Within the Korean film industry, Jeon Do-yeon is both a big star and a deeply respected actor’s actor. In over 25 years on-screen, she has appeared in scores of K-dramas and over 20 films, including numerous titles now considered modern Korean classics. Now, she’s poised for greater global exposure as the star of Netflix’s forthcoming action drama Kill Boksoon, a film that blends everything international audiences have come to love about Korean cinema: wit, genre invention, powerful performances, slick production values and a bit of the old ultra-violence.
Soon after her breakthrough on the small screen in the 1990s, Jeon quickly earned a reputation as a uniquely chameleonic film actress, inhabiting a diverse range of characters — from a doctor (A Promise, 1998) to a school girl (The Harmonium in My Memory, 1999), an adulterous wife (Happy End, 1999), a dreamy bank teller (I Wish I Had a Wife, 2001), a time traveler (My Mother,...
Soon after her breakthrough on the small screen in the 1990s, Jeon quickly earned a reputation as a uniquely chameleonic film actress, inhabiting a diverse range of characters — from a doctor (A Promise, 1998) to a school girl (The Harmonium in My Memory, 1999), an adulterous wife (Happy End, 1999), a dreamy bank teller (I Wish I Had a Wife, 2001), a time traveler (My Mother,...
- 2/18/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Forced to revamp in the wake of Germany’s second coronavirus lockdown in November, the International Filmfest Mannheim-Heidelberg is taking place online this year as Iffmh Expanded with two-thirds of its original lineup accessible to virtual festgoers.
The 69th edition of the festival, which marks the debut of a new team headed by director Sascha Keilholz, includes new and revised sections, among them On the Rise, the international competition that showcases first to third works by outstanding directors.
Curated by head of program Frédéric Jaeger, this year’s On the Rise competition includes such pics as “Una Promessa,” Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio’s tale of nightmarish exploitation in southern Italy (pictured); Saskia Walker and Ralf Walker’s German free love drama “Come Closer,” in which the directing duo co-star with Devid Striesow (“I’m Off Then”); Igor Polevichko’s Russian thriller “Get it Right”; Sabrina Doyle’s U.S. relationship drama “Lorelei,...
The 69th edition of the festival, which marks the debut of a new team headed by director Sascha Keilholz, includes new and revised sections, among them On the Rise, the international competition that showcases first to third works by outstanding directors.
Curated by head of program Frédéric Jaeger, this year’s On the Rise competition includes such pics as “Una Promessa,” Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio’s tale of nightmarish exploitation in southern Italy (pictured); Saskia Walker and Ralf Walker’s German free love drama “Come Closer,” in which the directing duo co-star with Devid Striesow (“I’m Off Then”); Igor Polevichko’s Russian thriller “Get it Right”; Sabrina Doyle’s U.S. relationship drama “Lorelei,...
- 11/9/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Nineteen French feature films, including minority coproductions, will screen at the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival, which runs Sept. 2-12. There are also four short films produced by France, and six French VR productions.
Nicole Garcia will represent France in the Official Competition with “Lovers,” her ninth feature film. She will be joined in the section by Amos Gitaï, whose film “Laila in Haifa” is a majority-French coproduction.
In addition to those movies, six films majority produced or coproduced by France will be showcased at the festival. They include Quentin Dupieux’s “Mandibules,” presented out of competition, and “Princesse Europe” by Camille Lotteau, to be shown in a special screening. The competitive Orizzonti section features four majority-French films.
“Honey Cigar” plays in Giornate degli Autori, a sidebar event.
Majority-French Feature Films in Venice
“Lovers”
Section: In Competition
Director: Nicole Garcia
Cast: Stacy Martin, Pierre Niney, Benoît Magimel
Sales:...
Nicole Garcia will represent France in the Official Competition with “Lovers,” her ninth feature film. She will be joined in the section by Amos Gitaï, whose film “Laila in Haifa” is a majority-French coproduction.
In addition to those movies, six films majority produced or coproduced by France will be showcased at the festival. They include Quentin Dupieux’s “Mandibules,” presented out of competition, and “Princesse Europe” by Camille Lotteau, to be shown in a special screening. The competitive Orizzonti section features four majority-French films.
“Honey Cigar” plays in Giornate degli Autori, a sidebar event.
Majority-French Feature Films in Venice
“Lovers”
Section: In Competition
Director: Nicole Garcia
Cast: Stacy Martin, Pierre Niney, Benoît Magimel
Sales:...
- 8/27/2020
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Shin’s tenure will run for three years, starting from September.
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) has appointed My Sassy Girl producer Shin Chul as festival director. Shin’s tenure will run for three years starting this September.
While majoring in Aesthetics at Seoul National University, Shin started working on film productions with renowned directors Kim Soo-yong and Chung Ji-young – the latter currently the chairman of the Bifan organising committee.
Chung’s three-year term as chairman was recently extended to 2019 so that the changing of festival director and chairman will not happen at the same time.
Shin gained experience...
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) has appointed My Sassy Girl producer Shin Chul as festival director. Shin’s tenure will run for three years starting this September.
While majoring in Aesthetics at Seoul National University, Shin started working on film productions with renowned directors Kim Soo-yong and Chung Ji-young – the latter currently the chairman of the Bifan organising committee.
Chung’s three-year term as chairman was recently extended to 2019 so that the changing of festival director and chairman will not happen at the same time.
Shin gained experience...
- 8/22/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Joseph Baxter Mar 27, 2019
Killing Eve Season 2 is set for more audacious bloodshed on BBC America.
Killing Eve impressed audiences with its stylistically subversive, thrilling, hilarious and terrifying spy story that also happens to be from a female perspective. BBC America obviously knew it had something special on its hands from the get-go, renewing Killing Eve for a second season before the first season even began airing!
Killing Eve showcases the dark, yet irreverent, rivalry between Sandra Oh’s unassuming MI5 pencil-pusher, Eve Polastri, and Jodie Comer’s psychopathic assassin, Villanelle — and it's been groundbreaking.
Indeed, the inagural season of the series reaped awards season accolades, nabbing a 2019 Golden Globes “Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama” win for Sandra Oh, as well as a “Best Television Series – Drama” nomination. Plus, it earned 2018 Primetime Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series” for Oh, and “Outstanding...
Killing Eve Season 2 is set for more audacious bloodshed on BBC America.
Killing Eve impressed audiences with its stylistically subversive, thrilling, hilarious and terrifying spy story that also happens to be from a female perspective. BBC America obviously knew it had something special on its hands from the get-go, renewing Killing Eve for a second season before the first season even began airing!
Killing Eve showcases the dark, yet irreverent, rivalry between Sandra Oh’s unassuming MI5 pencil-pusher, Eve Polastri, and Jodie Comer’s psychopathic assassin, Villanelle — and it's been groundbreaking.
Indeed, the inagural season of the series reaped awards season accolades, nabbing a 2019 Golden Globes “Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama” win for Sandra Oh, as well as a “Best Television Series – Drama” nomination. Plus, it earned 2018 Primetime Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series” for Oh, and “Outstanding...
- 4/5/2018
- Den of Geek
As entertaining on an escapist level as it is irrefutably engaging on a level that is essential for citizens who are players in our political environment. I’m “biast” (pro): love the cast
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
This is warfare today. It’s a colonel in a bunker in outer London (surrounded by computers) and a general in an office building in Whitehall (surrounded by politicians) and a drone pilot in Las Vegas (flying a robot armed with missiles and also, more importantly, with cameras, from thousands of miles away) and a facial-recognition technician at a workstation in Pearl Harbor and an agent of the Kenyan military on the ground in Nairobi collaborating in an operation to capture most-wanted terrorists in a civilian suburban neighborhood in a country that neither the Us nor the UK is at war with.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
This is warfare today. It’s a colonel in a bunker in outer London (surrounded by computers) and a general in an office building in Whitehall (surrounded by politicians) and a drone pilot in Las Vegas (flying a robot armed with missiles and also, more importantly, with cameras, from thousands of miles away) and a facial-recognition technician at a workstation in Pearl Harbor and an agent of the Kenyan military on the ground in Nairobi collaborating in an operation to capture most-wanted terrorists in a civilian suburban neighborhood in a country that neither the Us nor the UK is at war with.
- 4/15/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.
