This year’s edition of the Directors’ Fortnight will begin with Barbie and end with…plastic. Julien Rejl‘s selection committee have lassoed a total of twenty-one features for a slate that will bookend with Sophie Fillières‘ final feature (she passed away shortly after filming) in Ma Vie Ma Gueule which is selected as the section’s opener (Agnès Jaoui’s character’s nickname is that of the plastic doll) and the closing film honors will go to Bloody Oranges director Jean-Christophe Meurisse‘s comedy about a road-trip gone wrong titled Plastic Guns. Adding to the red, white and blue of France, we find high profile items in Patricia Mazuy‘s La Prisonnière De bordeaux (stars Isabelle Huppert and Hafsia Herzi), Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel‘s Eat The Night and Thierry de Peretti‘s À son image.…...
- 4/16/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Le Pacte has hopped aboard Quebec director Daniel Roby’s biopic Villeneuve: Rise Of A Champion about the early years of Formula One legend Gilles Villeneuve.
The film starts shooting next week in Canada and will focus on Villeneuve’s early years, his snowmobiling career, his start in motor racing and success before signing with Ferrari.
Set in Quebec starting in 1970, Rémi Goulet will play the titular Villeneuve as he rises from a modest background. Rosalie Bonenfant stars as his wife.
Villeneuve: Rise Of A Champion is produced by Christian Larouche at Christal Films, with Le Pacte on board to co-produce,...
The film starts shooting next week in Canada and will focus on Villeneuve’s early years, his snowmobiling career, his start in motor racing and success before signing with Ferrari.
Set in Quebec starting in 1970, Rémi Goulet will play the titular Villeneuve as he rises from a modest background. Rosalie Bonenfant stars as his wife.
Villeneuve: Rise Of A Champion is produced by Christian Larouche at Christal Films, with Le Pacte on board to co-produce,...
- 2/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Universal’s ‘Moonage Daydream’ and Sony’s ‘Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song’ both out.
Two modern music icons face off at UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend, with the release of David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream and Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song.
Opening in 50 sites, most of which are Imax, Universal’s Moonage Daydream is a journey through Bowie’s creative and musical output. The film, which launched as an out-of-competition Midnight Screening in Cannes this May, is written, directed, edited and produced by US filmmaker Brett Morgen.
Moonage Daydream has the backing of the David Bowie estate...
Two modern music icons face off at UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend, with the release of David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream and Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song.
Opening in 50 sites, most of which are Imax, Universal’s Moonage Daydream is a journey through Bowie’s creative and musical output. The film, which launched as an out-of-competition Midnight Screening in Cannes this May, is written, directed, edited and produced by US filmmaker Brett Morgen.
Moonage Daydream has the backing of the David Bowie estate...
- 9/16/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Disney release “See How They Run,” starring Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell, debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £1.1 million (1.3 million), according to numbers released by Comscore.
The top four releases of the weekend were all debuts and a rerelease. Paramount’s animated sequel “Tad the Lost Explorer and the Curse of the Mummy” debuted in second place with £818,525.
Universal’s rerelease of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” including an IMAX version, collected £524,233 in third position.
In fourth place, Disney’s big budget Bollywood action fantasy “Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva,” starring Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, bowed with £516,943, while Sony’s “Bodies Bodies Bodies” debuted in seventh position with £351,159.
Two box office champions continued their sway over the box office in the top 10. In fifth position, Universal’s “Minions: The Rise Of Gru” collected £382,581 in its 11th weekend for a total of £44.7 million. And in ninth place, Paramount...
The top four releases of the weekend were all debuts and a rerelease. Paramount’s animated sequel “Tad the Lost Explorer and the Curse of the Mummy” debuted in second place with £818,525.
Universal’s rerelease of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” including an IMAX version, collected £524,233 in third position.
In fourth place, Disney’s big budget Bollywood action fantasy “Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva,” starring Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, bowed with £516,943, while Sony’s “Bodies Bodies Bodies” debuted in seventh position with £351,159.
Two box office champions continued their sway over the box office in the top 10. In fifth position, Universal’s “Minions: The Rise Of Gru” collected £382,581 in its 11th weekend for a total of £44.7 million. And in ninth place, Paramount...
