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Cannes 2009 Producer’s Patch: MK2
This year Mk2 bring Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos's Dog tooth and Mathias Gokalp's Nothing Personal in the sidebars and they have Abdellatif Kechiche's next (Black Venus) in production (the director gave us brilliant The Secret of the Grain in 2007/08) and they also have Patrice Chereau's long awaited film – Persecution starring names like Romain Duris and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Eating In and Out: Isabel Coixet’s Map of the Sounds of Tokyo Trailer
An ominous, Euro-approved erotically-charged trailer featuring signature style god's point of view shots that Coixet likes to employ and some racy foundling between Rinko Kikuchi and Sergi López.
SPC Places ‘Ribbon’ around Haneke
Part of the double acquisition announcement made by SPC, the company have also re-teamed with Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band). The company had distributed Haneke's Cache back in 2005.
SPC Goes Cuckoo for Coco: Buys Second Chanel Biopic
Sony Pictures Classics have picked up their second Coco biopic in almost in as many months. Back in mid March the company picked up Coco avant Chanel and now they have picked up Coco when she was in the period of her life where she was a card carrying member of fashion world of Paris.
Cannes 2009 Market Must: Micmacs
We are eagerly awaiting Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs (Micmacs a Tire-Larigot) and originally thought that this was going to make it to Cannes' comp, but it doesn't appear the film was ready even if it was rushed and perhaps a more logical Fall festival release.
