23/02/2011

UK productions and co-productions are enjoying a great start to the year in French theatres. After Mike Leigh’s Another Year [+see also:
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interview: Mike Leigh
film profile] (Diaphana Distribution – 450,000 admissions in eight weeks) and Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech [+see also:
film review
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interview: Tom Hooper
film profile] (almost 1.32m viewers in 19 days and only a 17% drop in its third week – Wild Bunch Distribution on 399 screens), now it’s Danny Boyle’s turn to enter the fray with 127 Hours [+see also:
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Interview Danny Boyle e James Franco […
film profile] which has six nominations for the upcoming Oscars (including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay) and is being released today by Pathé Films on 181 screens.

Standing out among this Wednesday’s 12 other new releases are four French productions: Audrey Estrougo’s Toi, Moi, Les Autres [+see also:
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film profile] (“You, Me and the Others”, unveiled at the Rome Film Festival – see review – Mars Distribution on 185 screens); Jonathan Nossiter’s whimsical Rio Sex Comedy [+see also:
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film profile] (featuring Charlotte Rampling, Bill Pullman and Irène Jacob – Océan Films on 26 screens); Jérôme Le Gris’s Requiem for a Killer [+see also:
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film profile] (starring Mélanie Laurent and Clovis Cornillac – see news – distributed by StudioCanal); and Serge Papagalli’s documentary Mais Y Va Où Le Monde? [+see also:
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film profile] (“But Where Is the World Going?”, MC4 Distribution).

Also hitting screens are Exit: A Personal History [+see also:
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film profile] by Italy’s Massimiliano Amato (distribution: Les Grands Films Classiques); and Mediterranean Food [+see also:
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film profile] by Spain’s Joaquin Oristrell (Zootrope Films).

At the box office, Dany Boon’s Nothing To Declare [+see also:
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film profile] continues to dominate with 5.66m admissions in 19 days (Pathé Films on 1,034 screens). The following two titles have also got off to a good start: Jérôme Salle’s The Burma Conspiracy [+see also:
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film profile] (475,000 admissions in five days – Wild Bunch Distribution on 532 screens); and Philippe Le Guay’s Service Entrance [+see also:
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film profile] (376,000 viewers – SND on 338 screens).

There have also been impressive results for Spanish director Icíar Bollaín’s Even the Rain [+see also:
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interview: Icíar Bollaín
film profile] (Haut et Court Distribution – 180,000 admissions in six weeks); Alix Delaporte’s Angèle et Tony [+see also:
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film profile] (Pyramide Distribution – 155,000 admissions in three weeks); Canadian helmer Denis Villeneuve’s French co-production Scorched [+see also:
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film profile] (170,000 admissions in five weeks and audience figures on the rise – Happiness Distribution); and animated film A Cat In Paris [+see also:
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film profile] (315,000 admissions in nine weeks – Gebeka Films).

Finally, four French films passed the 1m admissions mark during the first two months of the year: Jean-Pierre Améris’s Romantics Anonymous [+see also:
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film profile] (1.15m admissions in eight weeks – StudioCanal); Nicole García’s A View of Love [+see also:
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film profile] (1.03m admissions in nine weeks – EuropaCorp Distribution); b>Nicolas Cuche’s Second Chance [+see also:
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film profile] (Mars Distribution – 1.03m admissions in six weeks); and Philippe Guillard’s Jo’s Boy [+see also:
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film profile] (Gaumont – 1.13m admissions in five weeks).

(Translated from French)