02/08/2007

Domestic titles will reign supreme in French cinemas in the last quarter of 2007, with over 60 local titles to hit screens between the end of August and December 31.

Among the programmed releases are three eagerly awaited titles. The first of these is Jean-Jacques Annaud’s His Majesty Minor [+see also:
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There is also no shortage of outsiders at the box office, with titles such as Jan Kounen’s 99 francs [+see also:
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Eagerly awaited action movies include Hitman [+see also:
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Thrillers are also plentiful in supply with Ariel Zeitoun’s Le gang des postiches (October 24, EuropaCorp), Albert Lot’s La chambre des morts (October 31, Bac Films), Nicolas Boukhrief’s Cortex (26 December, Wild Bunch) and, last but not least, Olivier Assayas’ Boarding Gate [+see also:
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Other Gallic titles expected to do good business are Manuel Poirier’s The House [+see also:
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film profile] (August 22, Diaphana), Eric Rohmer’s Les amours d'Astrée et de Céladon [+see also:
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film profile] (September 5, Rezo Films, see article) and a string of films straight from the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight: The Human Question [+see also:
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film profile] (September 26, Pyramide), Danielle Arbid’s A Lost Man [+see also:
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Joining this impressive list are Damien Odoul’s L'Histoire de Richard O. [+see also:
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Other Cannes releases include Paranoid Park [+see also:
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film profile] by Carlos Reygadas (Bac Films), Naomi Kawase’s The Mourning Forest (October 31, Haut et Court) and Alexandre Sokourov’s Alexandra [+see also:
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And, last but not least, another top quality US/French co-production: Woody Allen’s Cassandra’s Dream [+see also:
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(Translated from French)