New Video on Demand, Rental Streaming, and Digital Only
"The Revenant"
Leonardo DiCaprio won an Oscar, and broke Twitter, for his role as explorer Hugh Glass in "The Revenant," which makes its debut on Digital HD on March 22, with the DVD and Blu-ray to follow on April 19. As you probably know, the movie picked up three Oscars, including Best Actor for Leo, Best Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and Best Cinematography. It led this year's Academy Award nominations with 12 nods, including one for Tom Hardy as Best Supporting Actor.
"The Forest"
Natalie Dormer is seeing double this week, with the DVD release of the final "Hunger Games" movie (see below) and the Digital HD debut of her horror film "The Forest" on March 22. This film...
New Video on Demand, Rental Streaming, and Digital Only
"The Revenant"
Leonardo DiCaprio won an Oscar, and broke Twitter, for his role as explorer Hugh Glass in "The Revenant," which makes its debut on Digital HD on March 22, with the DVD and Blu-ray to follow on April 19. As you probably know, the movie picked up three Oscars, including Best Actor for Leo, Best Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and Best Cinematography. It led this year's Academy Award nominations with 12 nods, including one for Tom Hardy as Best Supporting Actor.
"The Forest"
Natalie Dormer is seeing double this week, with the DVD release of the final "Hunger Games" movie (see below) and the Digital HD debut of her horror film "The Forest" on March 22. This film...
- 3/21/2016
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Exclusive: Josef Hader and Barbara Sukowa star in feature from Cloud Atlas producer.
Films Distribution has boarded international sales rights to German-language drama Before Dawn, which will chart the life of renowned 20th century writer Stefan Zweig.
The Paris-based sales outfit will co-produce alongside X-Filme, Maha Productions, Dor Film and Ideale Audience, reuniting with producer Stefan Arndt (Cloud Atlas, The White Ribbon), with whom they worked on 2014 drama The Dark Valley.
Before Dawn, currently in post-production, charts the years in exile of the famous Jewish Austrian writer who struggled to reconcile himself to events in war torn 1930’s Europe before taking his own life in Brazil.
Zweig’s works have inspired numerous films including Wes Anderson’s Oscar-winner The Grand Budapest Hotel, Patrice Leconte’s 2013 drama A Promise and Roberto Rosselini’s 1954 drama Fear.
Josef Hader (The Bone Man) stars alongside Barbara Sukowa (Hannah Arendt) in the drama which marks the feature debut of actress Maria Schrader ([link...
Films Distribution has boarded international sales rights to German-language drama Before Dawn, which will chart the life of renowned 20th century writer Stefan Zweig.
The Paris-based sales outfit will co-produce alongside X-Filme, Maha Productions, Dor Film and Ideale Audience, reuniting with producer Stefan Arndt (Cloud Atlas, The White Ribbon), with whom they worked on 2014 drama The Dark Valley.
Before Dawn, currently in post-production, charts the years in exile of the famous Jewish Austrian writer who struggled to reconcile himself to events in war torn 1930’s Europe before taking his own life in Brazil.
Zweig’s works have inspired numerous films including Wes Anderson’s Oscar-winner The Grand Budapest Hotel, Patrice Leconte’s 2013 drama A Promise and Roberto Rosselini’s 1954 drama Fear.
Josef Hader (The Bone Man) stars alongside Barbara Sukowa (Hannah Arendt) in the drama which marks the feature debut of actress Maria Schrader ([link...
- 9/10/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Descends into emotional idiocy and insufficient intrigue to end in a disgusting place that presumes that a woman is an appropriate pawn in games men play. I’m “biast” (pro): like the cast
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Oh, but The Gift is an infuriating movie on so many levels. It can’t decide if it wants to be serious drama or a salacious thriller, and so it’s nowhere near enough of either, and each aspect seems to be laughing at the other. It touches on sensitive, tangled emotional matters that could easily be the basis for either sort of movie — how the effects of bullying in childhood linger into adulthood; how stress and grief can render us unable to function in daily life; how even the most intimate of relationships can be tinged by a lack of...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Oh, but The Gift is an infuriating movie on so many levels. It can’t decide if it wants to be serious drama or a salacious thriller, and so it’s nowhere near enough of either, and each aspect seems to be laughing at the other. It touches on sensitive, tangled emotional matters that could easily be the basis for either sort of movie — how the effects of bullying in childhood linger into adulthood; how stress and grief can render us unable to function in daily life; how even the most intimate of relationships can be tinged by a lack of...
- 8/3/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Romantic and funny and smart and wise and just plain different. This is a historical costume dramedy romp about gardening. How cool is that? I’m “biast” (pro): love the cast
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Historical fantasy! Nope, there are no dragons or wizards or magic. But it’s fantasy nevertheless. And of a very welcome sort. Of a very necessary sort.
In Paris in 1682, King Louis Xiv is preparing to move his court from the Louvre in the city to the countryside palace at Versailles, and he wants gardens that he likens, not in any metaphorical way, to the divine: “Heaven shall be here,” he commands. No small task, then, for royal gardener and landscape architect André Le Notre. And Le Notre takes a real chance when he dares to hire, for one section of the gardens,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Historical fantasy! Nope, there are no dragons or wizards or magic. But it’s fantasy nevertheless. And of a very welcome sort. Of a very necessary sort.
In Paris in 1682, King Louis Xiv is preparing to move his court from the Louvre in the city to the countryside palace at Versailles, and he wants gardens that he likens, not in any metaphorical way, to the divine: “Heaven shall be here,” he commands. No small task, then, for royal gardener and landscape architect André Le Notre. And Le Notre takes a real chance when he dares to hire, for one section of the gardens,...
- 4/17/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
A product of the Disney princess machine. Its highest ambition is to move a new line of toys. Or to evoke despair in the fairy-tale-ization of girls’ lives. I’m “biast” (pro): I’ve enjoyed director Kenneth Branagh’s movies
I’m “biast” (con): I’m so done with princess crap
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
This is how it begins, the fairy-tale-ization of little girls’ lives. Make sure to get ’em while they’re young, and tell ’em: You don’t need any discernible personality or interest in the world to be successful as a lady. Just “be kind,” even to the point of being a doormat; for god’s sake, don’t make waves or complain, just endure whatever abuse the world throws at you even if you could easily walk away from it. As a reward, eventually, luck and magic will...
I’m “biast” (con): I’m so done with princess crap
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
This is how it begins, the fairy-tale-ization of little girls’ lives. Make sure to get ’em while they’re young, and tell ’em: You don’t need any discernible personality or interest in the world to be successful as a lady. Just “be kind,” even to the point of being a doormat; for god’s sake, don’t make waves or complain, just endure whatever abuse the world throws at you even if you could easily walk away from it. As a reward, eventually, luck and magic will...
- 3/9/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Final Update, Monday 4:49 Pm Pt: Across the Top 10 major studio releases internationally there’s reason for some holiday cheer. This weekend’s figures are up 19.4% over last frame with The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies leading the pack at $89M, plus strong perfs from Exodus: Gods And Kings in new key markets and the Night At The Museum finale. Still, that result is down from last year, largely due to the impact that Frozen was having on the season with a $50.5M take in the comparable frame. Five Armies in the estimates is also about 9.3% off from Smaug’s performance last year, but there are those nasty currency fluctuations to take into account.
Still, it a big weekend for local titles. Last frame’s Indian release Pk added Bollywood flair to the international box office with an offshore haul of $14.3M for a global cume of $61.46M.
Still, it a big weekend for local titles. Last frame’s Indian release Pk added Bollywood flair to the international box office with an offshore haul of $14.3M for a global cume of $61.46M.
- 12/29/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Exclusive: French sales company also set to launch new films by Leconte and Delpy at Afm.
Wild Bunch has picked up sales on controversial Russia director Nikita Mikhalkov’s ambitious period drama Sunstroke,which it will launch internationally at the Afm.
“It’s a big budget, epic love story as only Mikhalkov knows how to deliver set just as the Russian revolution gains pace and the old Imperial era is destroyed forever,” said Wild Bunch sales chief Vincent Maraval.
The film revolves around a Tsarist soldier, awaiting his fate in a Bolsheviks-run prison camp, who recalls a short, passionate affair he once had with a beautiful and enigmatic married woman.
It is an adaptation of a 1927 novel by celebrated Nobel Prize-winning Russian novelist Ivan Bunin, written while he was living in exile in Paris.
