Roschdy Zem, Sandrine Kiberlain and Elodie Bouchez have signed to star in Unchained, a prison-set dance feature to be directed by France’s Valerie Muller and choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj. Le Pacte is handling international sales.
Muller and Preljocaj previously collaborated on 2016 ballet drama Polina that screened in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori.
Zem will play an international renowned choreographer who launches a dance workshop in prison and guides inmates to break free of the chains binding them through dance as they seek redemption among their families outside the prison walls.
Unchained is being produced by Nicolas Mauvernay’s Mizar Films.
Muller and Preljocaj previously collaborated on 2016 ballet drama Polina that screened in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori.
Zem will play an international renowned choreographer who launches a dance workshop in prison and guides inmates to break free of the chains binding them through dance as they seek redemption among their families outside the prison walls.
Unchained is being produced by Nicolas Mauvernay’s Mizar Films.
- 5/7/2024
- ScreenDaily
French acting icon Isabelle Adjani says she is set to co-star opposite Adèle Exarchopoulos in a Mission Impossible-style action comedy directed by Mélanie Laurent.
The feature is inspired by Bastien Vivès, Jérôme Mulot and Florent Ruppert’s French graphic novel ‘La Grande Odalisque’ about a gang of female expert thieves targeting high-end loot.
Adjani spilt the beans on the new role in an interview with the French newspaper ‘Nice Matin’ on Thursday.
“It will be a female ensemble film set between Paris and Corsica with Mélanie [Laurent] facing the camera and Adèle Exarchopoulos,” she said. “We are awaiting the reply of a fourth actress.”
She described the production as a “female Mission Impossible” adding “that is the touch of Mélanie Laurent who wants to do something out of the ordinary for France.”
Adjani is coming off a busy 2022, with credits including starring roles in François Ozon’s Fassbinder tribute and...
The feature is inspired by Bastien Vivès, Jérôme Mulot and Florent Ruppert’s French graphic novel ‘La Grande Odalisque’ about a gang of female expert thieves targeting high-end loot.
Adjani spilt the beans on the new role in an interview with the French newspaper ‘Nice Matin’ on Thursday.
“It will be a female ensemble film set between Paris and Corsica with Mélanie [Laurent] facing the camera and Adèle Exarchopoulos,” she said. “We are awaiting the reply of a fourth actress.”
She described the production as a “female Mission Impossible” adding “that is the touch of Mélanie Laurent who wants to do something out of the ordinary for France.”
Adjani is coming off a busy 2022, with credits including starring roles in François Ozon’s Fassbinder tribute and...
- 8/11/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
In the latest installment of his ongoing interview series, host Stuart Wright talks with 606 Distribution co-founder Pat Kelman about his 5 Great British Horror Films, which include:
Eve Vault of Horror (1973) Frankenstein & the Monster From Hell (1974) The Omen (1976) The House that Bled to Death
606 Distribution acquired two new films at Cannes 2019. Silver Bear-winner System Crasher (Systemsprenger), and French music drama Le CHoc Du Futur (UK Title Tbc)
System Crasher joins 606’s roster of striking female-centred films, with a Triple-f rating of writer and director (Nora Fingscheidt), and an electrifying performance by 11 year old Helena Zengel. Le Choc Du Futur is directed by French music veteran Marc Collin of the band Nouvelle Vague, and describes itself as “an ode to the women in France in the 1980s who helped develop electronic music.” It stars Alma Jodorovsky and Clara Luciani.
Eve Vault of Horror (1973) Frankenstein & the Monster From Hell (1974) The Omen (1976) The House that Bled to Death
606 Distribution acquired two new films at Cannes 2019. Silver Bear-winner System Crasher (Systemsprenger), and French music drama Le CHoc Du Futur (UK Title Tbc)
System Crasher joins 606’s roster of striking female-centred films, with a Triple-f rating of writer and director (Nora Fingscheidt), and an electrifying performance by 11 year old Helena Zengel. Le Choc Du Futur is directed by French music veteran Marc Collin of the band Nouvelle Vague, and describes itself as “an ode to the women in France in the 1980s who helped develop electronic music.” It stars Alma Jodorovsky and Clara Luciani.
- 6/17/2019
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Luz
Hong Kong filmmaker Flora Lau finds her sophomore film Luz headlined by none other than Isabelle Huppert. Produced through Ama Productions, the Chinese-French co-pro also features the work of Chilean Dp Benjamin Echazaretta (who lensed Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria and A Fantastic Woman) with production design from Mila Preli. Few details have been released outside of casting calls through September 2018 (Sandrine Pinna also stars), where the film completed the French leg of its shoot in Trouville. Lau’s 2013 debut Bends premiered in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival.…...
