Pulsar Content and Have a Good One have unveiled an exclusive clip of “Marinette,” Virginie Verrier’s biopic film about the first French female professional soccer player, ahead of its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival.
The film stars Garance Marillier, the breakout star of Julia Ducournau’s “Raw” and Palme d’Or winning “Titane,” and is based on Pichon’s bestselling autobiographical book.
A pioneer of French women’s soccer, Pichon held for almost two decades the record for the number of goals and caps for the French team (men/women combined). She eventually became the first French player to have a career in the U.S..
The film depicts Pichon’s fight to spread awareness on women’s rights in sport, and charts her life, from a childhood ravaged by an alcoholic and violent father to the burden of coming out in an era where LGBTQ+ rights were not recognized.
The film stars Garance Marillier, the breakout star of Julia Ducournau’s “Raw” and Palme d’Or winning “Titane,” and is based on Pichon’s bestselling autobiographical book.
A pioneer of French women’s soccer, Pichon held for almost two decades the record for the number of goals and caps for the French team (men/women combined). She eventually became the first French player to have a career in the U.S..
The film depicts Pichon’s fight to spread awareness on women’s rights in sport, and charts her life, from a childhood ravaged by an alcoholic and violent father to the burden of coming out in an era where LGBTQ+ rights were not recognized.
- 6/6/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever has acquired Kamir Aïnouz’s promising feature debut “Honey Cigar” which was developed with the support of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and is co-produced by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, the Palme d’Or-winning directors/producers.
Set in Paris in 1993, the film follows Selma, 17, who lives in a bourgeois and secular Berber family. When she meets Julien in college, she realizes for the first time the impact of patriarchal rules on her intimacy. While Selma discovers the strength of her own desire, fundamentalism takes over her country and her family starts to crumble.
“Honey Cigar” is being produced by French veteran producer Christine Rouxel (“Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami”) and Marie-Castille Mention Schaar (“Heaven Will Wait”). The movie is being co-produced by the Dardennes and Malek Ali-Yahia, as well as French star Dany Boon.
Best Friend Forever will unveil the exclusive first footage of...
Set in Paris in 1993, the film follows Selma, 17, who lives in a bourgeois and secular Berber family. When she meets Julien in college, she realizes for the first time the impact of patriarchal rules on her intimacy. While Selma discovers the strength of her own desire, fundamentalism takes over her country and her family starts to crumble.
“Honey Cigar” is being produced by French veteran producer Christine Rouxel (“Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami”) and Marie-Castille Mention Schaar (“Heaven Will Wait”). The movie is being co-produced by the Dardennes and Malek Ali-Yahia, as well as French star Dany Boon.
Best Friend Forever will unveil the exclusive first footage of...
- 2/18/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Unless you count Roman Polanski’s Tess as a significant invite, Pathe International is pretty much relegated to market screenings, but this week it was announced that Denis Villeneuve’s An Enemy to be shot in Toronto with Jake Gyllenhaal, so it looks like there is definitely something to look forward to with this French sales co.
An Enemy by Denis Villeneuve
Beauty And The Beast (La Belle Et La BÊTE) by Christophe Gans
Jappeloup by Christian Duguay
Alceste A Bicyclette by Philippe Le Guay
Bowling by Marie-Castille Mention Schaar
Happiness Never Comes Alone (Un Bonheur N’Arrive Jamais Seul) by James Huth
Houba! On The Trail Of The Marsupilami (Sur La Piste Du Marsupilami) by Alain Chabat
It Happened In Saint Tropez (Des Gens Qui S’Embrassent) by Danièle Thompson
Last Passenger by Omid Nooshin
My Best Holidays (Nos Plus Belles Vacances) by Philippe Lellouche
No One Lives by Ryuhei Kitamura
Sea,...
An Enemy by Denis Villeneuve
Beauty And The Beast (La Belle Et La BÊTE) by Christophe Gans
Jappeloup by Christian Duguay
Alceste A Bicyclette by Philippe Le Guay
Bowling by Marie-Castille Mention Schaar
Happiness Never Comes Alone (Un Bonheur N’Arrive Jamais Seul) by James Huth
Houba! On The Trail Of The Marsupilami (Sur La Piste Du Marsupilami) by Alain Chabat
It Happened In Saint Tropez (Des Gens Qui S’Embrassent) by Danièle Thompson
Last Passenger by Omid Nooshin
My Best Holidays (Nos Plus Belles Vacances) by Philippe Lellouche
No One Lives by Ryuhei Kitamura
Sea,...
- 5/17/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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