Sunstroke was released in Russia at the beginning of October, after controversial premieres in the contested Crimean cities of Sevastopol and Simferopol in September...
Wild Bunch has picked up sales on controversial Russia director Nikita Mikhalkov’s ambitious period drama Sunstroke,which it will launch internationally at the Afm.
“It’s a big budget, epic love story as only Mikhalkov knows how to deliver set just as the Russian revolution gains pace and the old Imperial era is destroyed forever,” said Wild Bunch sales chief Vincent Maraval.
The film revolves around a Tsarist soldier, awaiting his fate in a Bolsheviks-run prison camp, who recalls a short, passionate affair he once had with a beautiful and enigmatic married woman.
It is an adaptation of a 1927 novel by celebrated Nobel Prize-winning Russian novelist Ivan Bunin, written while he was living in exile in Paris.
Sunstroke was released in Russia at the beginning of October, after controversial premieres in the contested Crimean cities of Sevastopol and Simferopol in September...
- 10/28/2014
- ScreenDaily
To mark the release of A Promise on 4th August, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
Set in Germany at the outbreak of World War I, A Promise centres on Charlotte Hoffmeister (Rebecca Hall) a married woman who falls in love with Friedrich Zeitz (Richard Madden), a protégé of her husband Karl Hoffmeister (Alan Rickman).
Bound by duty and divided by the impending war, the young lovers pledge their devotion to each other in spite of what their future holds.
A passionate and romantic drama about forbidden love, A Promise marks the English language debut of acclaimed French director, Patrice Leconte and is based on the classic novel ‘Journey into the Past’ by Austrian author Stefan Zwieg (famed for the film adaptations of Letter From An Unknown Woman and The Grand Budapest Hotel).
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
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Set in Germany at the outbreak of World War I, A Promise centres on Charlotte Hoffmeister (Rebecca Hall) a married woman who falls in love with Friedrich Zeitz (Richard Madden), a protégé of her husband Karl Hoffmeister (Alan Rickman).
Bound by duty and divided by the impending war, the young lovers pledge their devotion to each other in spite of what their future holds.
A passionate and romantic drama about forbidden love, A Promise marks the English language debut of acclaimed French director, Patrice Leconte and is based on the classic novel ‘Journey into the Past’ by Austrian author Stefan Zwieg (famed for the film adaptations of Letter From An Unknown Woman and The Grand Budapest Hotel).
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
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- 8/4/2014
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Austrian author Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), whose novella Journey into the Past has been adapted for the screen as A Promise, has always polarised opinion. His critical reputation hasn't yet recovered from the kicking he was given by the poet and translator Michael Hofmann in the London Review of Books after his autobiography, The World of Yesterday, was re-published in 2009. "Stefan Zweig just tastes fake. He's the Pepsi of Austrian writing," Hofmann dismissed Zweig, calling him "putrid through and through".
- 7/31/2014
- The Independent - Film
★☆☆☆☆It's been almost two decades since idiosyncratic French filmmaker Patrice Leconte delivered a near-masterpiece in the form of 1996's Ridicule, an opulent and hugely absorbing period drama of verbal sparring in the court at Versailles. It's safe to say that A Promise (2013), the director's first English-language foray, won't be knocking that aforementioned feature off the top spot any time soon. This stodgy Euro-pudding (German story, English adaptation, French director) was always going to run the risk of being a little uneven, but the end result is still disappointingly stilted and inert. Leconte directs this early 19th century love triangle with all the weight and depth of a leisurely ITV afternoon drama.
- 7/30/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Across the illustrious career of French auteur Patrice Leconte, he’s won a BAFTA, been nominated for two others – he has multiple Golden Bear, Palme d’Or and Golden Lion nominations, not to mention the two César wins in his home nation. So, if you were to throw Alan Rickman and Rebecca Hall into the mix for his latest production A Promise, you’re on to a winner, right? Wrong.
Set in Germany in the years leading up towards the First World War, Rickman and Hall play aristocratic husband and wife Karl and Lotte Hoffmeister, respectively, who welcome the former’s ambitious new work colleague Friedrich Zeitz (Richard Madden) into their home. Though within just a few days, the guest discovers he has strong feelings for his employer’s wife, and while she feels exactly the same way, they remain reluctant to act upon it. However when Friedrich is ushered...
Set in Germany in the years leading up towards the First World War, Rickman and Hall play aristocratic husband and wife Karl and Lotte Hoffmeister, respectively, who welcome the former’s ambitious new work colleague Friedrich Zeitz (Richard Madden) into their home. Though within just a few days, the guest discovers he has strong feelings for his employer’s wife, and while she feels exactly the same way, they remain reluctant to act upon it. However when Friedrich is ushered...
- 7/29/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Richie Mehta’s Siddharth was awarded best film at the close of the Beijing International Film Festival (Bjiff), while Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster picked up three prizes including best director.
The Grandmaster also scooped best actress for Zhang Ziyi and best cinematography for Philippe Le Sourd at the festival’s Tiantan Awards on Wednesday night. Wong Kar Wai and Zhang both won prizes for the film in the same categories at the recent Asian Film Awards in Macau.
Best actor at Beijing’s Tiantan Awards went to Guillaume Gouix for French director Sylvain Chomet’s Attila Marcel, which also won best music. Korean director Lee Joon-ik’s Hope won best supporting actress for the performance of child actor Lee Re. Alan Rickman won best supporting actor for his role in Patrice Leconte’s A Promise.
Peter Ho-sun Chan’s American Dreams In China won best screenplay (Zhou Zhiyong, Zhang Ji and...
The Grandmaster also scooped best actress for Zhang Ziyi and best cinematography for Philippe Le Sourd at the festival’s Tiantan Awards on Wednesday night. Wong Kar Wai and Zhang both won prizes for the film in the same categories at the recent Asian Film Awards in Macau.
Best actor at Beijing’s Tiantan Awards went to Guillaume Gouix for French director Sylvain Chomet’s Attila Marcel, which also won best music. Korean director Lee Joon-ik’s Hope won best supporting actress for the performance of child actor Lee Re. Alan Rickman won best supporting actor for his role in Patrice Leconte’s A Promise.
Peter Ho-sun Chan’s American Dreams In China won best screenplay (Zhou Zhiyong, Zhang Ji and...
- 4/24/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
A Promise
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 35 Mins.
Director Patrice Leconte seems to have cribbed from the Merchant Ivory playbook for a lukewarm tale of repressed desire set in 1912 Germany, where a young engineer (Richard Madden) comes between his sickly boss (Alan Rickman) and his wife (Rebecca Hall). It’s well made but drearily familiar, what with its stolen glances and pleas of “No, we mustn’t!” (Also available on VOD) B- —Chris Nashawaty
New Release
Blue Ruin
R, 1 Hr., 32 Mins.
Revenge is a dish best served cold, and the same can go for revenge movies. Looking more like a middle manager than Charles Bronson,...
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 35 Mins.
Director Patrice Leconte seems to have cribbed from the Merchant Ivory playbook for a lukewarm tale of repressed desire set in 1912 Germany, where a young engineer (Richard Madden) comes between his sickly boss (Alan Rickman) and his wife (Rebecca Hall). It’s well made but drearily familiar, what with its stolen glances and pleas of “No, we mustn’t!” (Also available on VOD) B- —Chris Nashawaty
New Release
Blue Ruin
R, 1 Hr., 32 Mins.
Revenge is a dish best served cold, and the same can go for revenge movies. Looking more like a middle manager than Charles Bronson,...
- 4/23/2014
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside Movies
To help you figure out what to watch on VOD this month, we've compiled a list of the 10 best indies new to VOD this month that have yet to open theatrically. [Synopses provided by the distributors unless otherwise noted.] "Afflicted" (April 4) This ingenious feature debut follows two friends (played by co-directors Derek Lee and Clif Prowse) who set out to travel the world. But the trip soon takes a dark and bloody turn when one of the men shows signs of a mysterious affliction which gradually takes over his entire body. Where to Watch: iTunes, Amazon, Charter, Comcast, Google Play, DirecTV, Playstation, SuddenLink, Time Warner, Verizon Fios, Vudu, Xbox "A Promise" (April 18) Set in pre-First World War Germany, Hoffmeister (Alan Rickman) is an ailing factory owner, whiskered and respectable. As his energies flag, he looks to a sharp young man in his employ for help. Ludwig (Richard Madden) impresses Hoffmeister with his reliability and youthful spirit, and the.