Hong Kong filmmaker Flora Lau finds her sophomore film Luz headlined by none other than Isabelle Huppert. Produced through Ama Productions, the Chinese-French co-pro also features the work of Chilean Dp Benjamin Echazaretta (who lensed Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria and A Fantastic Woman) with production design from Mila Preli. Few details have been released outside of casting calls through September 2018 (Sandrine Pinna also stars), where the film completed the French leg of its shoot in Trouville. Lau’s 2013 debut Bends premiered in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival.…...
- 1/5/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Styx is on the final shortlist for this year’s Lux prize.
Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx, the drama that won several prizes when it premiered at the Berlinale earlier this year, has been picked up for UK and Ireland distribution by recently-launched outfit 606 Distribution.
The Cornwall-based company has been set up by Pat Kelman, a filmmaker and actor, and acquisition and legal exec David Maddison.
It also has UK rights for the 2017 Venice premiere Hannah, starring Charlotte Rampling, and Valérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj’s ballet film Polina.
Styx premiered in Berlin’s Panorama section, where it won a...
Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx, the drama that won several prizes when it premiered at the Berlinale earlier this year, has been picked up for UK and Ireland distribution by recently-launched outfit 606 Distribution.
The Cornwall-based company has been set up by Pat Kelman, a filmmaker and actor, and acquisition and legal exec David Maddison.
It also has UK rights for the 2017 Venice premiere Hannah, starring Charlotte Rampling, and Valérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj’s ballet film Polina.
Styx premiered in Berlin’s Panorama section, where it won a...
- 10/15/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
New U.K. film distributor 606 Distribution has acquired Andrea Pallaoro’s award-winning drama “Hannah” for its debut slate. The company, launched Friday by British filmmaker Pat Kelman, has acquired all U.K. rights to “Hannah,” which won the best actress award for star Charlotte Rampling at the 2017 Venice Film Festival, where it premiered in competition.
“Hannah” sees Rampling star as a woman whose life is collapsing after her husband’s imprisonment. 606 Distribution expects to release the film in the U.K. next year.
The pick-up was part of a two-picture acquisition deal struck with international sales company TF1 Studio, alongside Valerie Muller and Angelin Preljocaj’s ballet drama “Polina,” which debuted in Venice the previous year and stars Anastasia Shevtsova and Juliette Binoche. The company is planning “Polina” as its first release, targeting a late 2018 berth.
“I am beyond delighted that I can launch my new company with such high-quality films,...
“Hannah” sees Rampling star as a woman whose life is collapsing after her husband’s imprisonment. 606 Distribution expects to release the film in the U.K. next year.
The pick-up was part of a two-picture acquisition deal struck with international sales company TF1 Studio, alongside Valerie Muller and Angelin Preljocaj’s ballet drama “Polina,” which debuted in Venice the previous year and stars Anastasia Shevtsova and Juliette Binoche. The company is planning “Polina” as its first release, targeting a late 2018 berth.
“I am beyond delighted that I can launch my new company with such high-quality films,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
It’s become a great breaking in the new year traditional here at Ioncinema.com. We begin our countdown to the our most anticipated foreign films (anything outside the U.S.) with our own Nicholas Bell curating the best bets for 2016. Here are the titles and filmmakers that didn’t make our final Top 100 cut, but are nonetheless “radar” worthy.
101. El Rey del Once – Daniel Burman
102. The Dancer – Stephanie Di Giusto
103. Le Cancre – Paul Vecchiali
104. While the Women are Sleeping – Wayne Wang
105. Tomorrow – Martha Pinson
106. Spring Again – Gael Morel
107. Crowhurst – Simon Rumley
108. Le Garcon – Philippe Lioret *
109. Marie and the Misfits – Sebastien Betbeder
110. Le Caravage – Alain Chevalier
111. Night Song – Raphael Nadjari
112. Réparer les vivants – Katell Quillevere *
113. Project Lazarus – Mateo Gil
114. Afterimages – Andrzej Wajda
115. Don’t Knock Twice – Caradog James
116. Detour – Christopher Smith
117. The Bride of Rip Van Winkle – Shunji Iwai
118. Three on the Road – Johnnie To
119. Le Vin et le Vent...
101. El Rey del Once – Daniel Burman
102. The Dancer – Stephanie Di Giusto
103. Le Cancre – Paul Vecchiali
104. While the Women are Sleeping – Wayne Wang
105. Tomorrow – Martha Pinson
106. Spring Again – Gael Morel
107. Crowhurst – Simon Rumley
108. Le Garcon – Philippe Lioret *
109. Marie and the Misfits – Sebastien Betbeder
110. Le Caravage – Alain Chevalier
111. Night Song – Raphael Nadjari
112. Réparer les vivants – Katell Quillevere *
113. Project Lazarus – Mateo Gil
114. Afterimages – Andrzej Wajda
115. Don’t Knock Twice – Caradog James
116. Detour – Christopher Smith
117. The Bride of Rip Van Winkle – Shunji Iwai
118. Three on the Road – Johnnie To
119. Le Vin et le Vent...
- 1/4/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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