French writer-director Gilles Marchand broke out onto the scene back in 2000 with the clever comic thriller With a Friend Like Harry…, which he wrote for Dominik Moll. He followed it up with his well-received directorial debut Who Killed Bambi?, and has since penned several genre-benders for Moll and other filmmakers – including Cedric Kahn’s excellent Simenon adaptation Red Lights – while taking a second stab behind the helm with the shaky virtual reality thriller Black Heaven.
In his third directorial outing, Into the Forest (Dans la foret), Marchand offers up a mélange of family psychodrama and supernatural storytelling with...
In his third directorial outing, Into the Forest (Dans la foret), Marchand offers up a mélange of family psychodrama and supernatural storytelling with...
- 2/17/2017
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dans la forêt
Director: Gilles Marchand
Writers: Gilles Marchand, Dominik Moll
French director Gilles Marchand is better known as a screenwriter, usually collaborating with director Dominik Moll (he wrote Moll’s latest project, News From Planet Mars, which also appears on our list). But 2016 sees Marchand unveil is third feature, Dans la forêt (In the Forest), concerning two preadolescent boys as they visit their father in Stockholm for the holidays. Except dad wants to bring the boys to a secluded hut in the woods, perhaps without an intention of returning. The basic synopsis of this thriller has shades of Andrey Zvagintsev’s 2003 debut, The Return, but we expect something a bit more outlandish from Marchand.
Cast: Jeremie Elkaim, Timothe Vom Dorp, Theo Van de Voorde
Production Co.: Les Films de Francoise, Gotafilm
U.S. Distributor: Rights available Tbd (domestic/international)
Release Date: Marchand’s previous features both showed up at Cannes,...
Director: Gilles Marchand
Writers: Gilles Marchand, Dominik Moll
French director Gilles Marchand is better known as a screenwriter, usually collaborating with director Dominik Moll (he wrote Moll’s latest project, News From Planet Mars, which also appears on our list). But 2016 sees Marchand unveil is third feature, Dans la forêt (In the Forest), concerning two preadolescent boys as they visit their father in Stockholm for the holidays. Except dad wants to bring the boys to a secluded hut in the woods, perhaps without an intention of returning. The basic synopsis of this thriller has shades of Andrey Zvagintsev’s 2003 debut, The Return, but we expect something a bit more outlandish from Marchand.
Cast: Jeremie Elkaim, Timothe Vom Dorp, Theo Van de Voorde
Production Co.: Les Films de Francoise, Gotafilm
U.S. Distributor: Rights available Tbd (domestic/international)
Release Date: Marchand’s previous features both showed up at Cannes,...
- 1/8/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The Cannes Film festival was an exceptional edition for French films this year. A focus on the rising generation of French actors and directors that have been highlighted in Cannes and will most certainly be the stars of tomorrow was compiled by Unifrance chief Isabelle Giordano.
They are a force to be reckoned with. Unifrance films is ready to bet that you will certainly hear about these ten talented people. They represent the French cinema of today and will soon be on the screens worldwide.
Emmanuelle Bercot
An actress and a director, Emmanuelle Bercot began by enrolling at the Cours Florent drama school and taking dancing lessons after her baccalaureate. She graduated from Femis in 1998, after winning the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival for her short film "Les Vacances," in 1997. After her first few roles in the films of Jean-François Richet and Michel Deville, her career as an actress took off when Claude Miller gave her one of the main roles in "La Classe de neige" (1998). The following year, she made the headlines with the medium-length film she directed called "La Puce," presented in the selection of Un Certain Regard at Cannes. This film tells of the love affair between a 35-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl, played by Isild Le Besco.
Her first feature-length film, "Clément" (2001), is about the life of a troubled woman who has one adventure after another with various men until she meets a 14-yearold boy. Her second film, "Backstage" (2004), continues to explore teenage angst through a relationship between a hit singer and a young obsessional fan. She earned her first critical and public acclaim with "On My Way" (2013), the third film written by the director for Catherine Deneuve, in which the star plays a woman who has decided to leave everything behind and hit the road in France.
She was indisputably the most talked about person during the Cannes Film Festival 2015, both as an actress and a director. Thierry Frémaux surprised everyone by announcing that "Standing Tall," Emmanuelle Bercot’s fourth feature-length film would open the 68th Cannes Film Festival. Emmanuelle Bercot says that she has rediscovered the social fiber of her beginnings with this tale of juvenile delinquency. After the enthusiastic and unanimous reception of her film, she won the Best Actress Award for her role as a woman under the influence of love in the film "Mon Roi" by Maïwenn, with whom she co-wrote the script for "Polisse," which won the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012
Thomas Bidegain
Thomas Bidegain may well be one of the best known French screenwriters in the profession today, but it took him ten years to achieve this status. His career path in film is anything but ordinary. He started out in the 1990s by distributing and producing independent American films: "Ice Storm" by Ang Lee and "Chasing Sleep" by Michael Walker. He came back to France and joined MK2 where he became director of distribution. In 1999, he returned to production for "Why Not." In 2007, he told the story of his attempt to stop smoking in "Arrêter de fumer tue," a personal diary that was turned into a documentary, then a book.
In the meantime, he began screenwriting and worked on several projects. In 2009, he wrote the screenplay for Jacques Audiard’s film, "A Prophet," alongside Nicolas Peufaillit and Abdel Raouf Dafri, which won the Grand Prix du Jury in 2009. He participated in Audiard’s next film, "Rust and Bone" and "Our Children" by Joachim Lafosse. He was also the co-writer for "Saint Laurent" by Bertrand Bonello. Winning a César for the best original script and a César for the best adaptation, he presented "Cowboys" at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes this year, his first film as a director. He is also co-writer of "Ni le ciel ni la terre" by Clément Cogitore, presented during the Semaine de la Critique, as well as co-writer of the script for Jacques Audiard’s latest film, "Dheepan," which won the Palme d’Or.
Louise Bourgoin
Louise Bourgoin attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts for five years, during which she began her career as a model. After she graduated from art school in 2004, she radically changed direction and became a presenter on cable TV. She was Miss Météo in Le Grand Journal on Canal + from 2006 to 2008. Her slot became essential viewing and attracted a wide audience, including the attention of the film industry.
She began her acting career in "The Girl from Monaco" by Anne Fontaine, and her performance earned her a César nomination for Most Promising Actress. This recognition led to a whole series of roles and launched her career in film. She headed the bill of several films in 2010 ("White as Snow" by Christophe Blanc, "Sweet Valentine" by Emma Luchini, and "Black Heaven" by Gilles Marchand). The same year, Luc Besson selected her for the leading role in "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec."
Since then, Louise Bourgoin has played in film after film, and has taken her first steps in the international scene with her part in the American film "The Love Punch" by Joel Hopkins. She attracted attention at the Cannes Film Festival this year with her unusual role in Laurent Larivière’s first film, "I Am a Soldier," presented at Un Certain Regard.
Anaïs Demoustier
Her passion for acting started at a very young age and rapidly pushed her to take drama classes. She auditioned, when still a teenager, and got her first role alongside Isabelle Huppert in "Time of the Wolf" by Michael Haneke. After this, her career was launched and she played in a series of films among which "L’Année suivante" by Isabelle Czajka, "Hellphone" by James Huth, "The Beautiful Person" by Christophe Honoré, "Sois sage" by Juliette Garcias, "Sweet Evil" by Olivier Coussemacq, "Dear Prudene" by Rebecca Zlotowski, "Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Robert Guédiguian, "Thérèse Desqueyroux" by Claude Miller, "Quai d’Orsay" by Bertrand Tavernier, "Paris Follies" by Marc Fitoussi, etc.
A filmography rich of 30 films for an actress who isn’t 30 years old yet. In 2014, the press talked about the blooming of Anaïs Demoustier because her face and poise became essential to cinema. Present in "Bird People" by Pascale Ferran, "Caprices" by Emmanuel Mouret, "À trois on y va" by Jérôme Bonnell and "The New Girlfriend" by François Ozon, she is Marguerite in the last Valérie Donzelli’s film, "Marguerite et Julien" screened in Official selection in Cannes.
Louis Garrel
The son of actress Brigitte Sy and the director Philippe Garrel, he began his career in film thanks to his father, who started filming him at the age of six in "Emergency Kisses," alongside his mother and his grandfather, Maurice Garrel. He went onto study drama at the Conservatoire National d’Art Dramatique. He made his real cinema debut in 2001 in the film "Ceci est mon corps" by Rodolphe Marconi. Two years later, he played opposite Michael Pitt and the future Bond girl, Eva Green, in "The Dreamers" by Bernardo Bertolucci.
He then starred in another of his father’s films, "Regular Lovers". His performance earned him the César for the Most Promising Actor in 2005. Since then, he has played alongside the greatest, such as Isabelle Huppert in "Ma mère" by Christophe Honoré. This marked the beginning of a long collaboration between the filmmaker and the actor. They worked together in the film "In Paris" with Romain Duris, then in 2007 in "Love Songs" with Ludivine Sagnier, in "The Beautiful Person" with Léa Seydoux, in "Making Plans" for Lena with Chiara Mostroianni and, finally, in " Beloved" with Catherine Deneuve. He also topped the bill with Valéria Bruni Tedeschi in "Actresses," whom he worked with again in 2013 in "A Castle in Italy."
In 2010, he directed a short film, "The Little Tailor," in which he directed Léa Seydoux. He performed once again in one of his father’s films, "A Burning Hot Summer," followed by "Jealousy." In 2014, he starred in Bertrand Bonello’s film "Saint Laurent," a role which led to another César nomination, but this time in the best supporting role category. His first feature-length film, "Two Friends," presented at a Certain Regard, was applauded by the critics. He also starred in "Mon Roi," Maïwenn’s fourth feature-length film, alongside Emmanuelle and Vincent Cassel, presented as part of the official selection.
