Today, Good Morning America and Disney+ released the official trailer and poster for Descendants: The Rise of Red, the next installment in the megahit Descendants franchise.
The music-driven Disney Original movie starts streaming exclusively on Disney+ on Friday, July 12. It will then have a special encore on Friday, Aug. 9, at 8:00 p.m. Edt/Pdt on Disney Channel.
Former Villain Kid (aka Vk) Uma, now Auradon Prep’s newest principal, extends an invite to the school to another Vk — Red, the rebellious daughter of the Queen of Hearts from Wonderland.
After the Queen of Hearts incites a coup against Auradon, Red and Cinderella’s daughter Chloe travel back in time to undo the traumatic event that set Red’s mother down her villainous path.
Descendants: The Rise of Red stars Brandy, Rita Ora, Kylie Cantrall, Malia Baker, China Anne McClain, Jeremy Swift, Dara Reneé, Ruby Rose Turner, Morgan Dudley, Paolo Montalban,...
The music-driven Disney Original movie starts streaming exclusively on Disney+ on Friday, July 12. It will then have a special encore on Friday, Aug. 9, at 8:00 p.m. Edt/Pdt on Disney Channel.
Former Villain Kid (aka Vk) Uma, now Auradon Prep’s newest principal, extends an invite to the school to another Vk — Red, the rebellious daughter of the Queen of Hearts from Wonderland.
After the Queen of Hearts incites a coup against Auradon, Red and Cinderella’s daughter Chloe travel back in time to undo the traumatic event that set Red’s mother down her villainous path.
Descendants: The Rise of Red stars Brandy, Rita Ora, Kylie Cantrall, Malia Baker, China Anne McClain, Jeremy Swift, Dara Reneé, Ruby Rose Turner, Morgan Dudley, Paolo Montalban,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Mubi has secured a multi-territory deal for Magnus von Horn’s The Girl With The Needle, which premiered in Competition at Cannes earlier this week.
The arthouse distributor, producer and streamer has picked up rights for North America, UK-Ireland, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Italy, Turkey and India. International sales of the film are handled by Mubi-owned The Match Factory, which is working on deals for further territories.
It marks Mubi’s third acquisition of titles competing for this year’s Palme d’Or after picking up worldwide rights to Coralie Fargeat’s body horror The Substance and UK rights to Andrea Arnold’s Bird,...
The arthouse distributor, producer and streamer has picked up rights for North America, UK-Ireland, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Italy, Turkey and India. International sales of the film are handled by Mubi-owned The Match Factory, which is working on deals for further territories.
It marks Mubi’s third acquisition of titles competing for this year’s Palme d’Or after picking up worldwide rights to Coralie Fargeat’s body horror The Substance and UK rights to Andrea Arnold’s Bird,...
- 5/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
Chloe Abrahams’ BIFA-winning documentary The Taste Of Mango has sold to Oscilloscope Laboratories for the US and Conic for UK-Ireland.
A True/False 2023 premiere, The Taste Of Mango sees Abrahams untangle knots in her family’s unspoken past, by probing questions her mother and grandmother have long pushed aside.
It is produced by Abrahams for Cardamom Films and Elliott Whitton at Fit Via Vi. Both distributors acquired the film from the filmmakers, and are planning theatrical releases for 2024.
Executive producers are Diane Quon, Kellen Quinn, Martha Gregory, Hannah Bush Bailey, Robina Riccitiello and Bill Way.
Sri Lankan-British filmmaker Abrahams won...
A True/False 2023 premiere, The Taste Of Mango sees Abrahams untangle knots in her family’s unspoken past, by probing questions her mother and grandmother have long pushed aside.
It is produced by Abrahams for Cardamom Films and Elliott Whitton at Fit Via Vi. Both distributors acquired the film from the filmmakers, and are planning theatrical releases for 2024.
Executive producers are Diane Quon, Kellen Quinn, Martha Gregory, Hannah Bush Bailey, Robina Riccitiello and Bill Way.
Sri Lankan-British filmmaker Abrahams won...
- 5/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
Queen Of Hearts director May el-Toukhy has set her next feature, post-Second World War drama Woman, Unknown (working title).
The film revolves around Marie, a former housekeeper preparing a lavish dinner party to celebrate her engagement to the patriarch of the house, when the truth of her secret past starts to emerge.
el-Toukhy is writing the script with her Queen Of Hearts co-writer Maren Louise Kaehne. The film will be produced by Mikael Christian Rieks for Nordisk Film Production, with filming expected to begin in the first half of 2025.
Backers on the film include the Danish Film Institute.
“With Woman,...
The film revolves around Marie, a former housekeeper preparing a lavish dinner party to celebrate her engagement to the patriarch of the house, when the truth of her secret past starts to emerge.
el-Toukhy is writing the script with her Queen Of Hearts co-writer Maren Louise Kaehne. The film will be produced by Mikael Christian Rieks for Nordisk Film Production, with filming expected to begin in the first half of 2025.
Backers on the film include the Danish Film Institute.
“With Woman,...
- 5/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
Almost a decade since his debut feature The Here After premiered at Directors’ Fortnight, Swedish director Magnus von Horn is finally in Cannes Competition with the black-and-white period film The Girl with the Needle. Previously there was Sweat––the Polish-language jab at influencer culture––but when the festival was canceled on account of the pandemic, it got a “Cannes Selection” stamp rather than “Competition.” A silver lining that The Girl with the Needle is perhaps best-suited for a Palme d’Or head-to-head: it is surprising, stylish, and unabashedly brave.
Von Horn certainly knows what to aim for when bringing in two of the most exciting names in Scandinavian cinema today, Vic Carmen Sonne (Holiday) and Trine Dyrholm. Sonne plays Karoline, a factory seamstress who finds herself in a pickle; Dyrholm is Dagmar, the mysterious woman who offers help. While Karoline is undoubtedly the protagonist––and the titular girl with the needle,...
Von Horn certainly knows what to aim for when bringing in two of the most exciting names in Scandinavian cinema today, Vic Carmen Sonne (Holiday) and Trine Dyrholm. Sonne plays Karoline, a factory seamstress who finds herself in a pickle; Dyrholm is Dagmar, the mysterious woman who offers help. While Karoline is undoubtedly the protagonist––and the titular girl with the needle,...
- 5/15/2024
- by Savina Petkova
- The Film Stage
It's Friday, and Hallmark brings to us all fantastic news to start the weekend off right.
Prepare yourselves for the most thrilling announcement this spring as more adventure awaits in Hope Valley!
With Season 11 currently gripping viewers every Sunday night, Hallmark Channel announced today that their longest-running original series, When Calls the Heart, is renewed for Season 12!
Along with the season 12 pick-up, there’s even more good news for Hearties.
Hallmark can confirm that the new season will consist of 12 episodes, with production beginning in July!
What more could you possibly want? Well, other than 13 episodes and a Season 13 renewal. But you know what they say about Lucky 13. It's another achievement to look forward to with Hallmark's most beloved series.
If you've been following along this season, you have been enjoying the longing looks and romantic trope that push Elizabeth and Nathan closer to each other after a very long wait.
Prepare yourselves for the most thrilling announcement this spring as more adventure awaits in Hope Valley!
With Season 11 currently gripping viewers every Sunday night, Hallmark Channel announced today that their longest-running original series, When Calls the Heart, is renewed for Season 12!
Along with the season 12 pick-up, there’s even more good news for Hearties.
Hallmark can confirm that the new season will consist of 12 episodes, with production beginning in July!
What more could you possibly want? Well, other than 13 episodes and a Season 13 renewal. But you know what they say about Lucky 13. It's another achievement to look forward to with Hallmark's most beloved series.
If you've been following along this season, you have been enjoying the longing looks and romantic trope that push Elizabeth and Nathan closer to each other after a very long wait.
- 5/10/2024
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Swedish-Polish director Magnus von Horn’s dark period drama “The Girl With the Needle” will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Variety has been given exclusive access to a first-look clip from the film.
