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ROME FILM FESTIVAL France

13 French films in Rome line-up

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French productions will put in an appearance at the 5th Rome Film Festival, which opens today with Massy Tadjedin’s Last Night [+see also:
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, produced and sold internationally by Gaumont. Selected in competition, the feature starring Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes and Guillaume Canet will be joined in the race for the Golden Marcus Aurelius by Olias Barco’s Kill Me Please [+see also:
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, a minority French co-production from Les Armateurs and OXB Productions, sold internationally by Le Pacte.

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Screening out of competition are two titles sold by EuropaCorp: Canet’s Little White Lies [+see also:
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(which is enjoying immense success at the French box office with 1.36m admissions in five days – Les Productions du Trésor); and Eric Lartigau’s The Big Picture [+see also:
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(see news – produced by EuropaCorp). They are joined by Love Crime [+see also:
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by late lamented director Alain Corneau (see news – production: SBS Films – sales: TF1 International).

The Special Events section will present Olivier Assayas’s Carlos, The Film [+see also:
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, whose long TV version was unveiled at Cannes (see review). The director will meet with Roman audiences, as will his compatriot Fanny Ardant (in attendance with her short film Absent Dreams).

In the Alice in the City line-up, competition highlights include Audrey Estrougo’s Leila [+see also:
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(see news – produced by Fidélité Films – sales: Wild Bunch); Sam Gabarski’s A Distant Neighbourhood [+see also:
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(minority French co-production from Archipel 35 in collaboration with Belgium and Luxembourg – sales: Wild Bunch); and Pascal Elbé’s superb thriller Turk’s Head [+see also:
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(see news – released in France on March 31, 2010 – produced by Alicéleo – sales: Other Angle Pictures).

Finally, screening in the Extra section are Eric Valette’s Prey (see news – produced by Brio Films – sales: StudioCanal); Roberto Garzelli’s The Sentiment of the Flesh [+see also:
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(produced by Stella Films – sales: Colifilms Diffusion); and two documentaries: Just A Beginning by directorial duo Jean-Pierre Pozzi and Pierre Barougier (Ciel de Paris Productions – sales: Le Pacte); and Pierre Thoretton’s Yves Saint Laurent – Pierre Bergé, L’Amour Fou [+see also:
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(“Yves Saint Laurent – Pierre Bergé, Mad Love”, production: Les Films du Lendemain and Les Films de Pierre – sales: Films Distribution).

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(Translated from French)

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