Guillaume Gouix
After studying at the Conservatoire in Marseille and the Ecole Régionale d’Acteur de Cannes, Guillaume Gouix began his career in television. He played the male lead in "The Lion Cubs," by Claire Doyon, in 2003. Noted for his performance, especially the highly physical aspect of it and his intense gaze, he then played a series of supporting roles as a young hoodlum in "Les Mauvais joueurs" by Frédéric Balekdjian and in "Chacun sa nuit," by Jean-Marc Barr and Pascal Arnold. He featured in the 2007 war film "Intimate Enemies" by Florent Emilio Siri, thus confirming his taste for complex characters.
The following year, he was applauded for his performance in the film "Behind the Walls" by Christian Faure. In 2010, he starred in "22 Bullets" by Richard Berry and in 2011, he established his reputation with roles in "Nobody Else But You" by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu, "Et soudain, tout le monde me manque" by Jennifer Devoldere, and "Jimmy Rivière," Teddy Lussi-Modeste’s film debut.
He also appeared in "Midnight in Paris" by Woody Allen. He more recently starred in "Attila Marcel," by Sylvain Chomet, in which he played the lead role, in "French Women" by Audrey Dana, and "The Connection" by Cédric Jimenez with Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lelouche. He performed in three films presented at Cannes this year ("Les Anarchistes" by Elie Wajeman, which opened the Semaine de la Critique, "La Vie en grand" by Mathieu Vadepied, which closed the week, and in "Enragés" by Eric Hannezo, screened at the Cinéma de la Plage). He also directed his first short film "Alexis Ivanovitch, vous êtes mon héros" in 2011 and will soon start on a feature-length film, which is currently being written. He will be topping the bill in 2015 with "Braqueurs," a thriller by Julien Leclercq.
Ariane Labed
Born in Greece to French parents, Ariane Labed has always navigated between her two countries. She studied drama at the University of Provence and began her acting career treading the boards. After setting up a company combining dance and theater, Ariane Labed returned to live in Greece where she played at the National Theater of Athens. 2010 was the year of her first film, "Attenberg," directed by Athiná-Rachél Tsangári. "Alps" by Yorgos Lanthi-mos, the following year, confirmed the talent of this strangely charming actress. Two years later, she starred in "Before Midnight" by Richard Linklater where she played the role of Anna. The follow-up to "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset," this third part of the saga was a great success, making Labed known to a wider audience.
In 2014, she played a young sailor in "Fidelio, Alice’s Odyssey," who is torn between faithfulness and her desire to live her life. Winning the best actress award at the Locarno Film Festival and nominated for a César, the French actress gives a brilliant performance in Lucie Borleteau’s first feature-length film. She joined Yorgos Lanthimos in Cannes in 2015, where he won the Prix du Jury for his film "The Lobster."
Vincent Macaigne
Vincent Macaigne is the leading light in young French cinema. He joined the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique in Paris in 1999, appearing on stage and assuming the role of director. His free adaptations of the great classics of literature and drama earned him public and critical acclaim. He directed "The Idiot" by Dostoïevski and presented "Au moins j’aurai laissé un beau cadavre in Avignon," inspired by Hamlet. He also rapidly made a name for himself in demanding art-house films. In 2001, he was seen for the first time in "Replay" by Catherine Corsini. In 2007, he starred in "On War" by Bertrand Bonello and in 2010, in "A Burning Hot Summer" by Philippe Garrel.
Since 2011, Vincent Macaigne’s presence in short, medium and full-length films has gradually increased. Faithful to his directors, he has starred in several of their films. As is the case with his friend Guillaume Brac, who directed him in "Le Naufragé," "Tonnerre" and "Un monde sans femmes." He was awarded the Grand Prix and the Prix Télérama at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and the Prix Lutin for Best Actor in this film. Under the direction of Vincent Mariette, he played in "Les Lézards" then "Fool Circle." In 2013, we find the funny and touching thirty-something in "La fille du 14 juillet" by Antonin Peretjatko, "Age of Panic" by Justine Triet, and "2 Autumns, 3 Winters" by Sébastien Betbeder.
He was discovered by the general public at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Considered a figurehead of the revival of French cinema, Vincent has drawn the attention of the Cahiers du Cinéma, and even the British newspaper The Observer, which referred to him as the “new Gérard Depardieu”. In 2011, he directed "What We’ll Leave Behind," a very well-received medium-length film which won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand Festival. He also starred in Mia Hansen-løve’s 2014 film "Eden." He plays one of the main roles in the actor Louis Garrel’s first feature-length film, "Two Friends," presented during the Semaine de la Critique. He also featured in his 2011 film, La Règle de trois.
Vimala Pons
From the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique, where she attended drama classes even though she wanted to be a screenwriter, to circus tents, Vimala Pons is an acrobat in all senses of the word. The 29-year-old actress has established her physical and poetic presence in French art-house films. She began her career in film with Albert Dupontel in "Enfermés dehors" in 2006. She then starred in "Eden Log" by Franck Vestiel in 2007, then in "Granny’s Funeral" by Bruno Podalydès in 2012.
Since then, we have seen her cross France in a little blue dress in "La Fille du 14 juillet," (she plays the girl) by Antonin Peretjatko, and changing into a lioness in "Métamorphoses," by Christophe Honoré. The impetuous muse of French independent film, Vimala Pons played in "Vincent" by Thomas Salvador this year. The actress has made a name for herself in 2015, in particular with "Comme un avion" by Bruno Podalydès, "Je suis à vous tout de suite" by Baya Kasmi, "La vie très privée de Monsieur Sim" by Michel Leclerc, and "L’Ombre des femmes" by Philippe Garrel (presented at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs this year in Cannes). She has also begun an international career, with a leading role in Paul Verhoeven’s latest film, "Elle."
Alice Winocour
The director Alice Winocour started out at Femis. After going into law, she returned to film and won three prizes for her short film "Kitchen: Prix TV5" for the best French-language short film, best international short film and the Silver Bear at the Festival of Nations (Ebensee). For "Magic Paris," she was awarded the jury prize at the St. Petersburg International Documentary, Short Film and Animated Film Festival.
She continued her career by writing the script for the film "Ordinary," by Vladimir Perisic. At the Cannes Film Festival 2012, Alice Winocour made a marked entry in the international arena with a film by a woman about women and the unchanging way of looking at them. In the film "Augustine," we are told the story of a professor and his patient, played by Vincent Lindon and Soko respectively. In 2015, she brought out her second feature-length film, "Maryland," which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. She is also the co-writer of "Mustang," by Denis Gamze Ergüven, presented at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs.
They are a force to be reckoned with. Unifrance films is ready to bet that you will certainly hear about these ten talented people. They represent the French cinema of today and will soon be on the screens worldwide.
Emmanuelle Bercot
An actress and a director, Emmanuelle Bercot began by enrolling at the Cours Florent drama school and taking dancing lessons after her baccalaureate. She graduated from Femis in 1998, after winning the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival for her short film "Les Vacances," in 1997. After her first few roles in the films of Jean-François Richet and Michel Deville, her career as an actress took off when Claude Miller gave her one of the main roles in "La Classe de neige" (1998). The following year, she made the headlines with the medium-length film she directed called "La Puce," presented in the selection of Un Certain Regard at Cannes. This film tells of the love affair between a 35-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl, played by Isild Le Besco.
Her first feature-length film, "Clément" (2001), is about the life of a troubled woman who has one adventure after another with various men until she meets a 14-yearold boy. Her second film, "Backstage" (2004), continues to explore teenage angst through a relationship between a hit singer and a young obsessional fan. She earned her first critical and public acclaim with "On My Way" (2013), the third film written by the director for Catherine Deneuve, in which the star plays a woman who has decided to leave everything behind and hit the road in France.
She was indisputably the most talked about person during the Cannes Film Festival 2015, both as an actress and a director. Thierry Frémaux surprised everyone by announcing that "Standing Tall," Emmanuelle Bercot’s fourth feature-length film would open the 68th Cannes Film Festival. Emmanuelle Bercot says that she has rediscovered the social fiber of her beginnings with this tale of juvenile delinquency. After the enthusiastic and unanimous reception of her film, she won the Best Actress Award for her role as a woman under the influence of love in the film "Mon Roi" by Maïwenn, with whom she co-wrote the script for "Polisse," which won the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012
Thomas Bidegain
Thomas Bidegain may well be one of the best known French screenwriters in the profession today, but it took him ten years to achieve this status. His career path in film is anything but ordinary. He started out in the 1990s by distributing and producing independent American films: "Ice Storm" by Ang Lee and "Chasing Sleep" by Michael Walker. He came back to France and joined MK2 where he became director of distribution. In 1999, he returned to production for "Why Not." In 2007, he told the story of his attempt to stop smoking in "Arrêter de fumer tue," a personal diary that was turned into a documentary, then a book.
In the meantime, he began screenwriting and worked on several projects. In 2009, he wrote the screenplay for Jacques Audiard’s film, "A Prophet," alongside Nicolas Peufaillit and Abdel Raouf Dafri, which won the Grand Prix du Jury in 2009. He participated in Audiard’s next film, "Rust and Bone" and "Our Children" by Joachim Lafosse. He was also the co-writer for "Saint Laurent" by Bertrand Bonello. Winning a César for the best original script and a César for the best adaptation, he presented "Cowboys" at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes this year, his first film as a director. He is also co-writer of "Ni le ciel ni la terre" by Clément Cogitore, presented during the Semaine de la Critique, as well as co-writer of the script for Jacques Audiard’s latest film, "Dheepan," which won the Palme d’Or.