Written by von Horn and Line Langebek (“I’ll Come Running”), “The Girl With the Needle” is loosely based on the true story of Dagmar Overbye, a Danish woman who established an underground adoption agency in post-World War I Copenhagen to help poor women dealing with unwanted pregnancies.
Starring Trine Dyrholm, Vic Carmen Sonne and Besir Zeciri (“Wildland”), the film follows Karoline (Sonne), a young factory worker who is struggling to survive on the fringes of society. When she finds herself unemployed, abandoned and pregnant, she meets Dagmar (Dyrholm), a charismatic shopkeeper who helps poor mothers to find foster homes for their unwanted children.
With nowhere else to turn, Karoline...
Written by von Horn and Line Langebek (“I’ll Come Running”), “The Girl With the Needle” is loosely based on the true story of Dagmar Overbye, a Danish woman who established an underground adoption agency in post-World War I Copenhagen to help poor women dealing with unwanted pregnancies.
Starring Trine Dyrholm, Vic Carmen Sonne and Besir Zeciri (“Wildland”), the film follows Karoline (Sonne), a young factory worker who is struggling to survive on the fringes of society. When she finds herself unemployed, abandoned and pregnant, she meets Dagmar (Dyrholm), a charismatic shopkeeper who helps poor mothers to find foster homes for their unwanted children.
With nowhere else to turn, Karoline...
- 5/10/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
REinvent International Sales has boarded “Second Victims,” a psychological drama directed by Zinnini Elkington which shot on location at Denmark’s Herlev Hospital.
Set against the backdrop of an understaffed stroke unit, the film follows skilled neurologist Alexandra whose unwavering confidence is put to the ultimate test when a routine case spirals into tragedy. Blame and guilt ripple through the hospital, pushing Alexandra to confront her own fallibility and the profound repercussions of medical errors. Currently in post, the film is produced by Johannes Rothaus Nørregaard for Meta Film. Sf Studios will release it in the Nordics.
“Second Victims” is led by a duo of Scandinavian stars, Özlem Saglanmak, whose credits include “Borgen,” and Trine Dyrholm, who previously starred in Susanne Bier’s Oscar winning “In A Better World” and Sundance’s Audience Award winner “Queen of Hearts.” The cast is completed by Anders Matthesen, the creator of hit franchise “Checkered Ninja,...
Set against the backdrop of an understaffed stroke unit, the film follows skilled neurologist Alexandra whose unwavering confidence is put to the ultimate test when a routine case spirals into tragedy. Blame and guilt ripple through the hospital, pushing Alexandra to confront her own fallibility and the profound repercussions of medical errors. Currently in post, the film is produced by Johannes Rothaus Nørregaard for Meta Film. Sf Studios will release it in the Nordics.
“Second Victims” is led by a duo of Scandinavian stars, Özlem Saglanmak, whose credits include “Borgen,” and Trine Dyrholm, who previously starred in Susanne Bier’s Oscar winning “In A Better World” and Sundance’s Audience Award winner “Queen of Hearts.” The cast is completed by Anders Matthesen, the creator of hit franchise “Checkered Ninja,...
- 4/25/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes’ Marché du Film has partnered with the Cnc, France’s national film body, to launch Cannes Remakes, a new programme that will curate a selection of European feature film IP with strong potential for international adaptations.
Cannes Remakes will showcase film IPs that have been successful in their original territories and aims to facilitate connections between international buyers and producers.
The inaugural half-day event is set to take place on May 20 on the Cnc beach on the Croisette. It will include a pitching session, presenting titles sourced from France, Spain and Italy with the most potential for feature adaptation...
Cannes Remakes will showcase film IPs that have been successful in their original territories and aims to facilitate connections between international buyers and producers.
The inaugural half-day event is set to take place on May 20 on the Cnc beach on the Croisette. It will include a pitching session, presenting titles sourced from France, Spain and Italy with the most potential for feature adaptation...
- 3/27/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson, now best known as the director behind beautiful, taut features like Let the Right One In and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, wrote to Swedish screen legend Ingmar Bergman sometime in the early 2000s with an idea. Bergman’s response was characteristically colorful.
“What the hell is this? What do you mean?” Bergman told Alfredson.
Alfredson had told the Persona filmmaker that he wanted to remake Faithless, the 2000 feature Bergman had written about an imaginary woman who recollects her painful experience of adultery to an aging filmmaker. The pic played in competition that year in Cannes and was directed by Bergman’s ex-wife, actress Liv Ullmann.
“This was long before everyone was producing remakes, so it was a very unusual question, especially for Bergman,” Alfredson said.
Fast forward to February 2024 and Alfredson is deep into an edit of a contemporary TV adaptation of Faithless he has...
“What the hell is this? What do you mean?” Bergman told Alfredson.
Alfredson had told the Persona filmmaker that he wanted to remake Faithless, the 2000 feature Bergman had written about an imaginary woman who recollects her painful experience of adultery to an aging filmmaker. The pic played in competition that year in Cannes and was directed by Bergman’s ex-wife, actress Liv Ullmann.
“This was long before everyone was producing remakes, so it was a very unusual question, especially for Bergman,” Alfredson said.
Fast forward to February 2024 and Alfredson is deep into an edit of a contemporary TV adaptation of Faithless he has...
- 2/29/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Aurore (Louise Chevillotte) with André Masson (Alex Lutz) at Scottie’s in Pascal Bonitzer’s mysterious and witty Auction (Le Tableau Volé)
Catherine Breillat’s incomparably daring Last Summer starring Léa Drucker, Samuel Kircher, and Olivier Rabourdin has received four César nominations: Best Director and Adapted Screenplay, Actress (Léa Drucker), Male Revelation (Samuel Kircher in competition with his brother Paul Kircher for Thomas Cailley’s The Animal Kingdom). In the first installment with Pascal Bonitzer, we start out discussing his work on Last Summer which is based on May el-Toukhy’s 2019 film Queen of Hearts and then delve into his latest film, Auction (Le Tableau Volé).
Pascal Bonitzer with Anne-Katrin Titze on Scottie’s in Auction: “It’s an allusion to Vertigo because it’s a great movie. Scottie’s, yes, it’s Sotheby’s, it’s Christie’s, it’s a big auction house.”
Pascal Bonitzer, who put a...
Catherine Breillat’s incomparably daring Last Summer starring Léa Drucker, Samuel Kircher, and Olivier Rabourdin has received four César nominations: Best Director and Adapted Screenplay, Actress (Léa Drucker), Male Revelation (Samuel Kircher in competition with his brother Paul Kircher for Thomas Cailley’s The Animal Kingdom). In the first installment with Pascal Bonitzer, we start out discussing his work on Last Summer which is based on May el-Toukhy’s 2019 film Queen of Hearts and then delve into his latest film, Auction (Le Tableau Volé).
Pascal Bonitzer with Anne-Katrin Titze on Scottie’s in Auction: “It’s an allusion to Vertigo because it’s a great movie. Scottie’s, yes, it’s Sotheby’s, it’s Christie’s, it’s a big auction house.”
Pascal Bonitzer, who put a...
- 2/23/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Get ready for an intense and gripping episode of “So Help Me Todd” airing on CBS at 9:01 Pm on Thursday, February 29, 2024. In Season 2 Episode 3, titled “The Queen of Courts,” viewers will be plunged into the high-stakes world of legal drama as Margaret and Todd take on a challenging case.
In this installment, Margaret and Todd find themselves defending the “Queen of Hearts,” a notorious and cunning lawyer accused of orchestrating a fraudulent accident that resulted in the death of a “fake victim.” As they delve deeper into the case, they uncover a web of deceit, manipulation, and high-level corruption that threatens to unravel everything they hold dear.
With their reputations and careers on the line, Margaret and Todd must use all their skills and expertise to navigate the treacherous waters of the legal system and ensure that justice is served. Will they be able to prove their client’s innocence,...
