09/05/2018 - The German sales agent boasts two titles in the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival

The Gentle Indifference of the World by Adilkhan Yerzhanov

With two of its titles in the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival, German sales agent Beta Cinema is unfurling a powerful line-up. Spearheading the slate is the poetic love story The Gentle Indifference of the World [+see also:
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In Woman at War [+see also:
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Further titles that Beta Cinema is presenting at the Film Market include Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince [+see also:
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interview: Emily Atef
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interview: Franz Rogowski
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interview: Milko Lazarov
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