Louise Bourgoin
Louise Bourgoin attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts for five years, during which she began her career as a model. After she graduated from art school in 2004, she radically changed direction and became a presenter on cable TV. She was Miss Météo in Le Grand Journal on Canal + from 2006 to 2008. Her slot became essential viewing and attracted a wide audience, including the attention of the film industry.
She began her acting career in "The Girl from Monaco" by Anne Fontaine, and her performance earned her a César nomination for Most Promising Actress. This recognition led to a whole series of roles and launched her career in film. She headed the bill of several films in 2010 ("White as Snow" by Christophe Blanc, "Sweet Valentine" by Emma Luchini, and "Black Heaven" by Gilles Marchand). The same year, Luc Besson selected her for the leading role in "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec."
Since then, Louise Bourgoin has played in film after film, and has taken her first steps in the international scene with her part in the American film "The Love Punch" by Joel Hopkins. She attracted attention at the Cannes Film Festival this year with her unusual role in Laurent Larivière’s first film, "I Am a Soldier," presented at Un Certain Regard.
Anaïs Demoustier
Her passion for acting started at a very young age and rapidly pushed her to take drama classes. She auditioned, when still a teenager, and got her first role alongside Isabelle Huppert in "Time of the Wolf" by Michael Haneke. After this, her career was launched and she played in a series of films among which "L’Année suivante" by Isabelle Czajka, "Hellphone" by James Huth, "The Beautiful Person" by Christophe Honoré, "Sois sage" by Juliette Garcias, "Sweet Evil" by Olivier Coussemacq, "Dear Prudene" by Rebecca Zlotowski, "Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Robert Guédiguian, "Thérèse Desqueyroux" by Claude Miller, "Quai d’Orsay" by Bertrand Tavernier, "Paris Follies" by Marc Fitoussi, etc.
A filmography rich of 30 films for an actress who isn’t 30 years old yet. In 2014, the press talked about the blooming of Anaïs Demoustier because her face and poise became essential to cinema. Present in "Bird People" by Pascale Ferran, "Caprices" by Emmanuel Mouret, "À trois on y va" by Jérôme Bonnell and "The New Girlfriend" by François Ozon, she is Marguerite in the last Valérie Donzelli’s film, "Marguerite et Julien" screened in Official selection in Cannes.
Louis Garrel
The son of actress Brigitte Sy and the director Philippe Garrel, he began his career in film thanks to his father, who started filming him at the age of six in "Emergency Kisses," alongside his mother and his grandfather, Maurice Garrel. He went onto study drama at the Conservatoire National d’Art Dramatique. He made his real cinema debut in 2001 in the film "Ceci est mon corps" by Rodolphe Marconi. Two years later, he played opposite Michael Pitt and the future Bond girl, Eva Green, in "The Dreamers" by Bernardo Bertolucci.
He then starred in another of his father’s films, "Regular Lovers". His performance earned him the César for the Most Promising Actor in 2005. Since then, he has played alongside the greatest, such as Isabelle Huppert in "Ma mère" by Christophe Honoré. This marked the beginning of a long collaboration between the filmmaker and the actor. They worked together in the film "In Paris" with Romain Duris, then in 2007 in "Love Songs" with Ludivine Sagnier, in "The Beautiful Person" with Léa Seydoux, in "Making Plans" for Lena with Chiara Mostroianni and, finally, in " Beloved" with Catherine Deneuve. He also topped the bill with Valéria Bruni Tedeschi in "Actresses," whom he worked with again in 2013 in "A Castle in Italy."
In 2010, he directed a short film, "The Little Tailor," in which he directed Léa Seydoux. He performed once again in one of his father’s films, "A Burning Hot Summer," followed by "Jealousy." In 2014, he starred in Bertrand Bonello’s film "Saint Laurent," a role which led to another César nomination, but this time in the best supporting role category. His first feature-length film, "Two Friends," presented at a Certain Regard, was applauded by the critics. He also starred in "Mon Roi," Maïwenn’s fourth feature-length film, alongside Emmanuelle and Vincent Cassel, presented as part of the official selection.
Guillaume Gouix
After studying at the Conservatoire in Marseille and the Ecole Régionale d’Acteur de Cannes, Guillaume Gouix began his career in television. He played the male lead in "The Lion Cubs," by Claire Doyon, in 2003. Noted for his performance, especially the highly physical aspect of it and his intense gaze, he then played a series of supporting roles as a young hoodlum in "Les Mauvais joueurs" by Frédéric Balekdjian and in "Chacun sa nuit," by Jean-Marc Barr and Pascal Arnold. He featured in the 2007 war film "Intimate Enemies" by Florent Emilio Siri, thus confirming his taste for complex characters.
The following year, he was applauded for his performance in the film "Behind the Walls" by Christian Faure. In 2010, he starred in "22 Bullets" by Richard Berry and in 2011, he established his reputation with roles in "Nobody Else But You" by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu, "Et soudain, tout le monde me manque" by Jennifer Devoldere, and "Jimmy Rivière," Teddy Lussi-Modeste’s film debut.
He also appeared in "Midnight in Paris" by Woody Allen. He more recently starred in "Attila Marcel," by Sylvain Chomet, in which he played the lead role, in "French Women" by Audrey Dana, and "The Connection" by Cédric Jimenez with Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lelouche. He performed in three films presented at Cannes this year ("Les Anarchistes" by Elie Wajeman, which opened the Semaine de la Critique, "La Vie en grand" by Mathieu Vadepied, which closed the week, and in "Enragés" by Eric Hannezo, screened at the Cinéma de la Plage). He also directed his first short film "Alexis Ivanovitch, vous êtes mon héros" in 2011 and will soon start on a feature-length film, which is currently being written. He will be topping the bill in 2015 with "Braqueurs," a thriller by Julien Leclercq.
Ariane Labed
Born in Greece to French parents, Ariane Labed has always navigated between her two countries. She studied drama at the University of Provence and began her acting career treading the boards. After setting up a company combining dance and theater, Ariane Labed returned to live in Greece where she played at the National Theater of Athens. 2010 was the year of her first film, "Attenberg," directed by Athiná-Rachél Tsangári. "Alps" by Yorgos Lanthi-mos, the following year, confirmed the talent of this strangely charming actress. Two years later, she starred in "Before Midnight" by Richard Linklater where she played the role of Anna. The follow-up to "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset," this third part of the saga was a great success, making Labed known to a wider audience.
In 2014, she played a young sailor in "Fidelio, Alice’s Odyssey," who is torn between faithfulness and her desire to live her life. Winning the best actress award at the Locarno Film Festival and nominated for a César, the French actress gives a brilliant performance in Lucie Borleteau’s first feature-length film. She joined Yorgos Lanthimos in Cannes in 2015, where he won the Prix du Jury for his film "The Lobster."
Vincent Macaigne
Vincent Macaigne is the leading light in young French cinema. He joined the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique in Paris in 1999, appearing on stage and assuming the role of director. His free adaptations of the great classics of literature and drama earned him public and critical acclaim. He directed "The Idiot" by Dostoïevski and presented "Au moins j’aurai laissé un beau cadavre in Avignon," inspired by Hamlet. He also rapidly made a name for himself in demanding art-house films. In 2001, he was seen for the first time in "Replay" by Catherine Corsini. In 2007, he starred in "On War" by Bertrand Bonello and in 2010, in "A Burning Hot Summer" by Philippe Garrel.
Since 2011, Vincent Macaigne’s presence in short, medium and full-length films has gradually increased. Faithful to his directors, he has starred in several of their films. As is the case with his friend Guillaume Brac, who directed him in "Le Naufragé," "Tonnerre" and "Un monde sans femmes." He was awarded the Grand Prix and the Prix Télérama at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and the Prix Lutin for Best Actor in this film. Under the direction of Vincent Mariette, he played in "Les Lézards" then "Fool Circle." In 2013, we find the funny and touching thirty-something in "La fille du 14 juillet" by Antonin Peretjatko, "Age of Panic" by Justine Triet, and "2 Autumns, 3 Winters" by Sébastien Betbeder.
He was discovered by the general public at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Considered a figurehead of the revival of French cinema, Vincent has drawn the attention of the Cahiers du Cinéma, and even the British newspaper The Observer, which referred to him as the “new Gérard Depardieu”. In 2011, he directed "What We’ll Leave Behind," a very well-received medium-length film which won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand Festival. He also starred in Mia Hansen-løve’s 2014 film "Eden." He plays one of the main roles in the actor Louis Garrel’s first feature-length film, "Two Friends," presented during the Semaine de la Critique. He also featured in his 2011 film, La Règle de trois.
Vimala Pons
From the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique, where she attended drama classes even though she wanted to be a screenwriter, to circus tents, Vimala Pons is an acrobat in all senses of the word. The 29-year-old actress has established her physical and poetic presence in French art-house films. She began her career in film with Albert Dupontel in "Enfermés dehors" in 2006. She then starred in "Eden Log" by Franck Vestiel in 2007, then in "Granny’s Funeral" by Bruno Podalydès in 2012.
Since then, we have seen her cross France in a little blue dress in "La Fille du 14 juillet," (she plays the girl) by Antonin Peretjatko, and changing into a lioness in "Métamorphoses," by Christophe Honoré. The impetuous muse of French independent film, Vimala Pons played in "Vincent" by Thomas Salvador this year. The actress has made a name for herself in 2015, in particular with "Comme un avion" by Bruno Podalydès, "Je suis à vous tout de suite" by Baya Kasmi, "La vie très privée de Monsieur Sim" by Michel Leclerc, and "L’Ombre des femmes" by Philippe Garrel (presented at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs this year in Cannes). She has also begun an international career, with a leading role in Paul Verhoeven’s latest film, "Elle."