- 4/2/2014
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
IFC Films is supporting ‘A Promise’ by releasing the film in select theaters and on VOD. The romance drama is set to open on April 18 On Demand, as well as at the IFC Center in New York City, with a national theatrical roll-out to follow. ‘A Promise,’ which stars Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman and Richard Madden, was directed by Patrice Leconte, who wrote the script with Jerome Tonnerre. The movie is based on the novel ‘Journey into the Past’ by Stefan Zwieg. The following official synopsis for ‘A Promise’ has been released by IFC Films: Germany, 1912. A graduate of humble origins takes up a clerical post in a [ Read More ]
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- 3/28/2014
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Established in 2012 to bolster the film community in Mexico, the Riviera Maya Film Festival has announced the official program of domestic and international films to screen during its third edition. This year's festival includes more than 50 feature films from 23 countries. The festival will go down simultaneously in Cancun, Puerto Morelos, Playa del Carmen and Tulum from March 9-15. Here's a selection of some of the films which will be shown. Additional titles forthcoming.A Promise (Director Patrice Leconte, Starring Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden, Toby Murray)Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (Director Arnaud des Pallieres, Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Delphine Chuillot, David Kross)Grand Central (Director Rebecca Zlotowski, Starring Tahar Rahim, Oliver Gourmet, Lea Seydoux)Hard to Be a God (Director Aleksei German, Starring Leonid Yarmolnik, Dmitriy Vladimirov, Laura Lauri)Holy Field Holy War (Director Lech Kowalski)Night...
- 2/10/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Festival organisers have unveiled the line-up at Mexico’s third annual Riviera Maya Film Festival, set to run in in Cancun, Puerto Morelos, Playa del Carmen and Tulum from March 9-15.
Patrice Leconte’s A Promise, Richard Ayoade’s The Double and Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 & Volume 2 are among the international selections.
All in all more than 50 films will screen at the festival, which includes three juried awards in the Mexican Platform section, the RivieraLAB/Co-production Forum and the RivieraLAB/Work in Progress programme.
The festival will award 1.5m Mxn prize money (approximately $1.5m) in total.
The film selection includes Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves, Hitoshi Matsu’s R100, Wang Bing’s Til Madness Do Us Apart and Shion Sono’s Why Don´t You Play in Hell?
“In our third edition, we want to continue working towards the promotion and distribution of the film industry, bringing it to the largest possible audience,” said...
Patrice Leconte’s A Promise, Richard Ayoade’s The Double and Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 & Volume 2 are among the international selections.
All in all more than 50 films will screen at the festival, which includes three juried awards in the Mexican Platform section, the RivieraLAB/Co-production Forum and the RivieraLAB/Work in Progress programme.
The festival will award 1.5m Mxn prize money (approximately $1.5m) in total.
The film selection includes Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves, Hitoshi Matsu’s R100, Wang Bing’s Til Madness Do Us Apart and Shion Sono’s Why Don´t You Play in Hell?
“In our third edition, we want to continue working towards the promotion and distribution of the film industry, bringing it to the largest possible audience,” said...
- 2/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
On the eve of this week’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris, Melanie Goodfellow examines why the French film industry looks set for a challenging 2014.
Barely two years ago, the French cinema industry was riding high: record audiences, record exports and seven Oscars for The Artist. French film was not only cool, it was also very, very successful.
But as the industry’s main players gather for the Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris (Jan 10-20), the mood will be gloomy: 2013 was tough at home and abroad, 2014 threatens to be even tougher.
Some wonder how Europe’s most powerful film industry will emerge from the perfect storm of recession at home, the disruptive force of technology and threats to what was once viewed as the one of the most successful film financing systems in the world.
“The mood across the industry is very tense and nervous at the moment, whatever the sector...
Barely two years ago, the French cinema industry was riding high: record audiences, record exports and seven Oscars for The Artist. French film was not only cool, it was also very, very successful.
But as the industry’s main players gather for the Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris (Jan 10-20), the mood will be gloomy: 2013 was tough at home and abroad, 2014 threatens to be even tougher.
Some wonder how Europe’s most powerful film industry will emerge from the perfect storm of recession at home, the disruptive force of technology and threats to what was once viewed as the one of the most successful film financing systems in the world.
“The mood across the industry is very tense and nervous at the moment, whatever the sector...
- 1/7/2014
- ScreenDaily
One wields a wand, the other a sword. But in a battle for love, would Severus Snape or Robb Stark emerge the victor?
In the trailer for "A Promise," it looks like the "Game of Thrones" king has the upper hand. The pre-wwii romantic drama stars Alan Rickman as an older factory owner who hires the youthful Richard Madden as his secretary. But he gets more than he bargained for when his assistant catches the eye of his vibrant wife, played by Rebecca Hall.
It looks like just the kind of old-school, adult period piece that hardly gets made anymore. The art direction and costumes look sumptuous, and Rickman does his usual ominous, lurking-in-the-shadows thing well. And Madden seems to have the screen presence in film that he had on "Game of Thrones."
"A Promise" played at the Toronto and Venice Film Festivals, but has yet to get a U.
In the trailer for "A Promise," it looks like the "Game of Thrones" king has the upper hand. The pre-wwii romantic drama stars Alan Rickman as an older factory owner who hires the youthful Richard Madden as his secretary. But he gets more than he bargained for when his assistant catches the eye of his vibrant wife, played by Rebecca Hall.
It looks like just the kind of old-school, adult period piece that hardly gets made anymore. The art direction and costumes look sumptuous, and Rickman does his usual ominous, lurking-in-the-shadows thing well. And Madden seems to have the screen presence in film that he had on "Game of Thrones."
"A Promise" played at the Toronto and Venice Film Festivals, but has yet to get a U.
- 1/4/2014
- by Kelly Woo
- Moviefone
For one exquisite moment, didn't it seem like the trailer for A Promise might be setting up some sort of polyamorous live-in protégé situation between Alan Rickman and Game of Thrones' Richard Madden? Sadly that plotline will be left to languish in our extensive slash-fiction archive, as director and writer Patrice Leconte's film instead features Severus Snape and Robb Stark in a breathless German love triangle with Rebecca Hall. Let's all just enjoy this trailer on our own terms, okay?...
- 1/3/2014
- by Halle Kiefer
- Vulture
A new period drama from writer/director Patrice Leconte is full of passion and unrequited love. “A Promise” was a selection at this year’s Venice and Toronto film festivals, while it will be making its U.S. debut this April. Inspired by Stefan Zweig’s novel “Journey into the Past” and set in 1912 Germany, “A Promise” features a saucy love triangle between factory owner, his young bride, and his protégé. Read the film’s synopsis below: Set in pre-First World War Germany, Patrice Leconte’s venture into English-language filmmaking chronicles the simmering love triangle between an ailing factory owner (Alan Rickman), his young bride (Rebecca Hall) and his protégé (Richard Madden). Stefan Zweig’s novel [ Read More ]
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- 12/31/2013
- by Rudie Obias
- ShockYa
Running into the fall festival with appearances at Venice and Tiff, the latest from French filmmaker Patrice Leconte ("Man On The Train," "My Best Friend"), the English language "A Promise," failed to make much of a splash. So even as the film still needs to find a U.S. distribution, it's gearing up for release overseas and the first trailer has landed for the movie. Based on Stefan Zweig's novella "Journey into the Past," and starring Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, and Richard Madden, "A Promise" tells the story of a young engineer who becomes private secretary and second-in-command to the owner of a foundry, but winds up with the arms of the wealthy man's wife. Hot stuff it would seem, but our man in Venice was not impressed in the slightest, calling the movie "so free of anything close to an edge that it’s like watching a beige...
- 12/30/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Once again the European Film Promotion’s (Efp) Film Sales Support (Fss) initiative will come to Toronto to link sales companies from all over Europe to a great array of buyers from across the globe. Supported by the Media Programme of the European Union, Fss has now been aiding the European film industry fro the last 10 years.