In this installment, Margaret and Todd find themselves defending the “Queen of Hearts,” a notorious and cunning lawyer accused of orchestrating a fraudulent accident that resulted in the death of a “fake victim.” As they delve deeper into the case, they uncover a web of deceit, manipulation, and high-level corruption that threatens to unravel everything they hold dear.
With their reputations and careers on the line, Margaret and Todd must use all their skills and expertise to navigate the treacherous waters of the legal system and ensure that justice is served. Will they be able to prove their client’s innocence,...
- 2/22/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Independent content production companies Audily and The Pop Ups today announced that they have joined forces in a business combination to bring first-class children’s musical and podcast content as well as live event services to the market from the Audily media collective.
Led by co-founders and three-time Grammy nominees Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, The Pop Ups are known as the go-to audio & musical production studio for well-known brands like Nickelodeon and for successfully bringing shows like Guy Raz’s “Wow in the World” into the live event space with partners including Live Nation, Wondery, Tinkercast and UTA. They describe themselves as a full-service creative audio production studio bringing humor, awesomeness, educational utility, and wild creativity to children's media.
“Jason and Jacob are extraordinarily creative and innovative both in what they’ve built and how they’ve built it,” said Matt Wells, president and co-founder of Audily. “Their productions are catchy,...
Led by co-founders and three-time Grammy nominees Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, The Pop Ups are known as the go-to audio & musical production studio for well-known brands like Nickelodeon and for successfully bringing shows like Guy Raz’s “Wow in the World” into the live event space with partners including Live Nation, Wondery, Tinkercast and UTA. They describe themselves as a full-service creative audio production studio bringing humor, awesomeness, educational utility, and wild creativity to children's media.
“Jason and Jacob are extraordinarily creative and innovative both in what they’ve built and how they’ve built it,” said Matt Wells, president and co-founder of Audily. “Their productions are catchy,...
- 2/22/2024
- Podnews.net
Exclusive: Rising British actor Callum Turner is set to star alongside Norway’s Kristine Kujath Thorp and Sweden’s Gustav Lindh in Dara Van Dusen’s A Prayer For The Dying.
Anton and New Europe Films sales have co-acquired international rights for the upcoming English-language survival thriller.
Based on a novel by Stewart O’Nan, the film takes place in 1870 in Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussions of the recent Civil War.
When faced with a new and even deadlier threat, one man is forced to make a harrowing choice: save his young family or defend the community that gave him a second chance at life and meaning.
The film will shoot in early summer 2024.
New Europe CEO Jan Naszewski said of the feature: “Rarely can we...
Anton and New Europe Films sales have co-acquired international rights for the upcoming English-language survival thriller.
Based on a novel by Stewart O’Nan, the film takes place in 1870 in Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussions of the recent Civil War.
When faced with a new and even deadlier threat, one man is forced to make a harrowing choice: save his young family or defend the community that gave him a second chance at life and meaning.
The film will shoot in early summer 2024.
New Europe CEO Jan Naszewski said of the feature: “Rarely can we...
- 2/5/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Sky has unleashed the full official trailer for the limited event series, ‘Mary & George,’ starring Academy Award and BAFTA-winning actor Julianne Moore alongside Nicholas Galitzine.
is inspired by the outrageous true story of Mary Villiers, who moulded her beautiful and charismatic son, George, to seduce King James VI of Scotland and I of England (Tony Curran) and become his all-powerful lover.
Through outrageous scheming, the pair rose from humble beginnings to become the richest, most titled and influential players the English court had ever seen, and the King’s most trusted advisors.
And with England’s place on the world stage under threat from a Spanish invasion and rioters taking to the streets to denounce the King, the stakes could not have been higher.
Prepared to stop at nothing and armed with her ruthless political steel, Mary married her way up the ranks, bribed politicians, colluded with criminals and...
is inspired by the outrageous true story of Mary Villiers, who moulded her beautiful and charismatic son, George, to seduce King James VI of Scotland and I of England (Tony Curran) and become his all-powerful lover.
Through outrageous scheming, the pair rose from humble beginnings to become the richest, most titled and influential players the English court had ever seen, and the King’s most trusted advisors.
And with England’s place on the world stage under threat from a Spanish invasion and rioters taking to the streets to denounce the King, the stakes could not have been higher.
Prepared to stop at nothing and armed with her ruthless political steel, Mary married her way up the ranks, bribed politicians, colluded with criminals and...
- 2/2/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Copenhagen-based LevelK has pounced on world sales rights to the Swedish suspense drama “Hunters on a White Field,” toplining stellar acting trio Jens Hultén, Magnus Krepper and Ardalan Esmaili.
The pic will bow as an exclusive market screening at Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market, running Jan. 31-Feb 2.
Making her feature debut as writer-director is Sarah Gyllenstierna, a former assistant producer and director to artists including Spike Lee and Matthew Barney.
The suspense drama, based on a novel by Mats Wägeus, follows three men – Alex, Greger and Henrik – who get together a weekend to go hunting in the woods. The novice Alex learns how to hunt from his experienced partners. An initial spell of hunting success sharpens their instincts and stirs a sense of rivalry. One day, all animals vanish and the forest turns eerily quiet, yet for the men-the hunt must go on.
“I started developing this film in 2020 when...
The pic will bow as an exclusive market screening at Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market, running Jan. 31-Feb 2.
Making her feature debut as writer-director is Sarah Gyllenstierna, a former assistant producer and director to artists including Spike Lee and Matthew Barney.
The suspense drama, based on a novel by Mats Wägeus, follows three men – Alex, Greger and Henrik – who get together a weekend to go hunting in the woods. The novice Alex learns how to hunt from his experienced partners. An initial spell of hunting success sharpens their instincts and stirs a sense of rivalry. One day, all animals vanish and the forest turns eerily quiet, yet for the men-the hunt must go on.
“I started developing this film in 2020 when...
- 1/29/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Screen shines a light on 30 European titles that look set to grab the attention of festival directors in 2023, including new features by Tom Tykwer, Paz Vega, Paolo Sorrentino, Cecilia Verheyden and Baltasar Kormakur.
For our separate list of French festival hopefuls for 2024, click here.
Ariel (Sp-Por)
Dir. Lois Patiño
Patiño won the Encounters special jury prize at Berlin last year for Samsara and picked up the emerging director prize at Locarno in 2013 with Coast Of Death. His latest is a free adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, shot in Galicia and The Azores islands. Ariel stars Goya winner Irene Escolar...
For our separate list of French festival hopefuls for 2024, click here.
Ariel (Sp-Por)
Dir. Lois Patiño
Patiño won the Encounters special jury prize at Berlin last year for Samsara and picked up the emerging director prize at Locarno in 2013 with Coast Of Death. His latest is a free adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, shot in Galicia and The Azores islands. Ariel stars Goya winner Irene Escolar...
- 1/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Catherine Breillat on Léa Drucker in Last Summer (L’Été Dernier) and Alfred Hitchcock’s heroine wardrobe: “I said to Léa, think about Vertigo and Kim Novak! But then I think she is more Tippi Hedren.”
Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer stars Léa Drucker and Samuel Kircher with Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Serena Hu, and Angela Chen. The film is based on May el-Toukhy’s 2019 Queen of Hearts, starring Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, and Magnus Krepper. Last Summer shares a theme with the NYFF Opening Night Gala selection, Todd Haynes’s May December, where a reversal of age also takes central stage.
Catherine Breillat, with Anne-Katrin Titze, reveals the Christophe Honoré, Winter Boy, Paul Kircher and Samuel Kircher connection for Last Summer
Breillat, incomparably daring as ever, tells the story of Anne (Drucker), a successful lawyer, who lives with her businessman husband Pierre (Rabourdin) and their two headstrong, adopted daughters,...
Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer stars Léa Drucker and Samuel Kircher with Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Serena Hu, and Angela Chen. The film is based on May el-Toukhy’s 2019 Queen of Hearts, starring Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, and Magnus Krepper. Last Summer shares a theme with the NYFF Opening Night Gala selection, Todd Haynes’s May December, where a reversal of age also takes central stage.
Catherine Breillat, with Anne-Katrin Titze, reveals the Christophe Honoré, Winter Boy, Paul Kircher and Samuel Kircher connection for Last Summer
Breillat, incomparably daring as ever, tells the story of Anne (Drucker), a successful lawyer, who lives with her businessman husband Pierre (Rabourdin) and their two headstrong, adopted daughters,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Actress Mouni Roy, who is the host of ‘Temptation Island India’, has opened up on the challenges within relationships on the show, saying the “reality has proven once again to be stranger than fiction.”
In the recent episode, viewers witnessed the emotional breakup of Arjun and Cheshta, juxtaposed with the united decision of Nidhi and Mohak to face the future together.
The upcoming episode promises to unravel the fate of Nishank and Chetna, and Gargee and Ronak, bringing clarity to the intricacies of their relationships.
Throughout the journey, the Queen of Hearts, Mouni has been an integral part of the show, providing insights and guidance alongside host Karan Kundrra.
Mouni said: “The temptations that once resided in the villas have now evolved into meaningful connections. Delivering the final verdict of love will not be an easy task. This show has transformed mere attractions into profound realisations about relationships. Sahi hi kehte hai,...
In the recent episode, viewers witnessed the emotional breakup of Arjun and Cheshta, juxtaposed with the united decision of Nidhi and Mohak to face the future together.
The upcoming episode promises to unravel the fate of Nishank and Chetna, and Gargee and Ronak, bringing clarity to the intricacies of their relationships.
Throughout the journey, the Queen of Hearts, Mouni has been an integral part of the show, providing insights and guidance alongside host Karan Kundrra.
Mouni said: “The temptations that once resided in the villas have now evolved into meaningful connections. Delivering the final verdict of love will not be an easy task. This show has transformed mere attractions into profound realisations about relationships. Sahi hi kehte hai,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Actress Mouni Roy, who is the host of ‘Temptation Island India’, has opened up on the challenges within relationships on the show, saying the “reality has proven once again to be stranger than fiction.”
In the recent episode, viewers witnessed the emotional breakup of Arjun and Cheshta, juxtaposed with the united decision of Nidhi and Mohak to face the future together.
The upcoming episode promises to unravel the fate of Nishank and Chetna, and Gargee and Ronak, bringing clarity to the intricacies of their relationships.
Throughout the journey, the Queen of Hearts, Mouni has been an integral part of the show, providing insights and guidance alongside host Karan Kundrra.
Mouni said: “The temptations that once resided in the villas have now evolved into meaningful connections. Delivering the final verdict of love will not be an easy task. This show has transformed mere attractions into profound realisations about relationships. Sahi hi kehte hai,...
In the recent episode, viewers witnessed the emotional breakup of Arjun and Cheshta, juxtaposed with the united decision of Nidhi and Mohak to face the future together.
The upcoming episode promises to unravel the fate of Nishank and Chetna, and Gargee and Ronak, bringing clarity to the intricacies of their relationships.
Throughout the journey, the Queen of Hearts, Mouni has been an integral part of the show, providing insights and guidance alongside host Karan Kundrra.
Mouni said: “The temptations that once resided in the villas have now evolved into meaningful connections. Delivering the final verdict of love will not be an easy task. This show has transformed mere attractions into profound realisations about relationships. Sahi hi kehte hai,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Sky and Starz have released a first-look teaser trailer for the spectacular and unapologetic limited event series, ‘Mary & George,’ starring Academy Award and BAFTA-winning actor Julianne Moore alongside Nicholas Galitzine.
is inspired by the outrageous true story of Mary Villiers, who moulded her beautiful and charismatic son, George, to seduce King James VI of Scotland and I of England (Tony Curran) and become his all-powerful lover.
Through outrageous scheming, the pair rose from humble beginnings to become the richest, most titled and influential players the English court had ever seen, and the King’s most trusted advisors.
And with England’s place on the world stage under threat from a Spanish invasion and rioters taking to the streets to denounce the King, the stakes could not have been higher.
Prepared to stop at nothing and armed with her ruthless political steel, Mary married her way up the ranks, bribed politicians,...
is inspired by the outrageous true story of Mary Villiers, who moulded her beautiful and charismatic son, George, to seduce King James VI of Scotland and I of England (Tony Curran) and become his all-powerful lover.
Through outrageous scheming, the pair rose from humble beginnings to become the richest, most titled and influential players the English court had ever seen, and the King’s most trusted advisors.
And with England’s place on the world stage under threat from a Spanish invasion and rioters taking to the streets to denounce the King, the stakes could not have been higher.
Prepared to stop at nothing and armed with her ruthless political steel, Mary married her way up the ranks, bribed politicians,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The award was handed out tonight during a ceremony at Oslo’s Opera House.
Danish drama Empire (Viften) has won the lucrative Nordic Council Film Prize for 2023.
The prize, worth $45,000, is split between director Frederikke Aspöck, screenwriter Anna Neye and producers Pernille Munk Skydsgaard, Nina Leidersdorff and Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen.
The award was handed out tonight during a ceremony at Oslo’s Opera House.
Empire celebrated its world premiere in Göteborg and opened in Danish cinemas in April via Sf Studios. REinvent handles international sales.
The film was selected among six Nordic candidates by a jury consisting...
Danish drama Empire (Viften) has won the lucrative Nordic Council Film Prize for 2023.
The prize, worth $45,000, is split between director Frederikke Aspöck, screenwriter Anna Neye and producers Pernille Munk Skydsgaard, Nina Leidersdorff and Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen.
The award was handed out tonight during a ceremony at Oslo’s Opera House.
Empire celebrated its world premiere in Göteborg and opened in Danish cinemas in April via Sf Studios. REinvent handles international sales.
The film was selected among six Nordic candidates by a jury consisting...
- 10/31/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
She was pulled from obscurity (or non-retirement since her last feature was 2013’s Abuse of Weakness) when Saïd Ben Saïd optioned the rights to 2019 Danish film Queen of Hearts and then proposed it French filmmaker Catherine Breillat, and as luck would have it Léa Drucker would join a pantheon of memorable morally complex roles for actresses that we find in Breillat cinema. In Last Summer (L’été dernier), Drucker plays Anne, a lawyer who specializes in cases of sexual consent and parental custody while she is the matriarch of two adopted children and she then swims in murky waters in her relationship with teenage son (Théo) of her current husband.…...
- 10/23/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Tonight’s episode of “The Masked Singer” takes a trip down memory lane with “2000s Night.” Grammy winner and Season 6 champ Jewel aka Queen of Hearts opens the show airing Wednesday, October 11 (8:00-9:02 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. *Nsync’s Lance Bass and “The Office’s” Kate Flannery serve as surprise clue givers
With 16 total celebrity singers, Season 10 contestants boast a combined 40 medals, 33 Grammy nominations, 7 Hall of Fame Awards, 3 Lifetime Achievement Awards and over 50 tattoos (!!).
Play along with host Nick Cannon and panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger. Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of Season 10, Episode 3, to find out what happened Wednesday, October 11 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt on Fox. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite costumed characters on Fox’s reality TV show and who you think has what it takes to win the entire competition.
With 16 total celebrity singers, Season 10 contestants boast a combined 40 medals, 33 Grammy nominations, 7 Hall of Fame Awards, 3 Lifetime Achievement Awards and over 50 tattoos (!!).
Play along with host Nick Cannon and panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger. Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of Season 10, Episode 3, to find out what happened Wednesday, October 11 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt on Fox. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite costumed characters on Fox’s reality TV show and who you think has what it takes to win the entire competition.
- 10/12/2023
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Belgian director Joachim Lafosse is done being silent.
