Monthly Archives: May, 2011

Films Boutique is a sales agent from Germany with a penchant for international film items. This year they rep a pair of Cannes selected titles in the Directors' Fortnight selected director's cut version of Guilty of Romance from Sion Sono and Valérie Mrejen's En Ville. Among the big titles for art-house lovers they are repping Alexander Sokurov's Faust -- which I guess finally wasn't ready for a Cannes inclusion.

The French Sales Agent with the coolest name on the Croisette might not have anything playing in the different sections but they got a good chunk of items I easily see playing at Locarno, TIFF and Venice. At the top of their charts, I'm actually keen on seeing the tale of the first vibrator with Maggie Gyllenhaal. Hysteria is labeled as in production. From Israel we have Eran Riklis' next in Playoff also on our radar.

Celluloid Dreams, the Sales Agent and Production Co. based out of Paris have got a pair of films playing in the festival's line-up in the closing night film Honore's Beloved and the UCR selected Loverboy from Romania. The top title in our books is Marjane Satrapi's Chicken with Plums which is currently in post and would currently be a contender for a Venice slot and Frederick Wiseman's next docu (see pic above) and an Italian number from Marco Bellocchio called Sorelle Mai.

This year the French production company/distributor and sale co. lead by Paulo Branco has a modest, but promising line-up which includes David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis with a stacked cast of Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche, Samantha Morton, Mathieu Amalric and Canucks Sarah Gadon and Jay Baruchel. The company who reps Mysteries of Lisbon will also produce Paul Ruiz's next film, Lines of Wellington which is currently in pre-production.

Will Ferrell’s indie vehicle fails as a comedy with heart, but might sell some PBR.