"Toronto has and is an important informal market and an important festival for European films, the distributors see the films in a different mood, more quietly, the public screenings are working well. It is a key place to launch a film or to complete previous sales on films that were in Cannes, Venice, Locarno...” (Loïc Magneron, Wide)
“Tiff is a major pillar of the annual festival calendar. Aside from a proliferation of North American buyers, it also attracts top tier international distributors so a favorable reception at Tiff can significantly increase a film's commercial prospects”. (Andrew Orr, Independent)
Due to the limited amount of resources, only 52 out of the 60 films submitted to the Efp will receive financial support to be marketed during the Tiff, which runs from September 5 to 15. This year alone, 372 films total, over 150 from Europe, will screen at the festival many of which will see their world or international premiers there.
Supported films and companies at Tiff 2013
Alpha Violet (France), rep. Virginie Devesa The Summer of Flying Fish (El Verano de los Peces Voladores) by Marcela Said, France, Chile, 2013
Arri Worldsales (Germany), rep. Moritz Hemminger Exit Marrakech by Caroline Link, Germany, 2013 Home from Home (Die Andere Heimat) by Edgar Reitz, Germany, France, 2013
Athens Filmmakers' Co-Operative (Greece), rep. Venia Vergou Wild Duck by Yannis Sakaridis, Greece, 2013
Bac Films Distribution (France), rep. Clémentine Hugot The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (L'Entrange Couleur Ded Larmes De Ton Corps) by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, 2013
Beta Cinema (Germany), rep. Tassilo Hallbauer Le Grand-Cahier by János Szász, Germany, Hungary, Austria, France, 2013
Blonde S. A. (Greece), rep. Fenia Cossovitsa Standing Aside, Watching (Na Kathese Kai Na Kitas) by Yorgos Servetas, Greece, 2013
Capricci Films (France), rep. Julien Rejl Story of My Death (Historia De La Meva Mort) by Albert Serra, Spain, France, 2013 The Battle of Tabato (A Batalha De Tabato) by João Viana, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, 2013
Celluloid Dreams (France), rep. Hengameh Panahi Those Happy Years (Anni Felici) by Daniele Luchetti, Italy, 2013
Cité Films (France), rep. Raphaël Berdugo Faith Connections (Faith Connections) by Pan Nalin, France, India, 2013
Doc & Film International (France), rep. Daniela Elstner, Alice Damiani Violette by Martin Provost, France, Belgium, 2013 South is Nothing (Il Sud E'Niente by Fabio Mollo, Italy, France, 2013
Dogwoof (United Kingdom), rep. Ana Vincente Inreallife by Beeban Kidron, UK, 2013
Ealing Metro International (United Kingdom), rep. Natalie Brenner, Will Machin Half of a Yellow Sun by Biyi Bandele, UK, 2013 The Stag by John Butler, Ireland, 2013
Embankment Films (United Kingdom), rep. Tim Haslam Le Week-End by Roger Michell, UK, 2013
Eyeworks Film & TV Drama (The Netherlands), rep. Maarten Swart The Dinner (Het Diner) by Menno Meyjes, The Netherlands, 2013
Fantasia Ltd (Greece), rep. Nicoletta Romeo The Daughter (I Kori) by Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece, Italy, 2013
Film Factory Entertainment (Spain), rep. Vicente Canales Cannibal (Canibal) by Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain, 2013 Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang (Zipi & Zape y el Club de la Canica) by Oskar Santos, Spain, 2013
Films Boutique (Germany), rep. Jean-Christophe Simon Walesa. Man of Hope (Walesa) by Andrzej Wajda, Poland, 2013
Films Distribution (France), rep. Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, François Yon Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo, France, 2013 Under the Starry Sky (Des Etoiles) by Dyana Gaye, France, Senegal, 2013
Heretic (Greece), rep. Giorgos Karnavas The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (I Aionia Epistrofi Tou Antoni Paraskeva) by Elina Psykou, Greece, 2013
Independent Film Sales (United Kingdom), rep. Karina Gechtman, Abigail Walsh The Sea by Stephen Brown, UK, Ireland, 2013 Starred Up by David Mackenzie, UK, 2013
Latido Films (Spain), rep. Miren Zamora Honeymoon (Libanky) by Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic/Slovak Republic, 2013
LevelK (Denmark), rep. Tine Klint Sex, Drugs & Taxation (Spies Og Glistrup) by Christoffer Boe, Denmark, 2013
Linel Films (United Kingdom), rep. Aran Hughes To The Wolf (Sto Lyko) by Aran Hughes & Christina Koutsospyrou, Greece, UK, France, 2013
Minds Meet (Belgium), rep. Tomas Leyers I'm The Same I'm An Other by Caroline Strubbe, Belgium, The Netherlands, 2013
MK2 (France), rep. Victoire Thevenin Hotel (Hotell) by Lisa Langseth, Sweden, Denmark, 2012
Mpm Film (France), rep. Pierre Menahem For Those Who Can Tell No Tales by Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, 2013
Negativ s.r.o. (Czech Republic), rep. Zuzana Bielikova Miracle (Zazrak) by Juraj Lehotský, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2013
Pathé Distribution (France), rep. Muriel Sauzay The Finishers by Nils Tavernier, France, 2013 Quai d'Orsay by Bertrand Tavernier, France, 2013
Pausilypon Films (Greece), rep. Menelaos Karamaghiolis J.A.C.E. - Just Another Confused Elephant by Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Greece, Portugal, Macedonia, Turkey, 2012
Picture Tree International (Germany), rep. Andreas Rothbauer Mary Queen of Scots by Thomas Imbach, Switzerland, 2013 Metalhead (Malmhaus) by Ragnar Bragason, Iceland, Norway, 2013
PPProductions (Greece), rep. Thanassis Karathanos Septmeber by Penny Panayotopoulou, Greece, Germany, 2013
Pyramide International (France), rep. Agathe Mauruc Giraffada by Rani Massalha, France, Germany, Italy, 2013
Rezo (France), rep. Laurent Danielou, Sebastien Chesneau The Station (Blutgletscher) by Marvin Kren, Austria, 2013 Abuse of Weakness (Abus De Faibless) by Catherine Breillat, France, Belgium, Germany, 2013
The Match Factory (Germany), rep. Michael Weber, Thania Dimitrakopoulou The Police Officer's Wife (Die Frau Des Polizisten) by Philip Gröning, Germany, 2013 Qissa (Quissa) by Anup Singh, Germany, India, The Netherlands, France, 2013
The Yellow Affair (Sweden), rep. Miira Paasilinna Heart of a Lion (Leijonasydan) by Dome Karukoski, Finland, 2013
TrustNordisk (Denmark), rep. Susan Wendt, Nicolai Korsgaard Pioneer (Pioner) by Erik Skjoldbjaerg, Norway, 2013 We Are The Best (Vi Ar Bast!) by Lukas Moodysson, Sweden, 2013
Wide (France), rep. Loic Magneron Bobo by Ines Oliveira, Portugal, 2013
Wide House (France), rep. Garreau Geoffrey Ain't Misbehavin, A Marcel Ophuls Journey (Un Voyageur) by Marcel Ophuls, France, 2013
Wild Bunch (France), rep. Vicent Maraval, Gary Farkas Going Away (Un Beau Dimanche) by Nicole Garcia, France, 2013 A Promise (Une Promesse) by Patrice Leconte, France, Belgium, 2013...
"Toronto has and is an important informal market and an important festival for European films, the distributors see the films in a different mood, more quietly, the public screenings are working well. It is a key place to launch a film or to complete previous sales on films that were in Cannes, Venice, Locarno...” (Loïc Magneron, Wide)
“Tiff is a major pillar of the annual festival calendar. Aside from a proliferation of North American buyers, it also attracts top tier international distributors so a favorable reception at Tiff can significantly increase a film's commercial prospects”. (Andrew Orr, Independent)
Due to the limited amount of resources, only 52 out of the 60 films submitted to the Efp will receive financial support to be marketed during the Tiff, which runs from September 5 to 15. This year alone, 372 films total, over 150 from Europe, will screen at the festival many of which will see their world or international premiers there.