Just like the family in his latest film “A Silence,” inspired by the real-life case of Victor Hissel: a former lawyer for two victims of killer Marc Dutroux, ultimately charged with possession of child pornography.
“To me, it’s not a dark story, because they do start to talk,” he says about the characters played by Emmanuelle Devos and newcomer Matthieu Galoux, slowly digging up the long-buried sins of their husband and father (Daniel Auteuil).
“Astrid and her children decide to step out of that criminal environment. With this film, I want to show how people can be violated by something like that, how difficult it is to shake off that shame and guilt. It’s difficult, but I think it’s possible.”
He also had to learn how to speak up, he says.
“In 2008, I made ‘Private Lessons.’ I didn’t say that at the time,...
Just like the family in his latest film “A Silence,” inspired by the real-life case of Victor Hissel: a former lawyer for two victims of killer Marc Dutroux, ultimately charged with possession of child pornography.
“To me, it’s not a dark story, because they do start to talk,” he says about the characters played by Emmanuelle Devos and newcomer Matthieu Galoux, slowly digging up the long-buried sins of their husband and father (Daniel Auteuil).
“Astrid and her children decide to step out of that criminal environment. With this film, I want to show how people can be violated by something like that, how difficult it is to shake off that shame and guilt. It’s difficult, but I think it’s possible.”
He also had to learn how to speak up, he says.
“In 2008, I made ‘Private Lessons.’ I didn’t say that at the time,...
- 9/27/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
“The Masked Singer” has arrived at its 10th season, and it’s celebrating big all season long — with some help from a member of newly reunited (if only just temporarily?) *Nsync, a star of “The Office,” and several famous alums.
TheWrap can exclusively reveal that Lance Bass and Kate Flannery (Meredith from “The Office”) are among the show’s special surprise clue givers this season. Now, will they have any connection to those who are competing? That part remains unclear for now, but as always, it’s not out of the realm of possibility.
Kelly Osbourne, who competed as Ladybug in the second season of “The Masked Singer,” will also help give out some clues this season, along with NFL wide receiver and free agent DeSean Jackson, “Snake Oil” host David Spade, and Poppy and Branch from “Trolls” for a special episode themed to the movie.
Naturally, there will also...
TheWrap can exclusively reveal that Lance Bass and Kate Flannery (Meredith from “The Office”) are among the show’s special surprise clue givers this season. Now, will they have any connection to those who are competing? That part remains unclear for now, but as always, it’s not out of the realm of possibility.
Kelly Osbourne, who competed as Ladybug in the second season of “The Masked Singer,” will also help give out some clues this season, along with NFL wide receiver and free agent DeSean Jackson, “Snake Oil” host David Spade, and Poppy and Branch from “Trolls” for a special episode themed to the movie.
Naturally, there will also...
- 9/18/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
If cinema often attempts to stoke our erotic fantasies with soft lighting and rehearsed movements that have little to do with sex as many of us experience it, Catherine Breillat’s films serve as a counterpoint. The French filmmaker and novelist is less concerned with eroticism than with the power that sex represents, and her most intimate scenes are often so unpleasurable as to be as unrealistic in their own way as conventionally arousing sequences. Watching movie sex that isn’t meant to be a turn-on can push one to contemplate what else is going on between the people in the frame. And in Last Summer, her remake of the 2019 Danish film Queen of Hearts, Breillat brings her icy, unwaveringly sober sensibilities to one of the most common of American pop cultural sex fantasies: a teenager’s tryst with a Milf.
Perhaps only Breillat would open a film about an...
Perhaps only Breillat would open a film about an...
- 9/8/2023
- by Chuck Bowen
- Slant Magazine
Emerald Fennell likes things to be deeply cinematic, with elements that are vast, weird and flamboyant. No matter what you thought of the actor-turned-director’s genre-defying and much debated “Promising Young Woman”—it’s been called unapologetically feminist by defenders like this critic and, well, whatever’s the opposite of that, by others—her filmic appetite that rejected the mundane and conventional was undeniable in that original debut.
After a recent appearance as Midge in “Barbie,” Fennell is back in the directing chair with her unclassifiable sophomore caper “Saltburn,” a studiously mannered dark comedy-cum-thriller that spans across Oxford University and a massive mansion in the North Yorkshire town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, and feels marvelously British. It’s almost as British as the likes of “Withnail and I” and “Jeeves and Wooster.”
This is both an observation and a bit of a warning, in that you will need a specific sense of...
After a recent appearance as Midge in “Barbie,” Fennell is back in the directing chair with her unclassifiable sophomore caper “Saltburn,” a studiously mannered dark comedy-cum-thriller that spans across Oxford University and a massive mansion in the North Yorkshire town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, and feels marvelously British. It’s almost as British as the likes of “Withnail and I” and “Jeeves and Wooster.”
This is both an observation and a bit of a warning, in that you will need a specific sense of...
- 9/1/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
A Mother-Stepson Relationship Forms In English-Subtitled Teaser for Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer
Playing at Cannes to nice notices and perhaps little else––no awards, alas!––Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer nevertheless yields interest above much competition brethren. Her first feature since 2013’s Abuse of Weakness (which I just found myself pulverized by courtesy Criterion) remakes 2019’s Queen of Hearts with what has been described as Breillat-like zeal: sex in all its passions and taboos.
Ahead of TIFF and NYFF showings that’ll lead to a Janus-Sideshow release, we have a first English-subtitled trailer playing brief and in broad strokes. It nicely rhymes with Savina Petkova’s review out of Cannes, where she said, “Unlike the underlying cynicism of Brief Crossing––a film with a similar age gap and dynamic––Last Summer finds Breillat more open to the tenderness of love’s initial stages: Drucker lights up, she orgasms, she laughs, and even her lexicon changes. There are three sex scenes in the film,...
Ahead of TIFF and NYFF showings that’ll lead to a Janus-Sideshow release, we have a first English-subtitled trailer playing brief and in broad strokes. It nicely rhymes with Savina Petkova’s review out of Cannes, where she said, “Unlike the underlying cynicism of Brief Crossing––a film with a similar age gap and dynamic––Last Summer finds Breillat more open to the tenderness of love’s initial stages: Drucker lights up, she orgasms, she laughs, and even her lexicon changes. There are three sex scenes in the film,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
TrustNordisk has unveiled the international trailer and poster for “The Promised Land,” Nikolaj Arcel’s historical epic drama starring Mads Mikkelsen (“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”), which is slated to world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
“The Promised Land” tells the true story of an impoverished captain, Ludvig Kahlen, who set out to conquer the harsh, uninhabitable Danish heath with a seemingly impossible goal; to build a colony in the name of the King.
TrustNordisk is describing the film as “a gripping story about the conquest of the heath, the tale of a proud and uncompromising man, and the woman who becomes his ally in the fight against evil, death and perdition.”
Mikkelsen stars opposite Amanda Collin (“Raised by Wolves”). The cast is completed by Magnus Krepper (“Queen of Hearts”), Simon Bennebjerg (“Borgen”), Gustav Lindh (“The Northman”), Kristine Kujath Thorp (“Ninjababy”), Morten Hee Andersen (“Margrete: Queen of the North...
“The Promised Land” tells the true story of an impoverished captain, Ludvig Kahlen, who set out to conquer the harsh, uninhabitable Danish heath with a seemingly impossible goal; to build a colony in the name of the King.
TrustNordisk is describing the film as “a gripping story about the conquest of the heath, the tale of a proud and uncompromising man, and the woman who becomes his ally in the fight against evil, death and perdition.”
Mikkelsen stars opposite Amanda Collin (“Raised by Wolves”). The cast is completed by Magnus Krepper (“Queen of Hearts”), Simon Bennebjerg (“Borgen”), Gustav Lindh (“The Northman”), Kristine Kujath Thorp (“Ninjababy”), Morten Hee Andersen (“Margrete: Queen of the North...
- 8/23/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Lena Endre will reprise the role of Marianne in Tomas Alfredson’s TV adaptation of Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman’s 2000 film “Faithless,” Variety can reveal exclusively.
