les films du losange

LES FILMS DU LOSANGE
are pleased to present its 2009 Cannes line up.
We will be glad to set up a meeting with you.
cannes / booth riviera F7
agathe valentin + 33 6 89 85 96 95 a.valentin@filmsdulosange.fr
lise zipci + 33 6 75 13 05 75 l.zipci@filmsdulosange.fr
www.filmsdulosange.fr
official selection / competition
The white ribbon by Michael Haneke
Das Weisse Band
Cast Ulrich Tukur, Christian Friedel, Susanne Lothar
A village in Protestant northern Germany. 1913-1914. On the eve of World War I. The story of
the children and teenagers of a choir run by the village schoolteacher, and their families: the
baron, the steward, the pastor, the doctor, the midwife, the tenant farmers. Strange accidents
occur and gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual. Who is behind it all?
X Filme Creative Pool (germany) / Wega Film (austria) / Les Films du
Losange (france) / Lucky Red (italy) / Feature Film / 2h25
official screening:
market screenings:
(buyers only)
THURSDAY
sunday
WEDNESDAY
21/05
17/05
20/05
22:00
10:00
18:00
LUMIèRE
palais k
LERINS 2
official selection / un certain regard
FATHER OF MY CHILDREN by Mia Hansen-Løve
Cast Louis Do de Lencquesaing, Chiara Caselli, Alice de Lencquesaing
Grégoire Canvel has everything a man could want. A wife he loves, three delightful children
and a stimulating job. He’s a film producer. Discovering talented filmmakers and developing
films that fit his conception of the cinema is precisely his reason for living. Grégoire devotes
almost all his time and energy to his work. Except on weekends, which he spends in the
country with his family-gentle interludes, as precious as they are fragile. Yet his prestigious
production company, Moon Films, is on its last legs. Too many productions, too many risks,
too many debts. But Grégoire plows on at all costs. One day, he is obliged to face the facts. In
one word: failure. He is overwhelmed by fatigue. Which soon, secretly, turns into despair.
Les Films Pelléas (france) - 27 Films (germany) / Feature Film / 1h50
official screenings:
market screenings:
sunday
sunday
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
17/05
17/05
18/05
20/05
11:00
17:00
9:30
10:00
debussy
debussy
RIVIERA 2
RIVIERA 3
CANNES 2009
director’s fortnight
KING OF ESCAPE by Alain Guiraudie
Cast Ludovic Berthillot, Hafsia Herzi, Luc Palun, Pierre Laur, François
Clavier
Armand Lacourtade, 43, an agricultural equipment salesman, is sick of life as a single gay
man. After meeting Curly, a brash teenage girl, he goes straight. With all kinds of people
on their tails, they defy every danger to be together in their forbidden love. But is this really
what Armand dreamed of?
les films du worso (FRANCE) / Feature Film / 35 mm / 1h37
official screenings:
market screenings:
MONDAY
SATURDAY
TUESDAY
18/05
16/05
19/05
20:00
16:00
14:00
THéâtre Croisette
RIVERA 3 (buyers only)
RIVERA 3
market screenings
Marching Band by Claude Miller
2008: election of the 44th President of the United States. Within this context University
College and campus bands called “marching bands” were more than ever involved within
political rallies. Especially popular in the United States, they reflect values of all sectors of
American society, white as well as African-American cultural expression. They offer their
devoted public exhilarating parades, high in musical and visual color. This film, boosted by
the extraordinary energy of these marching bands, sketched a portrait of today’s American
youth and assessed the position of these students in the run up to a political decision that
could change their life and the face of the world.
les films de la boissière - F comme Film - Can & Co Productions - Camera
Lucida - Cinema Parallel (France) / Documentary / 2009 / 1h29
market premiere
market screenings:
sunday
wednesday
17/05
20/05
16:00
12:00
SWEET Rush by Andrzej Wajda
lerins 2
lerins 2
Competition
Cast Krystyna Janda, Paweł Szajda, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak
A middle-aged woman, Marta, wife of a small town doctor, doesn’t know about her
terminal illness. One day Marta meets a much younger man, Bogus, and is fascinated
by his youth and simplicity. Their innocent “dates” at the shores of the river, marked by
mutual fascination, are put to an end by a sudden and cruel twist of fate: it is Bogus who
dies first. Sweet Rush is also a film on making a film and Andrzej Wajda is intertwining the
story with real-life monologues of Krystyna Janda dealing with the premature death of her
husband, the acclaimed cinematographer Edward Kłosinski.
Akson Studio - Telewizja Polska S.A. - Agencja Media Plus (Poland) /
Feature Film / 1h25
market screenings:
sunday
WEDNESDAY
17/05
20/05
14:00
11:30
palais I
RIVIERA 4
PARDON MY FRENCH by Sophie Fillières
Cast Chiara Mastroianni, Agathe Bonitzer, Malik Zidi
Célimène is 35. She’s a writer with no inspiration. Nothing new.
Anaïs is 17. She wants Célimène to write a book about her. Oh, please!
They have nothing in common, nor in conflict either. And yet…
Pierre Grise Productions (France) / Feature Film / 1h45
market screening:
friday
15/05
10:00
palais I
the day will come by Susanne Schneider
Cast Katarina Schüttler, Iris Berben, Jacques Frantz
Thirty years after giving her daughter up for adoption in order to join the terrorist underground
in Germany, Judith is tracked down by her now adult daughter Alice to a vineyard in the
Alsace where she is now living with a new family and a new identity. Alice calls on her
mother to give herself up, but Judith doesn’t regret any of her past deeds.
Wüste Film (germany) - Unlimited (france) / Feature Film / 1h43
market premiere
friday
thursday
15/05
21/05
11:30
10:00
palais H
palais G
post / pre production
Around a small mountain by Jacques Rivette
Cast Jane Birkin, Sergio Castellitto
Pierre Grise Productions (france) - On my Own Produzioni Cinematographiche (italy) / feature film / 1h25
KING OF DEVIL’S ISLAND by Marius Holst
Cast Mikael Persbrandt, Kristoffer Joner
4 ½ (norway ) - Mact Productions (france) - St Paul (sweden) - opus film
(poland) / feature film
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