Supported films and companies at Tiff 2013
Alpha Violet (France), rep. Virginie Devesa The Summer of Flying Fish (El Verano de los Peces Voladores) by Marcela Said, France, Chile, 2013
Arri Worldsales (Germany), rep. Moritz Hemminger Exit Marrakech by Caroline Link, Germany, 2013 Home from Home (Die Andere Heimat) by Edgar Reitz, Germany, France, 2013
Athens Filmmakers' Co-Operative (Greece), rep. Venia Vergou Wild Duck by Yannis Sakaridis, Greece, 2013
Bac Films Distribution (France), rep. Clémentine Hugot The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (L'Entrange Couleur Ded Larmes De Ton Corps) by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, 2013
Beta Cinema (Germany), rep. Tassilo Hallbauer Le Grand-Cahier by János Szász, Germany, Hungary, Austria, France, 2013
Blonde S. A. (Greece), rep. Fenia Cossovitsa Standing Aside, Watching (Na Kathese Kai Na Kitas) by Yorgos Servetas, Greece, 2013
Capricci Films (France), rep. Julien Rejl Story of My Death (Historia De La Meva Mort) by Albert Serra, Spain, France, 2013 The Battle of Tabato (A Batalha De Tabato) by João Viana, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, 2013
Celluloid Dreams (France), rep. Hengameh Panahi Those Happy Years (Anni Felici) by Daniele Luchetti, Italy, 2013
Cité Films (France), rep. Raphaël Berdugo Faith Connections (Faith Connections) by Pan Nalin, France, India, 2013
Doc & Film International (France), rep. Daniela Elstner, Alice Damiani Violette by Martin Provost, France, Belgium, 2013 South is Nothing (Il Sud E'Niente by Fabio Mollo, Italy, France, 2013
Dogwoof (United Kingdom), rep. Ana Vincente Inreallife by Beeban Kidron, UK, 2013
Ealing Metro International (United Kingdom), rep. Natalie Brenner, Will Machin Half of a Yellow Sun by Biyi Bandele, UK, 2013 The Stag by John Butler, Ireland, 2013
Embankment Films (United Kingdom), rep. Tim Haslam Le Week-End by Roger Michell, UK, 2013
Eyeworks Film & TV Drama (The Netherlands), rep. Maarten Swart The Dinner (Het Diner) by Menno Meyjes, The Netherlands, 2013
Fantasia Ltd (Greece), rep. Nicoletta Romeo The Daughter (I Kori) by Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece, Italy, 2013
Film Factory Entertainment (Spain), rep. Vicente Canales Cannibal (Canibal) by Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain, 2013 Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang (Zipi & Zape y el Club de la Canica) by Oskar Santos, Spain, 2013
Films Boutique (Germany), rep. Jean-Christophe Simon Walesa. Man of Hope (Walesa) by Andrzej Wajda, Poland, 2013
Films Distribution (France), rep. Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, François Yon Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo, France, 2013 Under the Starry Sky (Des Etoiles) by Dyana Gaye, France, Senegal, 2013
Heretic (Greece), rep. Giorgos Karnavas The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (I Aionia Epistrofi Tou Antoni Paraskeva) by Elina Psykou, Greece, 2013
Independent Film Sales (United Kingdom), rep. Karina Gechtman, Abigail Walsh The Sea by Stephen Brown, UK, Ireland, 2013 Starred Up by David Mackenzie, UK, 2013
Latido Films (Spain), rep. Miren Zamora Honeymoon (Libanky) by Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic/Slovak Republic, 2013
LevelK (Denmark), rep. Tine Klint Sex, Drugs & Taxation (Spies Og Glistrup) by Christoffer Boe, Denmark, 2013
Linel Films (United Kingdom), rep. Aran Hughes To The Wolf (Sto Lyko) by Aran Hughes & Christina Koutsospyrou, Greece, UK, France, 2013
Minds Meet (Belgium), rep. Tomas Leyers I'm The Same I'm An Other by Caroline Strubbe, Belgium, The Netherlands, 2013
MK2 (France), rep. Victoire Thevenin Hotel (Hotell) by Lisa Langseth, Sweden, Denmark, 2012
Mpm Film (France), rep. Pierre Menahem For Those Who Can Tell No Tales by Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, 2013
Negativ s.r.o. (Czech Republic), rep. Zuzana Bielikova Miracle (Zazrak) by Juraj Lehotský, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2013
Pathé Distribution (France), rep. Muriel Sauzay The Finishers by Nils Tavernier, France, 2013 Quai d'Orsay by Bertrand Tavernier, France, 2013
Pausilypon Films (Greece), rep. Menelaos Karamaghiolis J.A.C.E. - Just Another Confused Elephant by Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Greece, Portugal, Macedonia, Turkey, 2012
Picture Tree International (Germany), rep. Andreas Rothbauer Mary Queen of Scots by Thomas Imbach, Switzerland, 2013 Metalhead (Malmhaus) by Ragnar Bragason, Iceland, Norway, 2013
PPProductions (Greece), rep. Thanassis Karathanos Septmeber by Penny Panayotopoulou, Greece, Germany, 2013
Pyramide International (France), rep. Agathe Mauruc Giraffada by Rani Massalha, France, Germany, Italy, 2013
Rezo (France), rep. Laurent Danielou, Sebastien Chesneau The Station (Blutgletscher) by Marvin Kren, Austria, 2013 Abuse of Weakness (Abus De Faibless) by Catherine Breillat, France, Belgium, Germany, 2013
The Match Factory (Germany), rep. Michael Weber, Thania Dimitrakopoulou The Police Officer's Wife (Die Frau Des Polizisten) by Philip Gröning, Germany, 2013 Qissa (Quissa) by Anup Singh, Germany, India, The Netherlands, France, 2013
The Yellow Affair (Sweden), rep. Miira Paasilinna Heart of a Lion (Leijonasydan) by Dome Karukoski, Finland, 2013
TrustNordisk (Denmark), rep. Susan Wendt, Nicolai Korsgaard Pioneer (Pioner) by Erik Skjoldbjaerg, Norway, 2013 We Are The Best (Vi Ar Bast!) by Lukas Moodysson, Sweden, 2013
Wide (France), rep. Loic Magneron Bobo by Ines Oliveira, Portugal, 2013
Wide House (France), rep. Garreau Geoffrey Ain't Misbehavin, A Marcel Ophuls Journey (Un Voyageur) by Marcel Ophuls, France, 2013
Wild Bunch (France), rep. Vicent Maraval, Gary Farkas Going Away (Un Beau Dimanche) by Nicole Garcia, France, 2013 A Promise (Une Promesse) by Patrice Leconte, France, Belgium, 2013...
- 9/7/2013
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Venice -- Veteran French director Patrice Leconte’s career has been littered with international art-house successes in which sensuality played an important role, from The Hairdresser’s Husband to Girl on the Bridge. Which makes the emotional and sexual tepidness of his first English-language film, A Promise, all the more disappointing. The chief shortcoming is a stunning absence of chemistry between the two most ardent points of the period drama’s romantic triangle, but this is a limp misfire in every respect. Adapted by Jerome Tonnerre and Leconte from Stefan Zweig’s posthumously published novella Journey Into the Past, the film strands Rebecca Hall in
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- 9/5/2013
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Toronto International Film Festival® has announced the addition of 3 Galas and 19 Special Presentations to the 2013 Festival programme, including a further 12 World Premieres. Representing countries from around the world, the Gala and Special Presentations programmes offer a lineup of diverse titles and genres.
Toronto audiences will be among the first to screen films by directors Fred Schepisi, Alberto Arvelo, Reha Erdem, Dexter Fletcher, Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, Megan Griffiths, Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu, Kevin Macdonald, Arie Posin, Charlie Stratton, Nils Tavernier and John Turturro.
The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5 to 15, 2013.
Galas Blood Ties
Guillaume Canet, France/USA North American Premiere
New York, 1974. 50-year-old Chris has just been released on good behavior after spending several years in prison. Waiting for him reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, yet blood...
Toronto audiences will be among the first to screen films by directors Fred Schepisi, Alberto Arvelo, Reha Erdem, Dexter Fletcher, Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, Megan Griffiths, Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu, Kevin Macdonald, Arie Posin, Charlie Stratton, Nils Tavernier and John Turturro.
The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5 to 15, 2013.
Galas Blood Ties
Guillaume Canet, France/USA North American Premiere
New York, 1974. 50-year-old Chris has just been released on good behavior after spending several years in prison. Waiting for him reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, yet blood...