Filming has officially commenced on the production from Fremantle’s Miso Film, in which Endre will star as Older Marianne alongside Jesper Christensen as Older David. Young Marianne will be played by Frida Gustavsson, while Gustav Lindh (“Queen of Hearts”) is portraying Young David.
The six-episode series will be told in two time periods, and, according to its official description, “explores the relationship between love and passion.”
“In the present-day storyline, the renowned director David Howard, 73, is reunited with his former great love, actress Marianne Vogler, 75,” the description continues. “Their meeting forces them to confront the painful consequences of their previous relationship – not just for themselves, but for their families. Forty years prior, in the main story, a young David, and Marianne fall...
Filming has officially commenced on the production from Fremantle’s Miso Film, in which Endre will star as Older Marianne alongside Jesper Christensen as Older David. Young Marianne will be played by Frida Gustavsson, while Gustav Lindh (“Queen of Hearts”) is portraying Young David.
The six-episode series will be told in two time periods, and, according to its official description, “explores the relationship between love and passion.”
“In the present-day storyline, the renowned director David Howard, 73, is reunited with his former great love, actress Marianne Vogler, 75,” the description continues. “Their meeting forces them to confront the painful consequences of their previous relationship – not just for themselves, but for their families. Forty years prior, in the main story, a young David, and Marianne fall...
- 8/23/2023
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
The Zurich Film Festival unveiled its gala premiere lineup Thursday, with highlights including many of the fan favorites from the 2023 festival season.
Among the lineup is Todd Haynes’ melodrama May December, starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, the Anne Hathaway/Thomasin McKenzie psychological thriller Eileen from director William Oldroyd and Tran Anh Hung’s foodie French romance film The Pot-Au-Feu. Eileen was a hit out of Sundance, whereas both May December and The Pot-Au-Feu were buzzy titles in Cannes.
All are strong award-season contenders, as is Zurich gala title Nyad, which will have its world premiere in Toronto. The real-life tale of Diana Nyad, a long-distance swimmer who, at 60, becomes obsessed with completing a 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida, stars Annette Bening as Nyad and Jodie Foster as her friend and coach Bonnie Stoll. Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi directed.
Zurich also has three world premieres on its...
Among the lineup is Todd Haynes’ melodrama May December, starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, the Anne Hathaway/Thomasin McKenzie psychological thriller Eileen from director William Oldroyd and Tran Anh Hung’s foodie French romance film The Pot-Au-Feu. Eileen was a hit out of Sundance, whereas both May December and The Pot-Au-Feu were buzzy titles in Cannes.
All are strong award-season contenders, as is Zurich gala title Nyad, which will have its world premiere in Toronto. The real-life tale of Diana Nyad, a long-distance swimmer who, at 60, becomes obsessed with completing a 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida, stars Annette Bening as Nyad and Jodie Foster as her friend and coach Bonnie Stoll. Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi directed.
Zurich also has three world premieres on its...
- 8/17/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Karyn Kusama is one of many executive producers on Showtime’s blockbuster dual-timeline drama about the survivors of a plane crash, but she also has a very singular connection to the series: She directed both the pilot and the most recent season finale. Two years ago, she was tasked with introducing the world to the group of teenagers and their present-day adult counterparts, laying the groundwork for a show full of pathos, mystery and needle drops; this year, she shepherded the death of a beloved character (played by Juliette Lewis). She called THR fresh from a much-needed summer vacation to discuss some select season two moments and what she’d like to see for the future of Yellowjackets.
Director and executive producer Karyn Kusama.
Today you’re representing the show, and its creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson are striking along with their fellow WGA members. I’m curious what...
Director and executive producer Karyn Kusama.
Today you’re representing the show, and its creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson are striking along with their fellow WGA members. I’m curious what...
- 8/15/2023
- by Seija Rankin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BlondePhoto: Netflix
Young Adam (2003): A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers’ lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer.
Bad Education (2004): An examination...
Young Adam (2003): A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers’ lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer.
Bad Education (2004): An examination...
- 8/7/2023
- by The A.V. Club Bot
- avclub.com
Copenhagen, 25 July 2023 – The 80th Venice International Film Festival has just announced its official selection, which includes Nikolaj Arcel’s The Promised Land, a gripping drama, based on true events about one man’s steely quest to create his own fortune and to change the map of Denmark forever. But in his pursuit of wealth and honor, he risks sacrificing love and losing those he cares about.
The Zentropa-produced drama will world premiere in Competiton at the Biennale di Venezia, one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious festivals.
The critically acclaimed director is back at the helm directing a Danish film, for the first time since the Academy Award-nominated A Royal Affair (2012) and reuniting with talented, world-class actor Mads Mikkelsen. The Promised Land is penned by Arcel and Danish screenwriter and director Anders Thomas Jensen and is based on the Danish bestseller ‘Kaptajnen og Ann Barbara’ (translated ‘The...
The Zentropa-produced drama will world premiere in Competiton at the Biennale di Venezia, one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious festivals.
The critically acclaimed director is back at the helm directing a Danish film, for the first time since the Academy Award-nominated A Royal Affair (2012) and reuniting with talented, world-class actor Mads Mikkelsen. The Promised Land is penned by Arcel and Danish screenwriter and director Anders Thomas Jensen and is based on the Danish bestseller ‘Kaptajnen og Ann Barbara’ (translated ‘The...
- 8/1/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Last Summer.Catherine Breillat holds eye contact with such intensity that it’s difficult not to feel a little intimidated in her presence. It’s an apt trait for a filmmaker of equally, and brilliantly, intimidating films. Unafraid, even eager, to cause discomfort, Breillat has dedicated her career to the cinematic excavation of taboo subjects and liberating female desire onscreen.With her first film in ten years, Last Summer, Breillat presents a reworking of May el-Toukhy’s 2019 film Queen of Hearts in which a lawyer, predominantly working on sexual assault cases, has an affair with her 17-year-old stepson. The project is challenging in the ways you might expect from the filmmaker, but somehow tamer, too; the sex is not explicit in the manner of Romance (1999) or Anatomy of Hell (2004), nor are the shocks quite as violent as they are in her widely celebrated Fat Girl (2001). Her approach here feels more...
- 7/12/2023
- MUBI
Wondery and Rococo Punch are bringing back their hilarious audio-first dating game show, Queen of Hearts. It’s hosted by drag queen extraordinaire Jujubee, who guides singles through a series of wild games and challenges to see if they can find their next great love … for now. Queen of Hearts is a first-of-its-kind podcast series that presents an inclusive, sex- and body-positive twist on the classic dating game show.
- 6/9/2023
- by PodcastingToday
- Podcastingtoday
Sideshow & Janus Films Take North American Rights To Catherine Breillat’s Cannes Title ‘Last Summer’
Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all North American rights for Catherine Breillat’s drama Last Summer (L’été dernier) following its well-received premiere in competition in the final days of the Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27).
Breillat’s first feature in a decade, the drama continues the director’s career-long penchant for breaking taboos.
Lea Drucker stars as a successful family lawyer specializing in child protection, living a seemingly perfect life with her husband and their two young daughters in a well-heeled Paris suburb.
She jeopardizes everything when she embarks on a forbidden affair with her dissolute 17-year-old stepson, played by (Samuel Kircher) in a move that will have explosive consequences for all involved.
Saïd Ben Saïd lead produced the film under the banner of his Paris-based company Sbs Production.
The film is adapted from Danish director May El-Thoukhy’s award-winning 2019 drama Queen Of Hearts, by Breillat in collaboration with Pascal Bonitzer.
Breillat’s first feature in a decade, the drama continues the director’s career-long penchant for breaking taboos.
Lea Drucker stars as a successful family lawyer specializing in child protection, living a seemingly perfect life with her husband and their two young daughters in a well-heeled Paris suburb.
