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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.
Cannes 2009 Producer’s Patch: Studio Canal
European and French-language heavyweight Studiocanal (a production co. and theatrical release company) comes to Cannes with plenty of auteur-driven ammo. They have Robert Guediguian's The Army of Crime (L'Armee du crime) in a non-competitive slot and Nassim Amaouche's debut film Farewell Gary (Adieu Gary) is competing in the Critic's Week section.