Alice Winocour
The director Alice Winocour started out at Femis. After going into law, she returned to film and won three prizes for her short film "Kitchen: Prix TV5" for the best French-language short film, best international short film and the Silver Bear at the Festival of Nations (Ebensee). For "Magic Paris," she was awarded the jury prize at the St. Petersburg International Documentary, Short Film and Animated Film Festival.
She continued her career by writing the script for the film "Ordinary," by Vladimir Perisic. At the Cannes Film Festival 2012, Alice Winocour made a marked entry in the international arena with a film by a woman about women and the unchanging way of looking at them. In the film "Augustine," we are told the story of a professor and his patient, played by Vincent Lindon and Soko respectively. In 2015, she brought out her second feature-length film, "Maryland," which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. She is also the co-writer of "Mustang," by Denis Gamze Ergüven, presented at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs.
- 7/5/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
While largely unknown to American audiences, model-turned-actress Louise Bourgoin is an up and comer in France and it feels like she could be on the verge of a breakthrough, or at least proving she is much more than a pretty face. Known for starring in Luc Besson’s adventure film “The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec,” “The Girl From Monaco,” out-of-competition 2010 Cannes entry “Black Heaven,” and a recent appearance in William Monahan’s Tribeca entry “Mojave,” Bourgoin has been making strides towards a respectable career (she started out as a TV presenter), but a starring vehicle at Cannes, might just be her tipping point. The feature-length directorial debut of Laurent Lariviere (who’s made several shorts before this), “I Am A Soldier” stars a stripped down Bourgoin in a crime drama about an unemployed woman who tries to make good for herself in and around the world of dog trafficking.
- 5/13/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
M83 and Joseph Trapanese's full score from Oblivion has been released online.
The album includes the previously-released 'StarWaves' and title track 'Oblivion', featuring Norwegian vocalist Susanne Sundfør.
The soundtrack album is due for release on April 9 through Back Lot Music.
Oblivion sees Cruise take on the role of a solider sent to a far-off planet under orders to destroy what remains of an alien race. An unexpected arrival leads him to question his mission and the world he's been dispatched to.
Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo are among the supporting cast for Oblivion, opening in cinemas on April 12.
M83 tracks have previously featured in movies Chronicle, The Last Song and Last Night. They also composed the score for Gilles Marchand's 2010 film Black Heaven.
Watch the Oblivion trailer below:...
The album includes the previously-released 'StarWaves' and title track 'Oblivion', featuring Norwegian vocalist Susanne Sundfør.
The soundtrack album is due for release on April 9 through Back Lot Music.
Oblivion sees Cruise take on the role of a solider sent to a far-off planet under orders to destroy what remains of an alien race. An unexpected arrival leads him to question his mission and the world he's been dispatched to.
Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo are among the supporting cast for Oblivion, opening in cinemas on April 12.
M83 tracks have previously featured in movies Chronicle, The Last Song and Last Night. They also composed the score for Gilles Marchand's 2010 film Black Heaven.
Watch the Oblivion trailer below:...
- 4/4/2013
- Digital Spy
The first track from M83's Oblivion score has premiered online.
The French electro band, led by Anthony Gonzalez, are providing the soundtrack for Tom Cruise's post-apocalyptic blockbuster with composer Joseph Trapanese and contributions from Norwegian singer Susanne Sundfør.
'StarWaves', which premiered through Rolling Stone, can be heard below:
Oblivion sees Cruise take on the role of a solider sent to a far off planet under orders to destroy what remains of an alien race. An unexpected arrival leads him to question his mission and the world he's been dispatched to.
Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo are among the supporting cast for Oblivion, opening in cinemas on April 12.
M83 tracks have featured in movies Chronicle, The Last Song and Last Night. They previously composed the score for Gilles Marchand's 2010 film Black Heaven.
Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski previously worked with French dance act...
The French electro band, led by Anthony Gonzalez, are providing the soundtrack for Tom Cruise's post-apocalyptic blockbuster with composer Joseph Trapanese and contributions from Norwegian singer Susanne Sundfør.
'StarWaves', which premiered through Rolling Stone, can be heard below:
Oblivion sees Cruise take on the role of a solider sent to a far off planet under orders to destroy what remains of an alien race. An unexpected arrival leads him to question his mission and the world he's been dispatched to.
Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo are among the supporting cast for Oblivion, opening in cinemas on April 12.
M83 tracks have featured in movies Chronicle, The Last Song and Last Night. They previously composed the score for Gilles Marchand's 2010 film Black Heaven.
Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski previously worked with French dance act...
- 3/6/2013
- Digital Spy
A stylish and sexy French techno-thriller from the creative partnership behind “Lemming” and “Harry, He’s Here To Help”, Black Heaven is released on DVD by Arrow Films on 5th September 2011. We have 3 copies of the DVD to give away to our readers.
Gilles Marchand (Who Killed Bambi?) directs from a script co-written with his regular collaborator and fellow director Dominik Moll (Lemming; Harry, He’s Here To Help) to produce a movie that has been described as “inventive” (Variety), “intelligent… [and] riveting” (Hollywood Reporter).
For your chance of winning a copy of the DVD all you need to do is email contest@obsessedwithfilm.com with the e-mail header Black Heaven. Make sure you leave your full name and address and please only enter if you are 18 or over. Winners will be notified in September.
Gilles Marchand (Who Killed Bambi?) directs from a script co-written with his regular collaborator and fellow director Dominik Moll (Lemming; Harry, He’s Here To Help) to produce a movie that has been described as “inventive” (Variety), “intelligent… [and] riveting” (Hollywood Reporter).
For your chance of winning a copy of the DVD all you need to do is email contest@obsessedwithfilm.com with the e-mail header Black Heaven. Make sure you leave your full name and address and please only enter if you are 18 or over. Winners will be notified in September.
- 8/31/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Director/writer: Gilles Marchand.
Black Heaven is a film from Gilles Marchand (Who Killed Bambi?), which centrally stars Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet and Louise Bourgoin. Released April 12th on various platforms, Black Heaven or L'Autre Monde (The Other World) warns viewers of those mermaids of the sea, who sometimes appear in film, seducing characters and enticing watchers to see what happens next. The beautiful Bourgoin plays the vixen, while Leprnce-Ringuet as Gaspard plays the soon to be trapped. This is a trap that you do not want to be caught in, as a suicide club turns to murder, when there are no more volunteers to cross over. Black Heaven is compelling for asking that age-old, and unaswerable question: is there life after death?
If you said yes, then you need to show this reviewer proof. However, the film is smart enough not to ask this question upfront, but this topic is interwoven into the compelling narrative.
Black Heaven is a film from Gilles Marchand (Who Killed Bambi?), which centrally stars Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet and Louise Bourgoin. Released April 12th on various platforms, Black Heaven or L'Autre Monde (The Other World) warns viewers of those mermaids of the sea, who sometimes appear in film, seducing characters and enticing watchers to see what happens next. The beautiful Bourgoin plays the vixen, while Leprnce-Ringuet as Gaspard plays the soon to be trapped. This is a trap that you do not want to be caught in, as a suicide club turns to murder, when there are no more volunteers to cross over. Black Heaven is compelling for asking that age-old, and unaswerable question: is there life after death?
If you said yes, then you need to show this reviewer proof. However, the film is smart enough not to ask this question upfront, but this topic is interwoven into the compelling narrative.
- 6/9/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
"L'Autre Monde" ("The Other World") aka "Black Heaven" is the French techno-thriller directed by Gilles Marchand, now available on DVD.
Set partially in a virtual world called 'Black Hole', the film features CG animation. starring Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet as 'Gaspard', Louise Bourgoin as 'Audrey', Melvil Poupaud as 'Vincent', Pauline Etienne as 'Marion', Pierre Niney as 'Yann' and Ali Marhyar as 'Ludo'.
"...Teenagers 'Gaspard' and 'Marion' are madly in love and enjoying summer in the south of France, until they stumble upon a lost cell phone. At first they playfully decide to track down the owner. But the game takes on a much somber path when they find him dead, in a mysterious suicide ceremony.
"Next to him, lies a half unconscious girl, 'Audrey'. With her enigmatic tattoo and her gothic looks, she soon lures Gaspard into 'Black Heaven', a dangerously addictive video game.
"Gaspard discovers an obscure universe,...
Set partially in a virtual world called 'Black Hole', the film features CG animation. starring Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet as 'Gaspard', Louise Bourgoin as 'Audrey', Melvil Poupaud as 'Vincent', Pauline Etienne as 'Marion', Pierre Niney as 'Yann' and Ali Marhyar as 'Ludo'.
"...Teenagers 'Gaspard' and 'Marion' are madly in love and enjoying summer in the south of France, until they stumble upon a lost cell phone. At first they playfully decide to track down the owner. But the game takes on a much somber path when they find him dead, in a mysterious suicide ceremony.
"Next to him, lies a half unconscious girl, 'Audrey'. With her enigmatic tattoo and her gothic looks, she soon lures Gaspard into 'Black Heaven', a dangerously addictive video game.
"Gaspard discovers an obscure universe,...
- 5/1/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
It’s been 7 years since Facebook launched, and 8 for Second Life, but if Black Heaven (The Other World in its original French) is to be believed, the internet is still a shadowy and lawless place where angels fear to tread, and predatory social clubs exploit the naive fantasies of the unindoctrinated. Drawing in equal measure on Hitchcockian voyeurism and modern narratives of temptation like Wall Street, Heaven constructs a largely familiar world in which the bored are led away from their boring lives into the netherworld of online role playing games, although it’s hard to see how that could be new and unfamiliar to anyone by now. But instead of constructing an analogy for the increasing virtualization of modern life, Black Heaven keeps its implications safe enough to not alienate who still refuses to have an email address. Black Heaven may push its characters to the edge, but it...