She jeopardizes everything when she embarks on a forbidden affair with her dissolute 17-year-old stepson, played by (Samuel Kircher) in a move that will have explosive consequences for all involved.
Saïd Ben Saïd lead produced the film under the banner of his Paris-based company Sbs Production.
The film is adapted from Danish director May El-Thoukhy’s award-winning 2019 drama Queen Of Hearts, by Breillat in collaboration with Pascal Bonitzer.
- 6/2/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all North American rights for Catherine Breillat’s explosive drama “Last Summer” which competed at the Cannes Film Festival.
Produced by Said Ben Said at Sbs, the film stars Léa Drucker as Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives in perfect harmony with her husband Pierre and their six and eight‐year‐old daughters in the suburbs of Paris. One day, Theo, 17, Pierre’s son from a previous marriage, moves in with them. Anne is troubled by Theo and gradually engages in a passionate relationship with him, putting her career and family life in danger.
Drucker stars opposite Samuel Kircher and Olivier Rabourdin. Breillat wrote the film with the collaboration of Pascal Bonitzer. It’s an adaptation of May el-Toukhy’s “Queen of Hearts” which won the Audience Award at Sundance in 2019. Sideshow and Janus Films are planning a theatrical release following fall festivals.
“Catherine...
Produced by Said Ben Said at Sbs, the film stars Léa Drucker as Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives in perfect harmony with her husband Pierre and their six and eight‐year‐old daughters in the suburbs of Paris. One day, Theo, 17, Pierre’s son from a previous marriage, moves in with them. Anne is troubled by Theo and gradually engages in a passionate relationship with him, putting her career and family life in danger.
Drucker stars opposite Samuel Kircher and Olivier Rabourdin. Breillat wrote the film with the collaboration of Pascal Bonitzer. It’s an adaptation of May el-Toukhy’s “Queen of Hearts” which won the Audience Award at Sundance in 2019. Sideshow and Janus Films are planning a theatrical release following fall festivals.
“Catherine...
- 6/2/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Sideshow and Janus Films have snatched up another of this year’s Cannes Festival favorites, picking up rights in North America for Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer.
The feature, which premiered in the Cannes competition lineup, is a French adaptation of May el-Toukhy’s Danish drama Queen of Hearts, which won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize in 2019. In the French version, Léa Drucker stars as Anne, a brilliant lawyer with a seemingly perfect husband and family film who puts everything at risk when she starts up a passionate love affair with her teenage stepson. Samuel Kircher and Olivier Rabourdin co-star. Last Summer was produced by Saïd Ben Saïd for Sbs production. The film is Breillat’s first feature in a decade, since Abuse of Weakness in 2013.
“Catherine Breillat is one of the boldest and most thought-provoking directors on the subject of desire,” said Sideshow and Janus Films in a statement.
The feature, which premiered in the Cannes competition lineup, is a French adaptation of May el-Toukhy’s Danish drama Queen of Hearts, which won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize in 2019. In the French version, Léa Drucker stars as Anne, a brilliant lawyer with a seemingly perfect husband and family film who puts everything at risk when she starts up a passionate love affair with her teenage stepson. Samuel Kircher and Olivier Rabourdin co-star. Last Summer was produced by Saïd Ben Saïd for Sbs production. The film is Breillat’s first feature in a decade, since Abuse of Weakness in 2013.
“Catherine Breillat is one of the boldest and most thought-provoking directors on the subject of desire,” said Sideshow and Janus Films in a statement.
- 6/2/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Deal follows acquisition of Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s About Dry Grasses.
Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all North American rights from Pyramide International to Catherine Breillat’s Cannes Competition selection Last Summer (L’été Dernier).
‘Last Summer’: Cannes Review
Breillat’s first film in a decade since 2013 TIFF entry Abuse Of Weakness tells of Anne, a brilliant lawyer whose harmonious Paris life with husband Pierre and their daughters is thrown into disarray when she has an affair with her stepson.
Léa Drucker, Samuel Kircher and Olivier Rabourdin star in the Sbs production produced by Saïd Ben Saïd. Breillat and...
Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all North American rights from Pyramide International to Catherine Breillat’s Cannes Competition selection Last Summer (L’été Dernier).
‘Last Summer’: Cannes Review
Breillat’s first film in a decade since 2013 TIFF entry Abuse Of Weakness tells of Anne, a brilliant lawyer whose harmonious Paris life with husband Pierre and their daughters is thrown into disarray when she has an affair with her stepson.
Léa Drucker, Samuel Kircher and Olivier Rabourdin star in the Sbs production produced by Saïd Ben Saïd. Breillat and...
- 6/2/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all North American rights for “Last Summer,” directed by Catherine Breillat, her first film in a decade, the companies announced on Friday.
The film, which just screened In Competition at the Cannes Film Festival to rave reviews, tells the story of Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives in perfect harmony with her husband Pierre and their six and eight‐year‐old daughters in the suburbs of Paris. One day, Theo, 17, Pierre’s son from a previous marriage, moves in with them. Anne is troubled by Theo and gradually engages in a passionate relationship with him, putting her career and family life in danger. It stars Léa Drucker, Samuel Kircher and Olivier Rabourdin.
“Last Summer” is an Sbs production and is produced by Saïd Ben Saïd. It’s written by Breillat with the collaboration of Pascal Bonitzer and adapted from the film “Queen of Hearts...
The film, which just screened In Competition at the Cannes Film Festival to rave reviews, tells the story of Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives in perfect harmony with her husband Pierre and their six and eight‐year‐old daughters in the suburbs of Paris. One day, Theo, 17, Pierre’s son from a previous marriage, moves in with them. Anne is troubled by Theo and gradually engages in a passionate relationship with him, putting her career and family life in danger. It stars Léa Drucker, Samuel Kircher and Olivier Rabourdin.
“Last Summer” is an Sbs production and is produced by Saïd Ben Saïd. It’s written by Breillat with the collaboration of Pascal Bonitzer and adapted from the film “Queen of Hearts...
- 6/2/2023
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Last Summer... (Catherine Breillat).There’s nothing quite like the rush of a bolt-from-the-blue discovery—the real-time realization, while in a darkened theater, that one is witnessing the emergence of a major cinematic voice. The closest this year’s Cannes came to offering such an experience was with the premiere of Pham Thien An’s Directors’ Fortnight selection Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, a deserving recipient of this year’s Caméra d’Or. Immediately notable for its expansive 182-minute runtime, the film, Pham’s first, comprises numerous extremely long takes which call to mind the sequence shots of Shinji Sōmai, with complex choreography that does not conceal the artificiality (and occasional strain) of their production, and which are ultimately less concerned with Bazinian realism than with creating an indiscernibility between the real and the imaginary. Until its title card drops over half-an-hour in, Yellow Cocoon Shell impresses not just for its technical prowess,...
- 6/1/2023
- MUBI
Like some of her most memorable films, including 36 Fillette, Romance, Sex is Comedy and Anatomy of Hell, French writer-director Catherine Breillat’s new feature, Last Summer (L’Été dernier), dangerously straddles borders between unnerving drama, dark comedy and erotic exploitation — which is precisely the place the director wants to be.
On the surface, the plot seems to come right out of a softcore stepmom flick, following a successful lawyer, Anne (Léa Drucker), having an illicit affair with her stepson, Théo (Samuel Kircher), a rebellious 17-year-old who looks like a camera stand-in for Timothée Chalamet. But while the film might follow that template at first blush, including a handful of rather direct sex scenes, Breillat is after something other than mere Skinemax fodder, probing the depths of desire among a bourgeoisie constrained to live out dull, cold existences, and the manipulation that can happen between two lovers with a significant age gap.
On the surface, the plot seems to come right out of a softcore stepmom flick, following a successful lawyer, Anne (Léa Drucker), having an illicit affair with her stepson, Théo (Samuel Kircher), a rebellious 17-year-old who looks like a camera stand-in for Timothée Chalamet. But while the film might follow that template at first blush, including a handful of rather direct sex scenes, Breillat is after something other than mere Skinemax fodder, probing the depths of desire among a bourgeoisie constrained to live out dull, cold existences, and the manipulation that can happen between two lovers with a significant age gap.