- 9/13/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Afrofuturist musical is exec produced by Lin-Mauel Miranda.
UK distributor Anti-Worlds has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman’s Afrofuturist musical Neptune Frost from Kino Lorber. The film premiered in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight in 2021 and was nominated for the Queer Palm award.
Set in a Rwandan village made of computer parts, the sci-fi musical follows an intersex African hacker and a coltan miner who, along with their love child, trigger a revolution against the authoritarian regime. The cast is made up of newcomers Elvis Ngabo, Cheryl Isheja and Kaya Free.
The film will be...
UK distributor Anti-Worlds has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman’s Afrofuturist musical Neptune Frost from Kino Lorber. The film premiered in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight in 2021 and was nominated for the Queer Palm award.
Set in a Rwandan village made of computer parts, the sci-fi musical follows an intersex African hacker and a coltan miner who, along with their love child, trigger a revolution against the authoritarian regime. The cast is made up of newcomers Elvis Ngabo, Cheryl Isheja and Kaya Free.
The film will be...
- 8/3/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
New Release Wall
“Encanto” succeeded with the notion of “no villain, except generational trauma,” and Disney keeps that idea going with the delightful “Turning Red” (Walt Disney Home Entertainment), a young woman’s coming-of-age story that’s a metaphor for any number of growing-up issues, including that moment when the “model” child begins to chafe at parental domination. It’s charming and adorable, and the boy-band songs by Billie Eilish and Finneas have already made their way into the latter’s stage act.
Also available:
“The Batman” (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment) Does a three-hour superhero saga have deleted scenes? You bet your bat-hook, and they’re on the 4K/Blu-ray/DVD release alongside other extras.
“Blacklight” (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) Liam Neeson in the first of two (to date) 2022 thrillers that suggest that maybe it’s time for him to put down the gun.
“Cyrano” (MGM/Universal) Peter Dinklage gives...
“Encanto” succeeded with the notion of “no villain, except generational trauma,” and Disney keeps that idea going with the delightful “Turning Red” (Walt Disney Home Entertainment), a young woman’s coming-of-age story that’s a metaphor for any number of growing-up issues, including that moment when the “model” child begins to chafe at parental domination. It’s charming and adorable, and the boy-band songs by Billie Eilish and Finneas have already made their way into the latter’s stage act.
Also available:
“The Batman” (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment) Does a three-hour superhero saga have deleted scenes? You bet your bat-hook, and they’re on the 4K/Blu-ray/DVD release alongside other extras.
“Blacklight” (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) Liam Neeson in the first of two (to date) 2022 thrillers that suggest that maybe it’s time for him to put down the gun.
“Cyrano” (MGM/Universal) Peter Dinklage gives...
- 5/6/2022
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Last month, French filmmaker Jean-Christophe Meurisse celebrated the arrival of his latest project, Bloody Oranges, on VOD here stateside courtesy of Dark Star Pictures. Daily Dead recently had the chance to briefly catch up with Meurisse about his wildly shocking dark comedy that weaves together several stories about how society continues to fail us all collectively that culminates in extraordinary fashion. Here’s what Meurisse had to say about his approach to the story of Bloody Oranges, how the film isn’t specific to society in France, and more.
What was the inspiration behind the stories being told in Bloody Oranges?
Jean-Christophe Meurisse: Bloody Oranges was inspired by three real events that happened in the world. These three news items appealed to me because they all told the story of a monster. Society creates monsters, at all levels of the population, and it is this subject that interested me.
I...
What was the inspiration behind the stories being told in Bloody Oranges?
Jean-Christophe Meurisse: Bloody Oranges was inspired by three real events that happened in the world. These three news items appealed to me because they all told the story of a monster. Society creates monsters, at all levels of the population, and it is this subject that interested me.
I...
- 5/5/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Following its run on the festival circuit, which included a world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and screenings at Fantastic Fest, Jean-Christophe Meurisse's Bloody Oranges will be releasing on VOD on April 19th from Dark Star Pictures, but you can get a tease of what to expect right now by checking out this exclusive clip just for Daily Dead readers!
