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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Gilles Marchand’s Black Heaven

Apart from a couple of doc samples, all commentary on how the virtual world has socially altered/modified our habits and comportment has pretty much bit the dust – L’autre monde might be a poignant game changer.

IONCINEMA.com Top 100 Films

#34. Black Heaven

Director: Gilles Marchand
Writer(s): Marchand and Dominik Moll
Producers: France’s Haut et Court.
Distributor: Rights Available.

Black Heaven Gilles Marchand

Photo Exclusive: Gilles Marchand’s BLACK HEAVEN (Photo credit) Marcel Hartmann.

The Gist: This is a coming-of-age story about a teenager seduced by the unlimited possibilities of the dark, virtual world of online gaming.….(more)

Cast: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin and Melvil Poupaud

Why is it on the list?Apart from a couple of doc samples, all commentary on how the virtual world has socially altered/modified our habits and comportment has pretty much bit the dust – L’autre monde might be a poignant game changer. Among my top 100 films of the decade, we have a pair written by Marchand (Lemming and Red Lights) and he is once again working with Dominik Moll – another talented filmmaker. With both working together, we have the certitude that this may go into some noir territory. Check out this series of behind the scenes shots featuring Poupaud. 

Release Date/Status?: Having seen his directing debut (Who Killed Bambi?) make a splash in Cannes, I expect his 2nd effort to find itself in the same locale – potential for U.S purchase is highly likely.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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