French Canadian drama won Dupuis best director at the Whistler Film Festival.
Sovereign Film Distribution has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Sophie Dupuis’ French Canadian drama Underground, in a deal struck directly with the filmmakers.
The London-based distributor plans to give the feature a theatrical release on August 20.
It marks the second feature by French Canadian filmmaker Dupuis, whose 2018 debut Family First was Canada’s submission for the best foreign-language Oscar.
Her latest centres on a miner, played by Joakim Robillard, who descends into the depths of a mine to save his colleagues after an underground explosion. The cast also includes Theodore Pellerin,...
Sovereign Film Distribution has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Sophie Dupuis’ French Canadian drama Underground, in a deal struck directly with the filmmakers.
The London-based distributor plans to give the feature a theatrical release on August 20.
It marks the second feature by French Canadian filmmaker Dupuis, whose 2018 debut Family First was Canada’s submission for the best foreign-language Oscar.
Her latest centres on a miner, played by Joakim Robillard, who descends into the depths of a mine to save his colleagues after an underground explosion. The cast also includes Theodore Pellerin,...
- 7/7/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Crime thriller is directed by Cédric Jimenez and stars Gilles Lellouche.
Netflix has swooped on worldwide rights to Cédric Jimenez’s French crime thriller The Stronghold from Studiocanal, ahead of its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
The deal with the streaming giant excludes France, where Studiocanal will release the film theatrically under its original title Bac Nord on August 18. It is set to world premiere out of competition at Cannes on Monday (July 12) and Netflix plan to release the feature on its platform this autumn.
The film stars Gilles Lellouche as the commander of a tough police brigade operating...
Netflix has swooped on worldwide rights to Cédric Jimenez’s French crime thriller The Stronghold from Studiocanal, ahead of its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
The deal with the streaming giant excludes France, where Studiocanal will release the film theatrically under its original title Bac Nord on August 18. It is set to world premiere out of competition at Cannes on Monday (July 12) and Netflix plan to release the feature on its platform this autumn.
The film stars Gilles Lellouche as the commander of a tough police brigade operating...
- 7/7/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
In its first deal out of the 2021 Cannes Film Market, Netflix has snatched up worldwide rights, outside of France, for The Stronghold (Bac Nord), the hotly-anticipated French action thriller from director Cédric Jimenez (The Man With the Iron Heart).
Set in the crime-ridden suburbs outside Marseille, the film follows a police brigade using extreme and morally questionable means to improve arrest and drug seizure stats. Gilles Lellouche (Sink or Swim), François Civil (Love at Second Sight), Karim Leklou (A Prophet) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour) star in the feature, which is based on real-life events.
The Stronghold has its world ...
Set in the crime-ridden suburbs outside Marseille, the film follows a police brigade using extreme and morally questionable means to improve arrest and drug seizure stats. Gilles Lellouche (Sink or Swim), François Civil (Love at Second Sight), Karim Leklou (A Prophet) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour) star in the feature, which is based on real-life events.
The Stronghold has its world ...
In its first deal out of the 2021 Cannes Film Market, Netflix has snatched up worldwide rights, outside of France, for The Stronghold (Bac Nord), the hotly-anticipated French action thriller from director Cédric Jimenez (The Man With the Iron Heart).
Set in the crime-ridden suburbs outside Marseille, the film follows a police brigade using extreme and morally questionable means to improve arrest and drug seizure stats. Gilles Lellouche (Sink or Swim), François Civil (Love at Second Sight), Karim Leklou (A Prophet) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour) star in the feature, which is based on real-life events.
The Stronghold has its world ...
Set in the crime-ridden suburbs outside Marseille, the film follows a police brigade using extreme and morally questionable means to improve arrest and drug seizure stats. Gilles Lellouche (Sink or Swim), François Civil (Love at Second Sight), Karim Leklou (A Prophet) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour) star in the feature, which is based on real-life events.
The Stronghold has its world ...
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