French Release - April 12th - EUROZOOM
Festivals :
Official Competition – Berlin FF
Press quotes:
“Director Makoto Shinkai refines animation.” – LIBERATION
“Funny and moving.” – LE FIGARO
“Incredibly dynamic mise-en-scène of an accomplished filmmaker.” – LE POINT
Festivals :
Official Competition – Berlin FF
Press quotes:
“Director Makoto Shinkai refines animation.” – LIBERATION
“Funny and moving.” – LE FIGARO
“Incredibly dynamic mise-en-scène of an accomplished filmmaker.” – LE POINT
French Release - April 19th - BAC FILMS
“A tender and insolent film.” – TELERAMA
“Inspired and powerful.” – FRANCE INTER
“A tender and cruel story of friendship.”
“Raphaël Quenard sets the screen alight.”
– FRANCE INFO
“A powerful fiction.” – LE FIGARO
“A funny movie.” – LE MONDE
“A tender and insolent film.” – TELERAMA
“Inspired and powerful.” – FRANCE INTER
“A tender and cruel story of friendship.”
“Raphaël Quenard sets the screen alight.”
– FRANCE INFO
“A powerful fiction.” – LE FIGARO
“A funny movie.” – LE MONDE
French Release - April 26th - LE PACTE
“The most gripping of the Sheitan director’s four features.” – PREMIERE
“The enigmatic Abdulah Sissoko and the elegant Hady Berthé.”
“Visually absolutely captivating.”
– FRANCE INTER
“The narrative weds this social chronicle to an intimate romantic issue.” – LE MONDE
“The most gripping of the Sheitan director’s four features.” – PREMIERE
“The enigmatic Abdulah Sissoko and the elegant Hady Berthé.”
“Visually absolutely captivating.”
– FRANCE INTER
“The narrative weds this social chronicle to an intimate romantic issue.” – LE MONDE
French Release - May 3rd, 2023 - The Jokers Films
Festivals:
Critic’s Week – Cannes FF 2022
Official Selection – Sitges FF 2022
Quotes:
“A vibrant cinephile imagination.” – LES INROCKUPTIBLES
“The film convinces by its great ambition and crazy originality.” – POSITIF
“A sensual and deathly atmosphere.” – L’OBS
“A dazzling camerawork” – PREMIERE
Festivals:
Critic’s Week – Cannes FF 2022
Official Selection – Sitges FF 2022
Quotes:
“A vibrant cinephile imagination.” – LES INROCKUPTIBLES
“The film convinces by its great ambition and crazy originality.” – POSITIF
“A sensual and deathly atmosphere.” – L’OBS
“A dazzling camerawork” – PREMIERE
French Release - May 10th - LE PACTE
“Roschdy Zem possesses the calm strength of a Cary Grant, the scorned innocence of James Stewart. He could well become our generation’s Jean Gabin.” – LE FIGARO
“A spot-on portrait of a class defector.” – TELERAMA
“Chad Chenouga weaves a subtle exploration of questions of meritocracy, integration and the renewal of elites.” – LE MONDE
“Roschdy Zem possesses the calm strength of a Cary Grant, the scorned innocence of James Stewart. He could well become our generation’s Jean Gabin.” – LE FIGARO
“A spot-on portrait of a class defector.” – TELERAMA
“Chad Chenouga weaves a subtle exploration of questions of meritocracy, integration and the renewal of elites.” – LE MONDE
French Release - May 16th - LE PACTE
“Handsomely furnished and costumed with blue-chip character actors in the supporting roles and some wonderful locations and interiors at the Palace of Versailles itself.” – THE GUARDIAN
“Maïwenn both crystalizes the underlying appeal of the palace genre and finds its most potent expression.” – INDIEWIRE
“A sensitive and surprisingly low-key portrait of the French monarch’s last mistress.” – VARIETY
“Handsomely furnished and costumed with blue-chip character actors in the supporting roles and some wonderful locations and interiors at the Palace of Versailles itself.” – THE GUARDIAN
“Maïwenn both crystalizes the underlying appeal of the palace genre and finds its most potent expression.” – INDIEWIRE
“A sensitive and surprisingly low-key portrait of the French monarch’s last mistress.” – VARIETY
French Release - May 24th - Diaphana
“Virginie Efira arrives at the point in her career where great roles speak one to the other. A star, she moves between shadow and light with a thousand subtle variations.” – TELERAMA
“A thriller that gets to the heart of control.” – LE JOURNAL DU DIMANCHE
“An inspired thriller, magnificently directed.” – LE PARISIEN
“Virginie Efira arrives at the point in her career where great roles speak one to the other. A star, she moves between shadow and light with a thousand subtle variations.” – TELERAMA
“A thriller that gets to the heart of control.” – LE JOURNAL DU DIMANCHE
“An inspired thriller, magnificently directed.” – LE PARISIEN
French release - June 7th - UGC Distribution
French Release - June 14th - Ad Vitam
" Hirokazu Kore-eda riffs on Rashomon in a poignant melodrama about rushing to judgment. "
INDIEWIRE
" If Samuel Beckett had scripted Shaun of the Dead, it might have looked something like this. "
DEADLINE
" From a script written with Audrey Diwan (Happening) that lays the original narrative to rest by offering a radically different outcome, the filmmaker annihilates reality, orchestrating the collision of disparate worlds. It’s if she were mingling an encounter of Demy, Rohmer and Hitchcock with a flamboyant twist of Argento-style giallo, through bursts of colour. "
TELERAMA
" Salem has something of a flavour of Jacques Audiard\'s A Prophet both in its harsh underworld realism and in its hallucinatory touches; cockfighting scenes also bring a bloody hint of Amores Perros. "
SCREEN DAILY
" Ken Loach could hardly have delivered a more resonant, timely or indeed angry swansong than this feature. "
SCREEN DAILY
" Maïwenn is a major filmmaker, and Jeanne du Barry demands to be taken seriously. "
VARIETY
" In my opinion, the very quintessence of bad taste, in all the very best ways. "
NICOLAS WINDING REFN