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RELEASES France

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard hits 920 screens

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There is a record to be broken: Arthur and the Invisibles [+see also:
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(released at the end of 2006), the first instalment in Luc Besson’s animated trilogy, garnered 6.4m admissions in France and 10.3m internationally. Produced for €63.2m, the second episode, Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard [+see also:
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, launched today on an enormous 920-print run by its producer EuropaCorp, is this Wednesday’s mammoth release among a line-up of 16 new titles.

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Including images and special effects by BUF ("a team at the cutting edge of technology, which is just as good as any US company" according to Besson), Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard distinguishes itself by an increased interplay between live-action and 3D.

"I was perhaps a little too cautious in my direction on the first Arthur: this time, I didn’t hold myself back!" commented Besson, who will release the third instalment in the saga (Arthur and the War of Two Worlds) at the end of 2010. In the meantime, the director will unveil his new narrative feature The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Dry-White (see news).

In the shadow of this giant, there has been critical enthusiasm this week for Greek director Yorgos LanthimosDogtooth [+see also:
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(MK2 Diffusion on 12 screens) and two French productions: The Wolberg Family [+see also:
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by Axelle Ropert (see video interview), which won acclaim in the latest Cannes Directors’ Fortnight (see review) and is being launched by Pyramide on 48 screens; and François Favrat’s political thriller Bitter Victory [+see also:
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(see news), starring Clovis Cornillac, Christian Clavier and Sami Bouajila (Mars Distribution - 200 screens).

Four other new domestic features will compete for audiences alongside seven US releases. These include Jean-Jacques Zilbermann’s He’s My Girl [+see also:
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, starring Antoine de Caunes, Elsa Zylberstein and Mehdi Dehbi (distributed by Bac Films); Patricia Plattner’s Bazar [+see also:
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, featuring Bernadette Lafont, Lou Doillon and Pio Marmai (Alfama Films); Jean-Paul Guyon’s Sommeil Blanc [+see also:
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(“White Sleep”), starring Hélène de Fougerolles, Laurent Lucas and Marc Barbé (Zelig Films Distribution - 15 screens); and Marc Scialom’s Letter to the Prison (Shellac).

Finally, Solaris Distribution is releasing Sepideh Farsi’s Iranian/French documentary Tehran Without Permission.

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(Translated from French)

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