"A retired couple enter a dance contest, a corrupt politician, a girl eager to lose her virginity, and a young lawyer obsessed with social status - a seemingly benign look into these daily lives goes haywire in this shocking black comedy."
Bloody Oranges stars Alexandre Steiger, Christophe, Paou, Lilith Grasmug, and Olivier Saladin. Check out the dance competition clip below and be on the lookout for Heather Wixson's interview with Jean-Christophe Meurisse later this week!
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"A retired couple enter a dance contest, a corrupt politician, a girl eager to lose her virginity, and a young lawyer obsessed with social status - a seemingly benign look into these daily lives goes haywire in this shocking black comedy."
Bloody Oranges stars Alexandre Steiger, Christophe, Paou, Lilith Grasmug, and Olivier Saladin. Check out the dance competition clip below and be on the lookout for Heather Wixson's interview with Jean-Christophe Meurisse later this week!
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- 4/18/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
"Be scandalous." Whoa! This trailer is not for the faint of heart. Dark Star Pictures has debuted one final red band trailer for a "shockingly" dark comedy film titled Bloody Oranges, originally known as Oranges Sanguines in French. This premiered at last year's Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight section, and it also played at Fantastic Fest; it already opened in US theaters back in March. You won't be ready for what this shows! The film is about a retired couple who enter a dance contest, a corrupt politician caught evading paying his taxes, a girl eager to lose her virginity, and a lawyer obsessed with social status - a seemingly benign look into these daily lives goes haywire in this shocking black comedy. The director reveals that, "the film speaks of actual events which I read about in the newspapers." There's a quote in here that talks about how...
- 4/14/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Dark Star Pictures has shared with Bloody Disgusting the exclusive red band trailer for Bloody Oranges, which is billed as a “shocking black comedy.” Boy, they aren’t kidding. While the film isn’t horror, there’s a sequence so shocking that you’ll be talking about it for the rest of the year. In Bloody Oranges, “A retired […]
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- 4/13/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Pondering Jean-Christophe Meurisse’s Bloody Oranges kindled a somewhat unexpected association in my mind. The opening minutes, and the following deviation from the tone they set, made me think of Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods. A strange comparison indeed, but not entirely unfounded. Both introductory sequences defy the expectations about the respective features - that of a disturbing dark comedy and a run-of-the-mill slasher. In both cases, prolonged and talky openings act as preludes to mayhem. You would certainly be reading a more elaborate analogy were Bloody Oranges as subversive and effortlessly witty as Goddard’s debut.
Meurisse's film assumes a fragmented format, following, among others, a pair of seniors (Lorella Cravotta and Olivier Saladin) hoping to counter their debts by winning a dancing contest, an insecure lawyer who happens to be their son (Alexandre Steiger), a teenager readying herself to lose her virginity (Lilith Grasmug), a corrupt finance secretary (Christophe.
Meurisse's film assumes a fragmented format, following, among others, a pair of seniors (Lorella Cravotta and Olivier Saladin) hoping to counter their debts by winning a dancing contest, an insecure lawyer who happens to be their son (Alexandre Steiger), a teenager readying herself to lose her virginity (Lilith Grasmug), a corrupt finance secretary (Christophe.
- 4/11/2022
- by Antoni Konieczny
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Strange Fruit: Meurisse Gets Gonzo with Slice of Cinema Bizarre
Director Jean-Christophe Meurisse follows up his 2016 comedy Apnee with something a bit more uncomfortable in its droll observations of contemporary France with Bloody Oranges. Technically a social issue comedy taking a hard left turn into horror, it’s odd intermingling of characters, story lines, and tonal elements position Meurisse, perhaps best revered for his theater work, as the next Gallic cult filmmaker.
Marrying psychosis to capitalism with a dash of feminism, who is to say if anyone really wins, suggesting trauma and tragedy are potentially up for interpretation based on one’s own penchant for cynicism.…...
