence (Pascale Arbillot), who is married with children.
Michel and Karim, it turns out, are ill equipped to mange even this modest project. Miscommunication, forgotten batteries and the titular weather all conspire to render their shoot a comedy of errors.
- 6/16/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
As Euro-thrillers are concerned, Canet did a formidable job with Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One). Reuniting with Cluzet and Cotillard, I'm looking forward in seeing how the actor continues to flex his muscles as a director, but this time working in matters of the heart with this dramedy. - #98. Les Petits Mouchoirs Director/Writer: Guillaume Canet Producers: Productions du Trésor's Alain Attal (Ne le dis à personne)Distributor: Rights Available. The Gist: Every year a group of friends spend the month of August together at one of their holiday homes on the Cap Ferret. But this year, one member of the group is in a coma and as they pack their bags, the atmosphere is already tense, and the good spirits of the first few days give way to less exalted feelings when they each express their innermost doubts. Cast: François Cluzet,...
- 1/11/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
- Guillaume Canet can count on the return of François Cluzet, the participation of an Oscar winning actress in Marion Cotillard, and Benoît Magimel for his third feature in the director's chair. Canet will follow up Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne) with with Les Petits Mouchoirs (“The Little Handkerchiefs”). Cineuropa reports that Valérie Bonneton, Gilles Lellouche, Anne Marivin, Louise Monot, Laurent Lafite, Pascale Arbillot and Jean Dujardin (Oss 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies) round out the cast. Production will last three months in Gironde, Cap Ferret and Paris. Written by the Canet, Les Petits Mouchoirs centres on a group of friends who holiday together every summer at Cap Ferret (South West portion of France). The good spirits of the first few days give way to less exalted feelings when they each express their innermost doubts. Productions du Trésor's Alain Attal (who also produced Ne le dis à personne) produces.
- 7/31/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Mercure Distribution
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- This darkly funny madcap farce, depicting Paris as a hotbed of malicious lunatics, serves as an appropriate rejoinder to the more delicately whimsical "Amelie", in which Artus de Penguern, this film's director/co-writer/star, also appeared. Although eventually suffering from its own excess, the imaginative "Gregoire Moulin vs. Mankind" should find favor with those U.S. art house audiences who have a love/hate relationship with the French. The film recently received its U.S. premiere at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
De Penguern plays the title role, that of a man born under a dark star, in this case on a Friday the 13th at the all too aptly named Franz Kafka Clinic. Gregoire doesn't have an easy start in life, as he's orphaned after only a few hours when his parents engage in an argument over his future with fatal consequences. His luck with women is prefigured by his first love, a beautiful 10-year-old girl who responds to his affections with a roundhouse punch.
The film's surrealistic tone is established from the hilarious opening sequence, in which a peaceful, hapless goat is blindsided by a freight train and propelled into oblivion. When the story line catches up with the adult Gregoire, he's an insurance office worker obsessed with a beautiful dance instructor (Pascale Arbillot) he spies in an upstairs window. Stealing her wallet and then pretending to have found it, he manages to arrange a rendezvous with her one evening. While she waits endlessly for him in a sports bar populated by soccer fanatics, Gregoire finds his path endlessly blocked by a series of increasingly strange and often violent encounters with the city's more unhinged citizens, including a sexually swinging couple, a psychotic cabdriver and a paranoid, love starved woman.
His hangdog persona resembling a cross between Buster Keaton and a less cutesy Roberto Benigni, de Penguern is consistently engaging as a performer, and he reveals a definite talent for visual gags in his staging of the film's often complicated comic set pieces. Unfortunately, the film becomes ultimately wearisome in its gag-heavy repetitiveness, but not before scoring some solid laughs along the way.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- This darkly funny madcap farce, depicting Paris as a hotbed of malicious lunatics, serves as an appropriate rejoinder to the more delicately whimsical "Amelie", in which Artus de Penguern, this film's director/co-writer/star, also appeared. Although eventually suffering from its own excess, the imaginative "Gregoire Moulin vs. Mankind" should find favor with those U.S. art house audiences who have a love/hate relationship with the French. The film recently received its U.S. premiere at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
De Penguern plays the title role, that of a man born under a dark star, in this case on a Friday the 13th at the all too aptly named Franz Kafka Clinic. Gregoire doesn't have an easy start in life, as he's orphaned after only a few hours when his parents engage in an argument over his future with fatal consequences. His luck with women is prefigured by his first love, a beautiful 10-year-old girl who responds to his affections with a roundhouse punch.
The film's surrealistic tone is established from the hilarious opening sequence, in which a peaceful, hapless goat is blindsided by a freight train and propelled into oblivion. When the story line catches up with the adult Gregoire, he's an insurance office worker obsessed with a beautiful dance instructor (Pascale Arbillot) he spies in an upstairs window. Stealing her wallet and then pretending to have found it, he manages to arrange a rendezvous with her one evening. While she waits endlessly for him in a sports bar populated by soccer fanatics, Gregoire finds his path endlessly blocked by a series of increasingly strange and often violent encounters with the city's more unhinged citizens, including a sexually swinging couple, a psychotic cabdriver and a paranoid, love starved woman.
His hangdog persona resembling a cross between Buster Keaton and a less cutesy Roberto Benigni, de Penguern is consistently engaging as a performer, and he reveals a definite talent for visual gags in his staging of the film's often complicated comic set pieces. Unfortunately, the film becomes ultimately wearisome in its gag-heavy repetitiveness, but not before scoring some solid laughs along the way.
- 11/19/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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