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Bruckheimer franchise. The film had its world premiere at Disneyland before heading to the Croisette, and opens day-and-date worldwide between May 18 and 20. Worldwide dist Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
THE BEAVER (US) Dir Jodie Foster This drama is based on a Black List screenplay by Kyle Killen and premiered at SXSW earlier this year to solid reviews (see p14). Mel Gibson plays a corporate chief who suffers a mid-life crisis and learns to communicate with his family (including wife Foster) through a beaver hand puppet. Summit is releasing in the US. Int’l sales Summit Entertainment
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BOLLYWOOD — THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD(Ind) Dirs Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Jeffrey Zimbalist Produced by Shekhar Kapur and co-directed by Delhi 6’s Mehra and documentarian Zimbalist, this musical documentary is about the global phenomenon that is Hindi-language cinema. It is born out of a conversation between Kapur and Thierry Frémaux who spoke of his desire to find a Bollywood film he could programme in Official Selection. Cannes regular Aishwarya Rai, who starred in Devdas, the first commercial Bollywood film to be screened at the festival, is one of the many Bollywood figures featured. Int’l sales UTV
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MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS WU XIA (HK-Chi) Dir Peter Ho-sun Chan The only Chinese-language film in Official Selection this year, Chan’s $20m martial-arts drama has been pre-selling steadily due to its attractive package of director and cast. Donnie Yen plays a martial-arts expert who tries to leave his past behind but is hunted by a ruthless detective, Takeshi Kaneshiro. Chan, who directed The Warlords and produced Teddy Chen’s award-winning Bodyguards And Assassins, is likely to imbue eye-popping action with strong dramatic content. Int’l sales We Distribution
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DAYSOF GRACE (DIAS DE GRACIA) (Mex-Fr) Dir Everardo Valerio Gout* Writer-director Gout’s feature debut is a thriller set in Mexico City exploring three kidnappings from three points of view during three football World Cup Finals in 2002, 2006 and 2010. The cast features Tenoch Huerta, Kristian Ferrer, Dolores Heredia and Carlos Bardem. Int’l sales Kinology
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CLOSING FILM THE BELOVED (LES BIEN-AIMES) (Fr) Dir Christophe Honoré It is difficult to think of a more fitting
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film with which to close the festival than Honoré’s lavish musical drama which stars a dazzling array of French talent headed by Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine Sagnier, Chiara Mastroianni, Milos Forman, Louis Garrel, Michel Delpech and Paul Schneider. The story is drawn from Prague of the 1960s, London of the 1980s, the world of September 11 and contemporary Paris. Honoré was first in Cannes’ Competition with the musical romance Love Songs (Les Chansons D’Amour) in 2007. The Beloved is produced by Why Not Productions and Le Pacte will release in France. The songs are by Alex Beaupain, Honoré’s longtime friend and composer of the music for all his films. Int’l sales Celluloid Dreams
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CLOSING FILM ELENA (Rus) Dir Andrey Zvyagintsev This third film from the director of Golden Lion winner The Return is about a wealthy mother trying to drag her son and his family out of poverty and rid him of his alcoholism. Zvyagintsev won the Sundance Institute/NHK award for the script for Elena in 2010. Int’l sales Pyramide Films
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