- 4/26/2011
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
A look at what's new on DVD this week:
"A Summer in Genoa"
Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Released by Entertainment One
Of the many films Michael Winterbottom ("A Mighty Heart," "9 Songs") has directed in recent years, you wouldn't guess the one starring recent Oscar winner Colin Firth as a father who must take care of his two daughters in the wake of a car accident involving their mother (Hope Davis) would be the one to have trouble making it to the U.S. But here we are three years after "Genova," as it's known in much of the rest of the world, was shot and it's finally arrived on DVD, a mix of supernatural thriller and human drama that's actually getting reasonably good reviews upon its delayed release. Catherine Keener co-stars.
"Belladonna"
Directed by Annika Glac
Released by Osiris
Glac's debut as a writer/director centers on a man whose...
"A Summer in Genoa"
Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Released by Entertainment One
Of the many films Michael Winterbottom ("A Mighty Heart," "9 Songs") has directed in recent years, you wouldn't guess the one starring recent Oscar winner Colin Firth as a father who must take care of his two daughters in the wake of a car accident involving their mother (Hope Davis) would be the one to have trouble making it to the U.S. But here we are three years after "Genova," as it's known in much of the rest of the world, was shot and it's finally arrived on DVD, a mix of supernatural thriller and human drama that's actually getting reasonably good reviews upon its delayed release. Catherine Keener co-stars.
"Belladonna"
Directed by Annika Glac
Released by Osiris
Glac's debut as a writer/director centers on a man whose...
- 4/12/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Here is your list of DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for April 12, 2011. This week, we have a great high-octane double pack of Dirty Mary Crazy Larry and Race With The Devil and some other flicks that may tickle your fancy, so click beyond the break to see the full list.
All Descriptions of the following titles are provided by Amazon.com unless otherwise noted. If you plan on buying a flick from this list, please click on the links provided or click on the cover as it helps us pay the bills around here. Also, unlike most sites, we provide the Netflix widget which we think is pretty convenient to add these films to your queue. If you don’t have Netflix, feel free to click on “Free Trial” and try it out!
2033: Future Apocalypse
Format: DVD
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2033 Mexico City. In a corporation-controlled society where the population is controlled by a synthetic food called Pecti.
All Descriptions of the following titles are provided by Amazon.com unless otherwise noted. If you plan on buying a flick from this list, please click on the links provided or click on the cover as it helps us pay the bills around here. Also, unlike most sites, we provide the Netflix widget which we think is pretty convenient to add these films to your queue. If you don’t have Netflix, feel free to click on “Free Trial” and try it out!
2033: Future Apocalypse
Format: DVD
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2033 Mexico City. In a corporation-controlled society where the population is controlled by a synthetic food called Pecti.
- 4/12/2011
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Today's DVD releases cover a lot of ground. But let's start with the most amusing. Two collections arrive today. One, Tracy & Hepburn the Definitive Collection, collects every film that co-starred Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn, one of moviedom's most legendary couples both onscreen and off. The other is Dolph Lundgren Triple Threat. Hee. Because my movie-addled brain is always mushing things together I couldn't help but imagine a Lundgren/Hepburn series for a split second. What kind of movie could they possibly have made together?
The Lundgren triple doesn't even include any movie you've heard of. It's mostly post 90s stuff. Unfortunately none of the films are musicals despite the title of "triple threat" . When you hear triple threat you automatically think of a actor/singer/dancer, right? Make your next straight-to-dvd action pic a musical, Dolph.
The best of the new releases is Claire Denis's typically hypnotic and disturbing White Material,...
The Lundgren triple doesn't even include any movie you've heard of. It's mostly post 90s stuff. Unfortunately none of the films are musicals despite the title of "triple threat" . When you hear triple threat you automatically think of a actor/singer/dancer, right? Make your next straight-to-dvd action pic a musical, Dolph.
The best of the new releases is Claire Denis's typically hypnotic and disturbing White Material,...
- 4/12/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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Tracy and Hepburn the Definitive Collection I've mentioned this collection twice in the last two weeks in my Sunday What I Watched columns and I know I will be mentioning it again this week after watching Keeper of the Flame. Suffice to say, considering everything releasing this week this nine film collection is my top pick.
For anyone that's seen The Adjustment Bureau and fell in love with the chemistry between Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, this is a release for you as Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn had a chemistry unlike any other and this set puts it all on display. Now I won't say every film included is a winner, but I will say Hepburn and Tracy make a film hard not to enjoy.
The great thing about this collection is Warner Home Video was able to...
Tracy and Hepburn the Definitive Collection I've mentioned this collection twice in the last two weeks in my Sunday What I Watched columns and I know I will be mentioning it again this week after watching Keeper of the Flame. Suffice to say, considering everything releasing this week this nine film collection is my top pick.
For anyone that's seen The Adjustment Bureau and fell in love with the chemistry between Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, this is a release for you as Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn had a chemistry unlike any other and this set puts it all on display. Now I won't say every film included is a winner, but I will say Hepburn and Tracy make a film hard not to enjoy.
The great thing about this collection is Warner Home Video was able to...
- 4/12/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
It's another lackluster week with barely any noteworthy titles to compete for your hard-earned dollars. However, you can prepare yourselves for Wes Craven's latest installment in the Scream franchise which is opening this week by getting your groove on with the Scream 4 soundtrack.
You'd be swaying with the likes of the franchise's returning stars, Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox, as well as new cast members Britt Robertson, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell, Shenae Grimes, and Lucy Hale.
Other titles this week include The Inheritance directed by Robert O'Hara and starring Golden Brooks, Keith David, Db Woodside, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Rochelle Aytes; Mask Maker directed by Griff Furst and starring Nikki Deloache, Terry Kiser, Stephen Colletti, Jonathan Breck, Michael Berrymen, Treat Williams, Mariah Bonner, and A.J. Allegra; Black Heaven directed by Gilles Marchand and starring Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud; and...
You'd be swaying with the likes of the franchise's returning stars, Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox, as well as new cast members Britt Robertson, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell, Shenae Grimes, and Lucy Hale.
Other titles this week include The Inheritance directed by Robert O'Hara and starring Golden Brooks, Keith David, Db Woodside, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Rochelle Aytes; Mask Maker directed by Griff Furst and starring Nikki Deloache, Terry Kiser, Stephen Colletti, Jonathan Breck, Michael Berrymen, Treat Williams, Mariah Bonner, and A.J. Allegra; Black Heaven directed by Gilles Marchand and starring Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud; and...
- 4/11/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films made available by Netflix for instant streaming.
This Week’s New Instant Releases… Title: Black Heaven (2010)
Streaming Available: 04/12/2011
Cast: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud, Pauline Etienne, Pierre Niney, Ali Marhyar, Patrick Descamps, Pierre Vittet, Swann Arlaud, Francesco Merenda
Director: Gilles Marchand
Synopsis: While searching for the owner of a missing mobile phone with his girlfriend, Marion (Pauline Etienne), Gaspard (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet) falls for the mysterious Sam (Louise Bourgoin), who draws him into a dangerous virtual-reality video game, where she provokes unsuspecting victims into killing themselves. Directed by Gilles Marchand, this intense French drama alternates between real-life events and those within the simulated computer world. Title: Heartless (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/12/2011
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Clémence Poésy , Noel Clarke, Luke Treadaway, Justin Salinger,...
This Week’s New Instant Releases… Title: Black Heaven (2010)
Streaming Available: 04/12/2011
Cast: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud, Pauline Etienne, Pierre Niney, Ali Marhyar, Patrick Descamps, Pierre Vittet, Swann Arlaud, Francesco Merenda
Director: Gilles Marchand
Synopsis: While searching for the owner of a missing mobile phone with his girlfriend, Marion (Pauline Etienne), Gaspard (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet) falls for the mysterious Sam (Louise Bourgoin), who draws him into a dangerous virtual-reality video game, where she provokes unsuspecting victims into killing themselves. Directed by Gilles Marchand, this intense French drama alternates between real-life events and those within the simulated computer world. Title: Heartless (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/12/2011
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Clémence Poésy , Noel Clarke, Luke Treadaway, Justin Salinger,...
- 4/11/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ok, it's not really like Tron. But the video game scenes are very Tronesque.
Let's back up for a minute.
Here's the trailer for Black Heaven, from French director Gilles Marchand (2003's Who Killed Bambi?). The premise, via Movie List:
The story follows an innocent young kid, Gaspar, who, becoming enamored with a mysterious/gorgeous girl, is lured into "Black Hole" - a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world.
I figured we'd stick with the video game theme started yesterday. That synopsis is a little boring, but the trailer looks fairly interesting. The whole "video games blurring to real life" thing has been done a few times, but rarely well (Stay Alive, anyone?), so let's hope this one has more going for it.
Let's back up for a minute.
Here's the trailer for Black Heaven, from French director Gilles Marchand (2003's Who Killed Bambi?). The premise, via Movie List:
The story follows an innocent young kid, Gaspar, who, becoming enamored with a mysterious/gorgeous girl, is lured into "Black Hole" - a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world.
I figured we'd stick with the video game theme started yesterday. That synopsis is a little boring, but the trailer looks fairly interesting. The whole "video games blurring to real life" thing has been done a few times, but rarely well (Stay Alive, anyone?), so let's hope this one has more going for it.
- 2/1/2011
- by TK
Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven is currently playing on IFC Films video-on-demand feature via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House (Dread). The trailer below shows two lives. One is played online, while a second is played in reality. Both spheres of interaction offer murder, suicide and a life filled with new thrills, but new dangers. Have a look at the clip below and order the film for your viewing pleasure.