Director Jean-Christophe Meurisse follows up his 2016 comedy Apnee with something a bit more uncomfortable in its droll observations of contemporary France with Bloody Oranges. Technically a social issue comedy taking a hard left turn into horror, it’s odd intermingling of characters, story lines, and tonal elements position Meurisse, perhaps best revered for his theater work, as the next Gallic cult filmmaker.
Marrying psychosis to capitalism with a dash of feminism, who is to say if anyone really wins, suggesting trauma and tragedy are potentially up for interpretation based on one’s own penchant for cynicism.…...
- 3/18/2022
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
"Brimming with comedy and shocking content." Dark Star Pictures has revealed an official US trailer for an indie very, very dark comedy film titled Bloody Oranges, originally known as Oranges Sanguines in French. This first premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival last year in the Midnight section, and it also played at Fantastic Fest and the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The film is about a retired couple who enter a dance contest, a corrupt politician caught evading paying his taxes, a girl eager to lose her virginity, and a young lawyer obsessed with social status - a seemingly benign look into these daily lives goes haywire in this shocking black comedy. The director reveals that, "the film speaks of actual events which I read about in the newspapers." But with a twist! The film stars Alexandre Steiger, Christophe Paou, and Lilith Grasmug. This looks like a searing tale about how messed up everyone is,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Bloody Oranges Available In theaters March 18 and On VOD April 19 A retired couple enter a dance contest, a corrupt politician, a girl eager to lose her virginity, and a young lawyer obsessed with social status – a seemingly benign look into these daily lives goes haywire in this shocking black comedy. Directed By: …
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The post Dark Comedy Bloody Oranges / Coming to Theaters March 18 and VOD April 19 appeared first on Horror News | Hnn.
- 2/25/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Announced today, Dark Star Pictures will be releasing Bloody Oranges in theaters on March 18, on VOD April 19, the film being billed as a “shocking black comedy.” In the film, “A retired couple enter a dance contest, a corrupt politician, a girl eager to lose her virginity, and a young lawyer obsessed with social […]
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- 2/24/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Edouard Weil and Alice Girard, the producers of Audrey Diwan’s Venice Golden Lion-winning “Happening” and Valerie Lemercier’s Celine Dion movie “Aline,” won the Toscan du Plantier Award at a fancy Paris ceremony hosted by the Cesar Academie.
Weil and Girard, who run the Paris-based production banner Rectangle Productions, were selected by 1,557 voters, including all the artists and crew members who have been nominated at the Cesar Awards since 2008, as well as the 164 members of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema.
Besides “Happening” and “Aline,” Rectangle Productions delivered several other critically acclaimed films within the last year, including Jean-Christophe Meurisse’s “Bloody Oranges” and Gaspar Noé’s “Vortex” which played at Cannes.
Since being created by Weil in 2003, the company has also produced films by international auteurs, including Elia Suleiman. Girard, an industry veteran who previously held a senior executive position at French broadcasting group France Televisions, joined...
Weil and Girard, who run the Paris-based production banner Rectangle Productions, were selected by 1,557 voters, including all the artists and crew members who have been nominated at the Cesar Awards since 2008, as well as the 164 members of the Association for the Promotion of Cinema.
Besides “Happening” and “Aline,” Rectangle Productions delivered several other critically acclaimed films within the last year, including Jean-Christophe Meurisse’s “Bloody Oranges” and Gaspar Noé’s “Vortex” which played at Cannes.
Since being created by Weil in 2003, the company has also produced films by international auteurs, including Elia Suleiman. Girard, an industry veteran who previously held a senior executive position at French broadcasting group France Televisions, joined...
- 2/16/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
A case study in the importance of knowing as little about a movie’s plot in advance as possible, “Bloody Oranges” ends somewhere completely different from where it began with only minor stumbles along the way. This acerbic look at the France of today isn’t as ha-ha funny as director Jean-Christophe Meurisse probably intended, but its darker shades reveal an underbelly that’s hard to turn away from — even if a few graphic scenes will make you want to.