- 8/17/2013
- by John
- SoundOnSight
With only the Discovery, Mavericks and Masters programmes left to be determined, Tiff head programmers dished out the final make-up of the Galas, Special Presentations and Tiff Kids line-ups. Among the surprise/highly anticipated world preems we find Arie Posin’s The Face of Love, John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo, Kevin Macdonald’s How I Live Now, the long overdue showing for Charlie Stratton’s Therese and the out of nowhere sophomore feature from Quinceañera pairing Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland in The Last of Robin Hood, as well as the “theatrical” world preem to Sean Durkins’ Southcliffe (Channel 4′s TV Mini-Series, see pic above). Here are the added titles:
Galas
Blood Ties – Guillaume Canet, France/USA North American Premiere
Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux jours) – Marion Vernoux, France North American Premiere
Words and Pictures – Fred Schepisi, USA World Premiere
Special Presentations
A Promise (Une Promesse) – Patrice Leconte, Belgium...
Galas
Blood Ties – Guillaume Canet, France/USA North American Premiere
Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux jours) – Marion Vernoux, France North American Premiere
Words and Pictures – Fred Schepisi, USA World Premiere
Special Presentations
A Promise (Une Promesse) – Patrice Leconte, Belgium...
- 8/13/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Yet another romantic drama, but at least this drama has quite interesting cast on board! Rebecca Hall and Richard Madden will lead us through the pre-wwi-set tale (simply) titled A Promise, which comes from director Patrice Leconte and is set to play Out Of Competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Head inside to find the first official images and poster & let us know what you think! Leconte directed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Jérôme Tonnerre, which revolves around a married woman who falls in love with her husband’s teacher. What’s romantic about that? Separated by the war, they pledge their...
Click to read original and full article: A Promise: First Poster And Images With Rebecca Hall & Richard Madden on http://www.filmofilia.com...
Click to read original and full article: A Promise: First Poster And Images With Rebecca Hall & Richard Madden on http://www.filmofilia.com...
- 8/13/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
I took a look and last year I saw 24 movies and reviewed 23 of them at the Toronto Film Festival (read my recap here). So I took a quick look at the lineup announced so far for this year's festival to see what I may or may not be seeing and already my list of "must sees" is at 18 followed by three titles I really want to see. After that I have 18 films followed by six that are quite unlikely I'll fit along with three I saw and already reviewed at Cannes earlier this year. As is always the case with film festivals of this size, I simply have to weigh each film by measure of "importance" in the grand scheme of things, followed by those I'm most excited to see and after that is when I can begin poking around at some of the films that raise my curiosity, but...
- 8/13/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The titles just keep coming as we are now just over three weeks away from the start of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and they have gone and added 90 new feature length titles to the program and it's not as if they are titles you haven't heard of. New to the Galas selection is Guillaume Canet's Blood Ties which premiered at Cannes earlier this year (read my review here) and Words and Pictures starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche. In the Special Presentations selection you find the bulk of the more noted titles including Alex Gibney's new documentary The Armstrong Lie about cyclist Lance Armstrong, Johnnie To's Blind Detective which also premiered at Cannes, James Franco's Child of God based on the Cormac McCarthy novel, John Turturro's Fading Gigolo which features Woody Allen in one of the roles, Kevin Macdonald's How I Live Now...
- 8/13/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Toronto is in the final push of getting things ready for Tiff and it looks like the red carpets will be even starrier, and premieres even bigger than previously thought. With over 80 new films announced today, there won't be a moment to spare this year at the festival, and even more peeks at the upcoming films have arrived. Flying a bit below the radar is "Words And Pictures," pairing up two actors we dig in Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche. The film comes from Fred Schepisi ("The Russia House," "Six Degrees Of Separation," "Roxanne") and it seems right in his familiar wheelhouse, blending comedy and drama. Here's the synopsis: Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche star in this playful comic drama about an English teacher who challenges the school’s art teacher to a "war" between words and pictures — and, in the process, sparks an unlikely romance. Meanwhile, things go period...
- 8/13/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Toronto has glitzed up an already impressive film lineup with a bunch of gala premieres and special presentations. Here are the additions: Galas Blood Ties Guillaume Canet, France/USA North American Premiere. New York, 1974. 50-year-old Chris has just been released on good behavior after spending several years in prison. Waiting for him reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, yet blood ties are the ones that bind. Starring Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Matthias Schoenaerts and James Caan. Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux jours) Marion Vernoux, France North American Premiere. César–winning French cinema icon Fanny Ardant stars in this sophisticated and sexy drama about a married woman in her 60s tumbling into an affair with a much younger man. Words And Pictures Fred Schepisi, USA World Premiere. A...
- 8/13/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
As if the 2013 lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival could not get any more stacked and outstanding, here comes another batch of titles that are sure to send the schedules of those attending into what will likely be a ridiculous slate of back-to-back-to-back-to-back movie days. But who's complaining? So, what can folks look forward to now? Well, let's go by filmmaker first with Kevin Macdonald ("How I Live Now"), Guillaume Canet ("Blood Ties"), John Turturro ("Fading Gigolo"), Johnnie To ("Blind Detective"), James Franco ("Child Of God"), Hayao Miyazaki ("The Wind Rises"), Fred Schepisi ("Words And Pictures"), Patrice Leconte ("A Promise") and Sean Durkin ("Southcliffe") all coming to Toronto. Some are world premieres, some are making North American bows but all are worth highlighting. Others to keep an eye out for? The period drama "Therese" starring Elizabeth Olsen, the Japanese remake of "Unforgiven" starring Ken Watanabe, Alex Gibney's latest...
- 8/13/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Thanks to the inquisitive nature of one of our most unabashedly hardcore cinephile writers on the site (Blake you’re a hawk!), we’ve uncovered a slew of title offerings for this year’s Tiff (a little ahead of what should be the final announcement wave) and we’ve got a grab-bag of mention-worthy items from beloved auteurs. Among the titles (see list below – here’s our source) we find carry-over items from Cannes in Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake, Rithy Panh’s The Missing Image, Guillaume Canet’s Blood Ties and Claire Denis’ Bastards (among one of our top films for 2013 – see pic above), while from Venice, we have the just-inserted Patrice Leconte title, A Promise and what will easily be among the most sought after Tiff 2013 coverage items in Catherine Breillat’s Abus de faiblesse. Here is the rest of the spoiler set:
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- 8/10/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
While we all know the major players that are emerging on the fall festival circuit, it's easy to forget there are a lot of other movies flying well below the radar at the moment, that could turn out to be a surprise. And one we have our eye on is "Man On The Train" and "My Best Friend" director Patrice Leconte's "A Promise" (aka "Une Promesse"). Selected today to play Out Of Competition later this month at the Venice Film Festival, the film stars Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, and Richard Madden, and tells the pre-World War I-set tale of the wife of a wealthy older man who begins to fall in love with her husband's assistant, who is a young engineer with a much more modest background. It's based on Stefan Zweig's novella "Journey into the Past." The material sounds good and we're generally pre-disposed to watching anything featuring Hall.
- 8/8/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Patrice Leconte’s A Promise will receive its world premiere at the 70th Venice Film Festival, where actress Carrie Fisher has been appointed to the international jury.
A Promise (Une Promesse), the new film by French director and scriptwriter Patrice Leconte, has been added to the Out of Competition section of the Venice Film Festival (Aug 28 - Sep 7), where it will receive its world premiere.
Based on a novel by Stefan Zweig, the film takes place in Germany, in the wake of the First World War, and hinges on a woman who falls in love with the young assistant to her husband, a rich and powerful industrialist. It stars Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman and Richard Madden.
The festival also announced that Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher will complete the international jury of the Venezia 70 Competition while Mexican director Amat Escalante will complete the international Jury for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film. Escalante...
A Promise (Une Promesse), the new film by French director and scriptwriter Patrice Leconte, has been added to the Out of Competition section of the Venice Film Festival (Aug 28 - Sep 7), where it will receive its world premiere.
Based on a novel by Stefan Zweig, the film takes place in Germany, in the wake of the First World War, and hinges on a woman who falls in love with the young assistant to her husband, a rich and powerful industrialist. It stars Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman and Richard Madden.
The festival also announced that Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher will complete the international jury of the Venezia 70 Competition while Mexican director Amat Escalante will complete the international Jury for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film. Escalante...