The film's synopsis is here:
"The story follows an innocent young kid, Gaspar (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), who, becoming enamored with a mysterious/gorgeous girl (Louise Bourgoin), is lured into a "Black Hole" - a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world" (IFC Films).
Director: Gilles Marchand.
Writers: Gilles Marchand and Dominik Moll.
Cast: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud, Pauline Etienne, Pierre Niney, Ali Marhyar, Patrick Descamps, and Swann Arlaud.
The...
The film's synopsis is here:
"The story follows an innocent young kid, Gaspar (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), who, becoming enamored with a mysterious/gorgeous girl (Louise Bourgoin), is lured into a "Black Hole" - a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world" (IFC Films).
Director: Gilles Marchand.
Writers: Gilles Marchand and Dominik Moll.
Cast: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud, Pauline Etienne, Pierre Niney, Ali Marhyar, Patrick Descamps, and Swann Arlaud.
The...
- 12/9/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Black Heaven is now playing at the IFC Center in New York and opens Friday at the Sunset 5 in Los Angeles. More late night engagements are to follow. The cool French thriller is also playing nationwide on demand from IFC Midnight, available via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House. Watch the cool trailer below courtesy of Dread Central!
Synopsis:
A breakout selection of the midnight section of Cannes in 2010, Black Heaven is directed by an exciting new French filmmaker called Gilles Marchand. The story (featuring a terrifically sexy young cast) follows an innocent young kid, Gaspar (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet of Love Songs), who, becoming enamored with a mysterious/gorgeous girl (Louise Bourgoin, The Girl From Monaco), is lured into "Black Hole" - a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world.
Black Heaven - Trailer
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- 12/9/2010
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
What's Black Heaven, you ask? We're fairly certain that it has Nothing to do with black Friday, blackouts, or even black masses (not that we'd know anything about the latter *hides dagger*), but we do know that it's the latest film from IFC. Dig on the trailer!
Black Heaven is now playing at the IFC Center in New York and will open Friday at the Sunset 5 in Los Angeles. Additional late night engagements will follow nationally. Black Heaven is also playing nationwide on demand from IFC Midnight, available via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House.
Synopsis
A breakout selection of the midnight section of Cannes in 2010, Black Heaven is directed by an exciting new French filmmaker called Gilles Marchand. The story (featuring a terrifically sexy young cast) follows an innocent young kid, Gaspar (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet of Love Songs), who, becoming enamored with a mysterious/gorgeous girl (Louise Bourgoin,...
Black Heaven is now playing at the IFC Center in New York and will open Friday at the Sunset 5 in Los Angeles. Additional late night engagements will follow nationally. Black Heaven is also playing nationwide on demand from IFC Midnight, available via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House.
Synopsis
A breakout selection of the midnight section of Cannes in 2010, Black Heaven is directed by an exciting new French filmmaker called Gilles Marchand. The story (featuring a terrifically sexy young cast) follows an innocent young kid, Gaspar (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet of Love Songs), who, becoming enamored with a mysterious/gorgeous girl (Louise Bourgoin,...
- 12/8/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
If Tron leaves you wanting something a little darker, sexier and more twisted from from the newbie-trapped-in-a-video-game genre, it looks like the French went ahead and took care of that. The Black Heaven trailer centers around a game called Black Hole which involves an often-undressed femme fatale, long jumps off of buildings and crappy graphics. And like all of the best video games, this one can possibly kill the player in real life.
- 12/8/2010
- Movieline
Gilles Marchand's techno thriller debuted as part of the midnight program in Cannes and now arrives in the Us on demand via IFC Midnight and in a series of select theatrical engagements. And you know what that means? New trailer.
Gaspard and Marion are madly in love and enjoying summer in the south of France... until the two teenagers stumble upon a lost cell phone. At first they playfully decide to track down the owner...But the game takes on a much somber path when they find him dead, in a mysterious suicide ceremony. Next to him, lies a half unconscious girl, Audrey. With her enigmatic tattoo and her gothic looks, she soon lures Gaspard into Black Heaven, a dangerously addictive video game.
Gaspard discovers an obscure universe, full of infinite possibilities. Creating an avatar who is miles away from him, he sets on a search for the beautiful but poisonous singer,...
Gaspard and Marion are madly in love and enjoying summer in the south of France... until the two teenagers stumble upon a lost cell phone. At first they playfully decide to track down the owner...But the game takes on a much somber path when they find him dead, in a mysterious suicide ceremony. Next to him, lies a half unconscious girl, Audrey. With her enigmatic tattoo and her gothic looks, she soon lures Gaspard into Black Heaven, a dangerously addictive video game.
Gaspard discovers an obscure universe, full of infinite possibilities. Creating an avatar who is miles away from him, he sets on a search for the beautiful but poisonous singer,...
- 12/6/2010
- Screen Anarchy
While it could be the weather or the crowds that might dissuade people from heading to the theaters this holiday season, a handful of distributors are providing plenty of reasons to stay in with plenty of films available at just the touch of a button. IFC and Magnolia continue to bring the arthouse to your house with hot festival favorites such as Lena Dunham's comedy "Tiny Furniture" and the Kerry Washington-Anthony Mackie drama "Night Catches Us" arriving on demand at the same time they hit theaters, while companies like FilmBuff and Gravitas are debuting new films from Edward Burns ("Nice Guy Johnny") and Melissa Leo ("One Night") on an array of platforms to choose from. A complete guide to what's not at your local multiplex is below.
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- 10/21/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Hideo Nakata's disappointing Chatroom (read our review) is the tale of a group of kids who go online to escape their troubles and who are coerced into taking their own lives by similarly troubled teens. That's playing in the festival's Un Certain Regard sidebar as part of the official selection.
Also in the official selection, as a midnight screening, is Black Heaven, a tale of a group of kids who go online to escape their troubles and who are coerced into taking their own lives by similarly troubled teens. But while it's French, stars no-one you've heard of and is helmed by a director with little pedigree, don't assume Black Heaven is the also-ran here. For everything Chatroom does wrong, Black Heaven does right. It's a smart and engaging look at internet culture and the pressures, lies and intoxication of a virtual world. It may not be packed to...
Also in the official selection, as a midnight screening, is Black Heaven, a tale of a group of kids who go online to escape their troubles and who are coerced into taking their own lives by similarly troubled teens. But while it's French, stars no-one you've heard of and is helmed by a director with little pedigree, don't assume Black Heaven is the also-ran here. For everything Chatroom does wrong, Black Heaven does right. It's a smart and engaging look at internet culture and the pressures, lies and intoxication of a virtual world. It may not be packed to...
- 5/28/2010
- by Joe Utichi
- Cinematical
"Beyond eXistenZ filmmaker David Cronenberg, has there ever been a filmmaker able to mine worthwhile ideas from the unsteady relationship between reality and the virtual kind?" asks Aaron Hillis in his review of Black Heaven (L'autre monde) for Moving Pictures. "Maybe it's unfair to fault French genre screenwriter and occasional director Gilles Marchand (Who Killed Bambi?) for chasing popcorn thrills rather than naked truths in his stylized cyber-goth noir about a fresh-faced teen who becomes the Hitchcockian everyman in a dangerous game of self-destructive femme fatales and murderous coercion. Treated as a B-movie, it's a wickedly seductive ride, but whenever it postures to say something more clever as an Information-Age cautionary tale, the film's overreaching ambitions, limply written characters and illogical plotting fall right on their avatar's face."...
- 5/22/2010
- MUBI
Louise Bourgoin in Black Heaven One of the few genre films I made a point to see at this year's 63rd Cannes Film Festival was Gilles Marchand's L'autre Monde (Black Heaven), a mysterious film that attracted my attention with a fascinating premise in which people are seduced and encouraged to commit suicide via a mysterious virtual reality videogame.
Strangely, the premise and the outcome are quite similar to Hideo Nakata's Chatroom (the worst film I've seen at the festival so far). Black Heaven suffers from the same problems as Chatroom, and it too would have been better as a 30 minute short rather than a feature length film. This would have forced Marchand to invest in his story quicker rather than waste time with needless posturing. Each scene goes on longer than necessary and nearly 45 minutes pass before the film ever hints at a story worth watching only to...
Strangely, the premise and the outcome are quite similar to Hideo Nakata's Chatroom (the worst film I've seen at the festival so far). Black Heaven suffers from the same problems as Chatroom, and it too would have been better as a 30 minute short rather than a feature length film. This would have forced Marchand to invest in his story quicker rather than waste time with needless posturing. Each scene goes on longer than necessary and nearly 45 minutes pass before the film ever hints at a story worth watching only to...
- 5/19/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
As for my What I Watched column today I don't have much to share that hasn't already been reviewed from my time here in Cannes. However, on the flight over I did catch a few minutes of Fantastic Mr. Fox and Sherlock Holmes, though most of that time was spent sleeping. That said, here is a list of the films I have reviewed this week, please share what you took in, in the comments below. Another Year You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Chatroom Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps The Housemaid Draquila - Italy Trembles Tournee Robin Hood Last night I did catch an hour of Charles Ferguson's documentary Inside Job taking a look at the financial crisis and who's to blame. It's a pretty decent feature, but I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer and had to bail though I was told the ending did a...
- 5/16/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Among those they have tapped for the fest they have a premium Midnight Screening for Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven and they are closing the festival with Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree. - The Sales/Distribution/Production company continually pluck from a batch of interesting U.S independent film auteurs (they are back on board with So Yong Kim for her to be released in the Fall title, For Ellen), grabbing select Euro titles Natalia Smirnoff's Puzzle (a Berlin) along with French films which we've been talking non-stop for the better half of year. Among those they have tapped for the fest they have a premium Midnight Screening for Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven and they are closing the festival with Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree. (see Charlotte Gainsbourg in pic above). On the sales side of things, they are working with Marchand's partner in crime Dominik Moll...