Our deceptively low-stakes entrée into this world is a lengthy scene in which the judges of a local dance competition argue among themselves over the contestants’ respective skills and get sidetracked by tangential digressions and increasingly heated debates; one of them even breaks down in tears. The contest itself is a no-frills affair taking place in a gymnasium with no real audience beyond the aspiring dancers themselves, including an older...
Our deceptively low-stakes entrée into this world is a lengthy scene in which the judges of a local dance competition argue among themselves over the contestants’ respective skills and get sidetracked by tangential digressions and increasingly heated debates; one of them even breaks down in tears. The contest itself is a no-frills affair taking place in a gymnasium with no real audience beyond the aspiring dancers themselves, including an older...
- 11/10/2021
- by Michael Nordine
- Variety Film + TV
Titles from Cannes, Sundance among the international selection.
Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winner Titane and Prano Bailey-Bond’s horror Censor are among 17 titles selected for the Kinoscope programme of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival (August 13-20).
The selection is comprised of international titles, and is split into three strands. Kinoscope Real titles will debut each day at noon; Kinoscope, for crossover arthouse films which will premiere in early evening; and Kinoscope Surreal consists of late-night screenings of genre films.
The six titles in the Kinoscope strand include Laura Wandel’s Belgian drama Playground, which premiered in Un Certain...
Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winner Titane and Prano Bailey-Bond’s horror Censor are among 17 titles selected for the Kinoscope programme of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival (August 13-20).
The selection is comprised of international titles, and is split into three strands. Kinoscope Real titles will debut each day at noon; Kinoscope, for crossover arthouse films which will premiere in early evening; and Kinoscope Surreal consists of late-night screenings of genre films.
The six titles in the Kinoscope strand include Laura Wandel’s Belgian drama Playground, which premiered in Un Certain...
- 8/2/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever has acquired Bolivian director Kiro Russo’s “El Gran Movimiento” which will world premiere at Venice in the Horizons section.
“El Gran Movimiento” marks Russo’s follow up to his 2016 feature debut “Dark Skull” which won a prize at Locarno and played at San Sebastian, among other festivals. “Dark Skull” went on to represent Bolivia in the Oscar race.
Set in contemporary Bolivia, the movie follows Elder and his companions who arrive in La Paz after a seven-day walk and seeks to be reinstated in his work at the mine. Once in the city, Elder gets a job but his health starts to deteriorate. An elderly woman known as Mama Pancha connects him to Max, a witch doctor, hermit, and clown, who will try to bring the young man back to life.
The movie is produced by Russo and Pablo Paniagua at Socavón and Alexa Rivero...
“El Gran Movimiento” marks Russo’s follow up to his 2016 feature debut “Dark Skull” which won a prize at Locarno and played at San Sebastian, among other festivals. “Dark Skull” went on to represent Bolivia in the Oscar race.
Set in contemporary Bolivia, the movie follows Elder and his companions who arrive in La Paz after a seven-day walk and seeks to be reinstated in his work at the mine. Once in the city, Elder gets a job but his health starts to deteriorate. An elderly woman known as Mama Pancha connects him to Max, a witch doctor, hermit, and clown, who will try to bring the young man back to life.
The movie is produced by Russo and Pablo Paniagua at Socavón and Alexa Rivero...
- 7/27/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes is back in full force with the announcement of the Official Selection for the film festival’s 74th edition. Taking place in July after having been originally scheduled for May, Cannes is returning with an in-person event after the pandemic forced the festival to cancel in 2020. Spike Lee, who was supposed to head the jury and premiere his “Da 5 Bloods” out of competition last year, is returning to Cannes 2021 as jury president. Films such as Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” Leos Carax’s “Annette,” and Paul Verhoeven’s “Benedetta” were all supposed to premiere at Cannes 2020 but are now confirmed for Cannes 2021 after waiting a year to be unveiled to the world.
Given this is the first Cannes in the Covid pandemic era, there are as many questions about the event’s safety protocols as there are about the lineup. Cannes general delegate Thierry Frémaux told IndieWire...
Given this is the first Cannes in the Covid pandemic era, there are as many questions about the event’s safety protocols as there are about the lineup. Cannes general delegate Thierry Frémaux told IndieWire...
- 6/3/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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