- 5/27/2023
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
by Cláudio Alves
Just as the favorites for the Palme d'Or seemed to have settled, here comes another barrage of rave reviews to muddy the waters. Not only is it impossible to predict what Östlund's jury will choose, but it seems like, every day, the critics elect a new title to champion. On the ninth day of the festivities, Trần Anh Hùng's Pot-au-Feu dazzled many with its gastronomic love affair, making comparisons to Babette's Feast. Then came Nanni Moretti's A Brighter Tomorrow, less acclaimed but blessed by enthusiast defenders. On the 10th day of Cannes, it was time for Wim Wenders' Perfect Days to ignite Best Actor speculation, while Catherine Breillat's Queen of Hearts remake became another instant frontrunner for the big prize. Will Last Summer take the Palme?
For the Cannes at Home series, the focus shall be on these auteurs' past festival successes. The...
Just as the favorites for the Palme d'Or seemed to have settled, here comes another barrage of rave reviews to muddy the waters. Not only is it impossible to predict what Östlund's jury will choose, but it seems like, every day, the critics elect a new title to champion. On the ninth day of the festivities, Trần Anh Hùng's Pot-au-Feu dazzled many with its gastronomic love affair, making comparisons to Babette's Feast. Then came Nanni Moretti's A Brighter Tomorrow, less acclaimed but blessed by enthusiast defenders. On the 10th day of Cannes, it was time for Wim Wenders' Perfect Days to ignite Best Actor speculation, while Catherine Breillat's Queen of Hearts remake became another instant frontrunner for the big prize. Will Last Summer take the Palme?
For the Cannes at Home series, the focus shall be on these auteurs' past festival successes. The...
- 5/26/2023
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
This post contains spoilers for the season 2 finale of "Yellowjackets."
The second season of Showtime's "Yellowjackets" ended last night, and while all the characters — both the adult and teen versions — have certainly been through more than a few trials and tribulations, Natalie — played by Juliette Lewis as an adult and Sophie Thatcher in the '90s storyline — arguably gets the worst of it.
Adult Natalie, of course, tragically dies in the finale after Misty (Christina Ricci) accidentally injects her with a fatal dose of phenobarbital. But teen Natalie isn't doing so great either, and it all started in episode 8 after she draws the fatal Queen of Hearts in the girls' new cannibalism ritual, marking her as the next Yellowjacket to be served up for dinner.
It turns out that Natalie drawing that ill-fated card was a surprise to Thatcher as well. And when /Film's Ben Pearson interviewed her for "The Boogeyman,...
The second season of Showtime's "Yellowjackets" ended last night, and while all the characters — both the adult and teen versions — have certainly been through more than a few trials and tribulations, Natalie — played by Juliette Lewis as an adult and Sophie Thatcher in the '90s storyline — arguably gets the worst of it.
Adult Natalie, of course, tragically dies in the finale after Misty (Christina Ricci) accidentally injects her with a fatal dose of phenobarbital. But teen Natalie isn't doing so great either, and it all started in episode 8 after she draws the fatal Queen of Hearts in the girls' new cannibalism ritual, marking her as the next Yellowjacket to be served up for dinner.
It turns out that Natalie drawing that ill-fated card was a surprise to Thatcher as well. And when /Film's Ben Pearson interviewed her for "The Boogeyman,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Vanessa Armstrong
- Slash Film
Saturday marks the final day of the Cannes Film Festival, with the usual closing ceremonies and awards presentations along with the out-of-competition premiere of Pixar’s “Elemental.” Let us all hope that Disney release earns better festival notices than Lucafilm’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
“Perfect Days” makes a perfect debut.
Perfect Days. Did Wim Wenders just make his best film since Until The End Of The World? Holy crap.
— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) May 26, 2023
Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” was the hero of the day, earning strong notices and the now-standard standing ovation. TheWrap’s Nicholas Barber called it “an endearing, admiring portrait of a decent man.” The near-consensus was that Wenders had made his best narrative film in a very long time. The film has already been acquired by Neon, which has been on a shopping spree with “this film”Perfect Days, “Robot Dreams” and “Anatomy of a Fall.
“Perfect Days” makes a perfect debut.
Perfect Days. Did Wim Wenders just make his best film since Until The End Of The World? Holy crap.
— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) May 26, 2023
Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” was the hero of the day, earning strong notices and the now-standard standing ovation. TheWrap’s Nicholas Barber called it “an endearing, admiring portrait of a decent man.” The near-consensus was that Wenders had made his best narrative film in a very long time. The film has already been acquired by Neon, which has been on a shopping spree with “this film”Perfect Days, “Robot Dreams” and “Anatomy of a Fall.
- 5/26/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Anne (Léa Drucker) is an esteemed lawyer: as uncompromising as she is in her line of work, she is free to enjoy her private life. In her ’40s she has it all, the job and the family she never thought would come. So begins Catherine Breillat’s newest film, Last Summer, which may be a remake of May el-Toukhy’s 2019 adulterous drama Queen of Hearts, but yields to the French filmmaker’s every wish. Even though we never get any backstory to Anne’s character, it’s hinted that her youth was not a pleasant one, as an early abortion took away the possibility to have children of her own. But now, in the summer of her life, she is a mother of two adopted girls and stepmother to an unruly teenager named Théo (Samuel Kircher), from her husband Pierre’s (Olivier Rabourdin) previous marriage. Amidst the idyllic rituals of daily life in the countryside,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Savina Petkova
- The Film Stage
The French outfit has had a productive Cannes.
Pyramide International has signed a number of key sales for mathematics world-set Marguerite’s Theorem and Critics’ Week opener Marie Amachoukeli’s Ama Gloria and kept up the momentum on Catherine Breillat’s Competition title Last Summer.
Anna Novion’s Special Screening title Marguerite’s Theorem has sold to Adso in Spain, Red Cape in Israel, Angel Films for Scandinavia, Jinjin in Korea, Wanted in Italy, Weltkino Filmverleih in Germany, Teleview in the Middle East and Discovery in the former Yugoslavia, with discussions ongoing for Australia, Latin America and Taiwan.
Ella Rumpf stars a...
Pyramide International has signed a number of key sales for mathematics world-set Marguerite’s Theorem and Critics’ Week opener Marie Amachoukeli’s Ama Gloria and kept up the momentum on Catherine Breillat’s Competition title Last Summer.
Anna Novion’s Special Screening title Marguerite’s Theorem has sold to Adso in Spain, Red Cape in Israel, Angel Films for Scandinavia, Jinjin in Korea, Wanted in Italy, Weltkino Filmverleih in Germany, Teleview in the Middle East and Discovery in the former Yugoslavia, with discussions ongoing for Australia, Latin America and Taiwan.
Ella Rumpf stars a...
- 5/26/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Almost a full decade away from the camera since, Catherine Breillat returns to the competition with L’Été dernier (Last Summer). This is her second time here after 2007’s Une vieille maîtresse. Best known for Romance (1999), Fat Girl (2001), and Anatomy of Hell (2004), her 2013 Abuse of Weakness was a TIFF premiere.
A remake of May el-Toukhy’s Queen of Hearts – this sees Anne (Léa Drucker) a respected lawyer who lives in Paris with her husband Pierre and their two young daughters. Théo, Pierre’s 17-year-old son (Samuel Kircher) from a previous marriage, moves in, and Anne eventually begins an affair with him.…...
A remake of May el-Toukhy’s Queen of Hearts – this sees Anne (Léa Drucker) a respected lawyer who lives in Paris with her husband Pierre and their two young daughters. Théo, Pierre’s 17-year-old son (Samuel Kircher) from a previous marriage, moves in, and Anne eventually begins an affair with him.…...
- 5/26/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
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