- 5/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
If I had to pick just twelve (my actual screening schedule is north of 40) then I'd go with the dozen titles below. - If I had to pick just twelve (my actual screening schedule is north of 40) then I'd go with the dozen titles below. All Good Children directed by Alicia Duffy (Director's Fortnight)On the basis of her short film and the clip I saw for this one, this feature debut may just bring us the next Lynne Ramsay, Andrea Arnold.Biutiful directed by Alejandro Gonzales Innaritu (Main Comp)First screenplay sans Guillermo Arriaga, I'm expecting this to be the fresh start and move away from mapped out narratives and multiple character collision course - big question: is this an English or Spanish spoken film? Carlos directed by Olivier Assayas (Out of Competition) Of the list you find on this page, this is the...
- 5/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
If I had to pick just twelve (my actual screening schedule is north of 40) then I'd go with the dozen titles below. All Good Children directed by Alicia Duffy (Director's Fortnight)On the basis of her short film and the clip I saw for this one, this feature debut may just bring us the next Lynne Ramsay, Andrea Arnold.Biutiful directed by Alejandro Gonzales Innaritu (Main Comp)First screenplay sans Guillermo Arriaga, I'm expecting this to be the fresh start and move away from mapped out narratives and multiple character collision course - big question: is this an English or Spanish spoken film? Carlos directed by Olivier Assayas (Out of Competition) Of the list you find on this page, this is the film in Cannes that I won't be watching - 5 hour 33 minutes should have been broken down by the festival. Will seek it out post festival.Inside Job directed...
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The Sales/Distribution/Production company continually pluck from a batch of interesting U.S independent film auteurs (they are back on board with So Yong Kim for her to be released in the Fall title, For Ellen), grabbing select Euro titles Natalia Smirnoff's Puzzle (a Berlin) along with French films which we've been talking non-stop for the better half of year. Among those they have tapped for the fest they have a premium Midnight Screening for Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven and they are closing the festival with Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree. (see Charlotte Gainsbourg in pic above). On the sales side of things, they are working with Marchand's partner in crime Dominik Moll's filmed in Spain fantasy pic and are onboard Pawel Pawlikowski's new project – a helmer who's sabbatical has lasted a tad too long. Black Heaven (L'autre Monde) by Gilles Marchand - Completed The Monk...
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Over the weekend I was hard at work adding additional titles debuting at this year's 2010 Cannes Film Festival in an effort to make sure once I am in town it is all about seeing the movies and working as little as possible on the asset process. As a result, I now have 17 of the 18 films in competition in the database as information on Sergei Loznitsa's Schastye Moe (My Joy) doesn't seem to be available. However, information on the other 17 is now readily available along with some new pictures and trailers for several of them.
First off, to the right is one of the first three images available for Mathieu Amalric's Tournee, of which I also have the official synopsis for the film from the man most of you know as the villain from Quantum of Solace or Jean-Dominique Bauby from The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
In Tournee...
First off, to the right is one of the first three images available for Mathieu Amalric's Tournee, of which I also have the official synopsis for the film from the man most of you know as the villain from Quantum of Solace or Jean-Dominique Bauby from The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
In Tournee...
- 5/3/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
As I suggested in my last update, the Cannes film festival line-up we announced earlier this month has since changed slightly, with new additions coming quickly after the initial announcement, and the hoped for inclusion of Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life not making it to the party after all. Below is the new- and with only a week or so left until the Festival opens with Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood- presumably the absolute final line-up for this year’s programmes. All titles have been translated into English for ease where they re not obviously translatable.
Opening Film
Ridley Scott ‘Robin Hood’ [Out of Competition]
The Competition
Mike Leigh ‘Another Year’
Sergei Loznitsa ‘My Joy’
Apichatpong Weerasethakul ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’
Doug Liman ‘Fair Game’
Im Sang-soo ‘The Housemaid’
Takeshi Kitano ‘Outrage’
Danielle Lucheti ‘Our Life’
Nikita Mikhalkov ‘Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus’
Mathieu Amalric ‘On Tour...
Opening Film
Ridley Scott ‘Robin Hood’ [Out of Competition]
The Competition
Mike Leigh ‘Another Year’
Sergei Loznitsa ‘My Joy’
Apichatpong Weerasethakul ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’
Doug Liman ‘Fair Game’
Im Sang-soo ‘The Housemaid’
Takeshi Kitano ‘Outrage’
Danielle Lucheti ‘Our Life’
Nikita Mikhalkov ‘Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus’
Mathieu Amalric ‘On Tour...
- 5/2/2010
- by Simon Gallagher
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Festival de Cannes lives up to its name in its selection of its first 16 Competition Films from 13 countries. But an international cry went up when at the first announcement not a single picture was directed by a woman in the Competition area. (Last year there were directors Jane Campion, Isabel Coixet and Andrea Arnold.) However, the Closing Night film was just announced and it is Julie Bertucelli’s The Tree, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas and Aden Young. It will close the 63rd Festival de Cannes on Sunday, May 23rd following the Awards Ceremony. Memento is the international sales agent. Contacts for all films are listed below.
The other women invited can be found in the special screening sidebar where Sophie Fiennes' Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow about the German artist Anselm Kiefer, one of five docs chosen to be in the festival, Sabina Guzzanti's Draquila...
The other women invited can be found in the special screening sidebar where Sophie Fiennes' Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow about the German artist Anselm Kiefer, one of five docs chosen to be in the festival, Sabina Guzzanti's Draquila...
- 4/30/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
I love getting IndieWire’s Cannes Wish List. IndieWire's commentary on each film is interesting in and of itself. I find myself remarking "I didn't know that!" at every other entry. My former Tipped for Cannes Report (when FilmFinders was my company) was one of my most popular reports because film buyers and programmers could immediately hone in on their targets. So, in keeping with tradition, I pulled together the list Screen International (Si) and blogger ion (he did a lot of research for this!) published in February just after the Berlinale and am now going to compare it with Iw’s. My links for the title are to IMDbPro and for the contact either to the seller (Isa=International Sales Agent) or the producer.
After this, I will track which of these land in Cannes, which in Toronto, Venice, etc.; which get acquired by whom (to be gathered together...
After this, I will track which of these land in Cannes, which in Toronto, Venice, etc.; which get acquired by whom (to be gathered together...
- 4/29/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
I am about to head out the door for the Seattle International Film Festival press launch, but I can't help the fact my mind is pretty much 24/7 Cannes Film Festival as I have been adding new movies to the database almost hourly over the past couple of days along with new trailers and pictures for each as I plot my plan of attack. And in that process it's certainly best to keep you aware of what's going on so you have some familiarity with these films once I start talking about them beginning May 12, so let's get to it...
First off, I've got some serious interest in Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven, a techno-drama from which the image to the right comes (more here) starring Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin and Melvil Poupaud. The story goes like this: Gaspard and Marion are madly in love and enjoying summer in the south of France.
First off, I've got some serious interest in Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven, a techno-drama from which the image to the right comes (more here) starring Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin and Melvil Poupaud. The story goes like this: Gaspard and Marion are madly in love and enjoying summer in the south of France.
- 4/29/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Soon to premiere in the midnight program at Cannes 2010, Gilles Marchand's techno thriller Black Heaven is one fans of high end science fiction have been waiting for for quite a while. Set partially in a virtual world called Black Hole, the film features extensive CG animation from the same company responsible for recent animated feature Renaissance, the production of which has kept the film in post production for well over a year. But now we've got a look at the current sales promo for the film, which gives a lengthy look at the finished product. Check it below.
Gaspard and Marion are madly in love and enjoying summer in the south of France... until the two teenagers stumble upon a lost cell phone. At first they playfully decide to track down the owner...But the game takes on a much somber path when they find him dead, in a mysterious suicide ceremony.
Gaspard and Marion are madly in love and enjoying summer in the south of France... until the two teenagers stumble upon a lost cell phone. At first they playfully decide to track down the owner...But the game takes on a much somber path when they find him dead, in a mysterious suicide ceremony.
- 4/26/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Just like last weekend, today I wanted to feature another new indie trailer for a film that's premiering at the Cannes Film Festival next month. The movie is called Black Heaven, or L'autre Monde in French, and is directed by French filmmaker Gilles Marchand of Who Killed Bambi?. It's kind of a techno-thriller/drama about a couple who pick up a lost cellphone that leads them to find an unconscious girl who is trying to kill herself. Later, the main guy gets pulled into some video game world called Black Heaven (or Black Hole) and is convinced in-game to commit suicide himself. Kind of a weird premise, but it still looks very interesting. Watch the first French trailer for Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven: Black Heaven, aka L'autre Monde in French, is written and directed by French filmmaker Gilles Marchand, who attended La Fémis in Paris and is directing...
- 4/25/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In the interim, filmmaker Gilles Marchand stuck to his writing work supplying screenplays such as Lemming and Feux rouges for Dominik Moll and Cédric Kahn, but now wearing the director hat, Marchand will be returning to Cannes for the first time since 2003's Who Killed Bambi? - In the interim, filmmaker Gilles Marchand stuck to his writing work supplying screenplays such as Lemming and Feux rouges for Dominik Moll and Cédric Kahn, but now wearing the director hat, Marchand will be returning to Cannes for the first time since 2003's Who Killed Bambi? With Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet in the lead, and also starring Louise Bourgoin (La fille de Monaco) and Melvil Poupaud (Le refuge), Black Heaven, which receives a Midnight Screening slot and is among my tops in Most Anticipated Films list, merges real life and animation, much like how Marchand's scripted L'Avion merged fantasy with real-life elements.
