Since its launch in 2016, the Parisian sales firm Luxbox has featured regularly in the various selections of big, international film events (notably with Rojo [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Richard Billingham
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intervista: Jonas Carpignano
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Luxbox, who were previously in attendance selling Jeannette, The Childhood of Joan of Arc [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], which will have its world premiere as part of the Un Certain Regard programme. Similarly inspired by Charles Péguy’s work, The Mystery of the Charity of Joan of Arc, and once again starring Lise Leplat Prudhomme in the lead role, the film takes the viewer back in time to the beginning of 1429, when the Hundred Years War was raging. Joan, vested with a spiritual mission to wage war, saves the town of Orléans and returns the Dauphin to the French throne. She then leaves to give battle in Paris where she suffers her first defeat. Imprisoned in Compiègne by the people of Burgundy, she is handed over to the English and so begins her trial in Rouen, led by Pierre Cauchon who tries to strip her of all credibility. True to her mission and denying the accusations of witchcraft levelled against her, Joan is convicted of heresy and sentenced to be burned at the stake. Produced by 3B Productions, Joan of Arc will be released in France on 11 September courtesy of Les Films du Losange. 

Also featuring in the Luxbox line-up are two films which are set to be unveiled during the Directors’ Fortnight competition. This won’t be the first time for the young Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat, as she presented her first full-length work, Wolf and Sheep [+leggi anche:
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The second Luxbox title selected for the Directors’ Fortnight segment is Song Without A Name [+leggi anche:
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Among other titles peddled by the sales agent, Cannes’ Marché du Film will also see Luxbox negotiating on behalf of the Italian-Polish production Sole [+leggi anche:
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