- 4/24/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
In the interim, filmmaker Gilles Marchand stuck to his writing work supplying screenplays such as Lemming and Feux rouges for Dominik Moll and Cédric Kahn, but now wearing the director hat, Marchand will be returning to Cannes for the first time since 2003's Who Killed Bambi? With Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet in the lead, and also starring Louise Bourgoin (La fille de Monaco) and Melvil Poupaud (Le refuge), Black Heaven, which receives a Midnight Screening slot and is among my tops in Most Anticipated Films list, merges real life and animation, much like how Marchand's scripted L'Avion merged fantasy with real-life elements. L'autre monde (Black Heaven) is co-written by Marchand and Dominik Moll, and is a coming-of-age story about a teenager seduced by the unlimited possibilities of the dark, virtual world of online gaming. Set during the Summer in the south of France. Gaspard (Leprince-Ringuet) divides his time between his friends and his girlfriend,...
- 4/23/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
7 films in the three sections of Cannes were financed by Backup Films. Entirely dedicated to film financing, Backup Films has, in 2009 alone worked with over 60 ambitious international projects in their search of financing, whether in their development, production, or distribution phase. Backup Films is currently managing film investments funds of over €33.6M, and has brokered, last year, €4.5M in coproduction, distribution and equity deals. Over the past 8 years, the films financed through the Backup Films Agency or Backup Films’ funds have gathered 40 A-class festival selections and have won 15 major prizes.
Official Selection
Tournée (Le Pacte) de Mathieu Amalric is in Compétition. Tournée is produced by Les Films du Poisson in association with Sofica Coficup – with funds from Backup Films.
L’autre monde, aka Black Heaven (Memento) the second feature of Gilles Marchand, and his second time in Special Screenings. It is produced by Haut et Court in association avec Sofica...
Official Selection
Tournée (Le Pacte) de Mathieu Amalric is in Compétition. Tournée is produced by Les Films du Poisson in association with Sofica Coficup – with funds from Backup Films.
L’autre monde, aka Black Heaven (Memento) the second feature of Gilles Marchand, and his second time in Special Screenings. It is produced by Haut et Court in association avec Sofica...
- 4/23/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Ah, the French. They sure know how to make their thrillers both sexy and crazy at the same time, don’t they? If you don’t think so, wait till you see the crazy, sexy trailer for L’Autre Monde, or Black Heaven as it translates to in English.
Read more on Trailer for L’Autre Monde or Black Heaven…...
Read more on Trailer for L’Autre Monde or Black Heaven…...
- 4/19/2010
- by James Wallace
- GordonandtheWhale
We reported on this film in August of last year and it's taken that long to get a premier, and honestly from what I can see in the trailer, I don't get the appeal, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. Another film taking a sidetrack into video game land, it's a love story with a pretty simple premise.
Gaspard and Marion are madly in love and enjoying summer in the south of France… until the two teenagers stumble upon a lost cell phone. At first they playfully decide to track down the owner...But the game takes on a much somber path when they find him dead, in a mysterious suicide ceremony. Next to him, lies a half unconscious girl, Audrey. With her enigmatic tattoo and her gothic looks, she soon lures Gaspard into Black Heaven, a dangerously addictive video game.
Gaspard discovers an obscure universe, full of infinite possibilities.
Gaspard and Marion are madly in love and enjoying summer in the south of France… until the two teenagers stumble upon a lost cell phone. At first they playfully decide to track down the owner...But the game takes on a much somber path when they find him dead, in a mysterious suicide ceremony. Next to him, lies a half unconscious girl, Audrey. With her enigmatic tattoo and her gothic looks, she soon lures Gaspard into Black Heaven, a dangerously addictive video game.
Gaspard discovers an obscure universe, full of infinite possibilities.
- 4/19/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Okay so Miral is out, Tree of Life is unlikely and Carlos is fighting to find a spot, and if we crunch the numbers (past decade stats provided by a Cannes film festival friend) it looks certain that there is still some filling up to do, not just the Main Comp, but potentially one or two more added titles might be added to the Un Certain Regard section and we should get at least four more titles joining the Out of Competition titles of Robin Hood, Stephen Frears, Oliver Stone and Woody Allen. - Okay so Miral is out, Tree of Life is unlikely and Carlos is fighting to find a spot, and if we crunch the numbers (past decade stats provided by a Cannes film festival friend) it looks certain that there is still some filling up to do, not just the Main Comp, but potentially one or two...
- 4/18/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Okay so Miral is out, Tree of Life is unlikely and Carlos is fighting to find a spot, and if we crunch the numbers (past decade stats provided by a Cannes film festival friend) it looks certain that there is still some filling up to do, not just the Main Comp, but potentially one or two more added titles might be added to the Un Certain Regard section and we should get at least four more titles joining the Out of Competition titles of Robin Hood, Stephen Frears, Oliver Stone and Woody Allen. While the Special Screening list of eight feels complete, the Midnight Screening section might see one more add-on. The announcements could come in batches, and I wouldn't be surprised is they are made as of this Monday...will Ken Loach, François Ozon, Peter Mullan and Kornel Mundruczó be added? Midnight Screenings: Black Heaven (L'autre Monde) Gilles MarchandL'autre...
- 4/17/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Rumours are circulating in Paris two weeks ahead of the press conference at which the official selection for the 63rd Cannes Film Festival (May 12-23, 2010) will be unveiled. And uncertainty will reign until April 15 for this year many films are apparently caught up in a race against time to be ready for Cannes.
According to our sources, the race for the Palme d’Or will almost certainly include Tree of Life by Us director Terrence Malick; Biutiful by Mexico’s Alejandro González Inárritu; Tamara Drewe by UK director Stephen Frears; Another Year by fellow Brit Mike Leigh; and two Korean films: Poetry by Lee Chang-dong and The Housemaid by Im Sang-soo.
The competition line-up may also include Us director Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, Miral by fellow Us filmmaker Julian Schnabel, Outrage by Japan’s Takeshi Kitano, and two Argentinean features: Pablo Trapero’s Carancho and Diego Lerman’s Moral Sciences.
According to our sources, the race for the Palme d’Or will almost certainly include Tree of Life by Us director Terrence Malick; Biutiful by Mexico’s Alejandro González Inárritu; Tamara Drewe by UK director Stephen Frears; Another Year by fellow Brit Mike Leigh; and two Korean films: Poetry by Lee Chang-dong and The Housemaid by Im Sang-soo.
The competition line-up may also include Us director Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, Miral by fellow Us filmmaker Julian Schnabel, Outrage by Japan’s Takeshi Kitano, and two Argentinean features: Pablo Trapero’s Carancho and Diego Lerman’s Moral Sciences.
- 4/1/2010
- by Cineuropa
- DearCinema.com
New logo. New website. New artistic director. Olivier Pere exited to become the head honcho at Locarno, so the Director's Fortnight, also known as La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, will be Frederic Boyer's baby this year. The mandate will remain the same, but will the tastes differ? Pere's legacy includes some of my favorites over the past decade such as Corneliu Porumboiu's 12:08 East of Bucharest... - New logo. New website. New artistic director. Olivier Pere exited to become the head honcho at Locarno, so the Director's Fortnight, also known as La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, will be Frederic Boyer's baby this year. The mandate will remain the same, but will the tastes differ? Pere's legacy includes some of my favorites over the past decade such as Corneliu Porumboiu's 12:08 East of Bucharest, Anton Corbijn's Control, Ramin Bahrani's Chop Shop, Pablo Larraín's Tony Manero,...
- 3/29/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
I spent all of last week divulging some of films that I expect to be in Cannes this year, and Screen Daily happened to do the same. There are a good number of films that are mentioned of both sites' lists, but I mention about twenty films that the trade makes no mention of, and of course they have got a long list as well of films that I either passed on as potential selections or I was totally oblivious as to their existence. - I spent all of last week divulging some of films that I expect to be in Cannes this year, and Screen Daily happened to do the same. There are a good number of films that are mentioned of both sites' lists, but I mention about twenty films that the trade makes no mention of, and of course they have got a long list as well...
- 3/27/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
In many ways, Cannes' parallel sidebars (Director's Fortnight, Critic's Week and I'm including Un Certain Regard here) are the hardest sections to forecast - the high volume of films from all corner of the globe and the actual number of available slots makes it perhaps more difficult to predict than the actual Main Competition predictions.. - In many ways, Cannes' parallel sidebars (Director's Fortnight, Critic's Week and I'm including Un Certain Regard here) are the hardest sections to forecast - the high volume of films from all corner of the globe and the actual number of available slots makes it perhaps more difficult to predict than the actual Main Competition predictions (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV). Like other major film festivals, Cannes has their own labs, promoting new talent and I'm expecting to see some of the Atelier names to preem their work at...
- 2/19/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Apart from a couple of doc samples, all commentary on how the virtual world has socially altered/modified our habits and comportment has pretty much bit the dust - L'autre monde might be a poignant game changer. - #34. Black Heaven Director: Gilles MarchandWriter(s): Marchand and Dominik Moll Producers: France's Haut et Court.Distributor: Rights Available. Photo Exclusive: Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven (Photo credit) Marcel Hartmann. The Gist: This is a coming-of-age story about a teenager seduced by the unlimited possibilities of the dark, virtual world of online gaming.....(more) Cast: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin and Melvil Poupaud Why is it on the list?: Apart from a couple of doc samples, all commentary on how the virtual world has socially altered/modified our habits and comportment has pretty much bit the dust - L'autre monde might be a poignant game changer. Among my top 100 films of the decade,...
- 2/3/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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