- 8/8/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
He’s had a hard time of it being the King of the North on Game Of Thrones, so perhaps Robb Stark – aka as actor Richard Madden – will have a better time of it as a prince. Kenneth Branagh and Disney certainly think so, as he’ll play the Prince in the new, live-action Cinderella.Downton Abbey’s Lily James is already aboard as the titular girl who becomes a princess for a night, and Cate Blanchett has been attached for a while to play her wicked stepmother.We don’t yet know what tweaks the script (currently credited to Aline Brosh McKenna and Chris Weitz) will make to the original fairy tale story, but we do know the film has already lost one director in Mark Romanek, who departed over creative differences. Still, Branagh definitely has the chops to bring this one in with style.Madden has previously appeared...
- 5/8/2013
- EmpireOnline
Richard Madden has boarded the film directed by Kenneth Branagh as Prince Charming. He joins Lily James who was recently cast in the title role, as well as Cate Blanchett who plays the wicked stepmother. Madden of course plays Robb Stark in the astounding Game of Thrones via HBO. He's in post-production phase on Patrice Leconte's A Promise opposite Rebecca Hall and Alan Rickman. Previous TV credits include Hope Springs, Sirens and Birdsong. Aline Brosh McKenna scripts alongside Chris Weitz. Cinderella is being produced by David Barron and Simon Kinberg. Barry H. Waldman serves as executive producer.
- 5/8/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Wally Pfister is pulling together a great cast for his first feature film project Transcendence. Prestige co-star Rebecca Hall has just joined the cast of the film, which also includes Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany.
From what we know of the film right now, Depp plays a scientist whose brain is uploaded into a supercomputer creating the world’s first machine that can think for itself. The story contains themes of singularity, and nanotechnology. Here's a more detailed breakdown of the story that was previously released,
A group of anti-technology terrorists assassinate Will, Evelyn uploads his brain into a prototype supercomputer. Although she at first finds the experiment seems to have gone wrong, before too long Evelyn finds Will responding in computer form.
She goes on to connect Will to the Internet so he can help make further scientific breakthroughs. Will asks Evelyn to connect a microphone and a camera...
From what we know of the film right now, Depp plays a scientist whose brain is uploaded into a supercomputer creating the world’s first machine that can think for itself. The story contains themes of singularity, and nanotechnology. Here's a more detailed breakdown of the story that was previously released,
A group of anti-technology terrorists assassinate Will, Evelyn uploads his brain into a prototype supercomputer. Although she at first finds the experiment seems to have gone wrong, before too long Evelyn finds Will responding in computer form.
She goes on to connect Will to the Internet so he can help make further scientific breakthroughs. Will asks Evelyn to connect a microphone and a camera...
- 3/5/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: ICM Partners has signed Alan Rickman. Based on the harsh reviews I’ve seen on the latest Die Hard, they should have found a way to let his character live in that first installment after Rickman delivered one of the best villain turns in an action movie. He’s been working up a storm anyway, on screen and stage. On stage, Rickman’s played Mark Antony opposite Helen Mirren’s Cleopatra in the Royal National Theatre’s production of Antony And Cleopatra, and he starred in Yukio Ninagawa’s Tango At The End Of Winter on London’s West End. His stage breakout came in Les Liasons Dangereuses and he most recently was onstage in the Theresa Rebeck play Seminar. Onscreen, Rickman next plays Ronald Reagan in the Lee Daniels-directed The Butler, along with the Patrice Leconte-directed A Promise, Randall Miller’s Cbgb, and the Michael Hoffman...
- 2/19/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Game of Thrones star, Richard Madden is apparently all set to join previously announced Rebecca Hall in an upcoming Patrice Leconte‘s period piece titled A Promise. I’m not so excited about the whole thing, simply because we have a story that is set during pre-World War I Germany, but I like the cast, so what the hell, I’ll give them a try.
A Promise will follow Madden as young engineer who goes to work for a wealthy older man and ends up falling for the benefactor’s wife, played by Hall. The war forces them to part and the relationship is put on hold until the two meet nine years later.
See, this story already sounds too familiar…
Director Leconte wrote a script together with Jerome Tonnerre, and Olivier Delbosc and Marc Missonnier will produce through Fidelite Films.
Production is set to start at the end of the year.
A Promise will follow Madden as young engineer who goes to work for a wealthy older man and ends up falling for the benefactor’s wife, played by Hall. The war forces them to part and the relationship is put on hold until the two meet nine years later.
See, this story already sounds too familiar…
Director Leconte wrote a script together with Jerome Tonnerre, and Olivier Delbosc and Marc Missonnier will produce through Fidelite Films.
Production is set to start at the end of the year.
- 10/2/2012
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
A Promise
Richard Madden ("Game of Thrones") is set to star opposite Rebecca Hall in Patrice Leconte's period piece "A Promise" which will start filming at the end of the year. Leconte and Jerome Tonnerre penned the script set in pre-WW1 Germany.
Madden plays an engineer who goes to work for a wealthy older man and ends up falling for the benefactor's wife (Hall). The war forces them to part and the relationship is put on hold until the two meet nine years later. [Source: Variety]
Are We Officially Dating?
Miles Teller ("Rabbit Hole") is set to join Zac Efron in Tom Gormican's indie rom-com "Are We Officially Dating?". The story follows three friends in Manhattan who make a pact to remain single just as they each start to fall in love.
Teller will play Efron's friend and co-worker who is determined to remain single and sexually active without having to make a commitment.
Richard Madden ("Game of Thrones") is set to star opposite Rebecca Hall in Patrice Leconte's period piece "A Promise" which will start filming at the end of the year. Leconte and Jerome Tonnerre penned the script set in pre-WW1 Germany.
Madden plays an engineer who goes to work for a wealthy older man and ends up falling for the benefactor's wife (Hall). The war forces them to part and the relationship is put on hold until the two meet nine years later. [Source: Variety]
Are We Officially Dating?
Miles Teller ("Rabbit Hole") is set to join Zac Efron in Tom Gormican's indie rom-com "Are We Officially Dating?". The story follows three friends in Manhattan who make a pact to remain single just as they each start to fall in love.
Teller will play Efron's friend and co-worker who is determined to remain single and sexually active without having to make a commitment.
- 10/2/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
• Elijah Wood will put his boyish charm to interesting use in The Late Bloomer, a comedy about a man who learns right before he’s about to turn 30 that he hasn’t finished puberty. This isn’t a high-concept studio comedy, either: The indie production is based on Ken Baker’s real-life memoir Man Made: A Memoir of My Body. Randall Einhorn (who’s helmed just about every episode of Wood’s FX series Wilfred) will direct from a script by Paul Kaplan and Mark Torgove (NBC’s Outsourced). [Variety]
• Miles Teller (Project X) is joining Zac Efron in the indie romcom Are We Officially Dating?...
• Miles Teller (Project X) is joining Zac Efron in the indie romcom Are We Officially Dating?...
- 10/2/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Actor Richard Madden is movie from the dynastic war of Westeros in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones to the pre-World War I Germany setting of the upcoming Patrice Leconte-directed film A Promise. Based on a script written by Leconte and Jerome Tonnerre, the story follows an engineer who goes to work for a wealthy old man and ends up falling in love with the man.s wife. Their relationship is paused, however, when the war begins and they find themselves separated for nine years. According to Variety, which reported the new casting, the film is already set to star Rebecca Hall, who is currently in production on Shane Black's Iron Man 3. It would seem that she will be going straight to A Promise following her work on the superhero movie as production is aiming to begin at the end of this year. Part of the...
- 10/2/2012
- cinemablend.com
Game of Thrones star Richard Madden, will join Rebecca Hall and Alan Rickman, in romantic drama A Promise, the first English-language feature film from french director Patrice Leconte.
26 year old Richard (represented by Troika) who plays Robb Stark in Game of Thrones, is originally from Scotland. He started acting as a child, and then trained at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
He stars as Ludwig in A Promise,a young engineer in pre-World War I Germany, who goes to work for a wealthy older man (Rickman) and ends up falling for his wife (Hall). The two are separated by circumstance and the First World War, and their relationship is tested when they meet again nine years later.
21 year old Shannon Tarbet from Brighton, will make her big-screen debut in the role of Anna. Shannon (represented by United Agents) has built up an impressive stage CV with roles in Spur of The Moment,...
26 year old Richard (represented by Troika) who plays Robb Stark in Game of Thrones, is originally from Scotland. He started acting as a child, and then trained at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
He stars as Ludwig in A Promise,a young engineer in pre-World War I Germany, who goes to work for a wealthy older man (Rickman) and ends up falling for his wife (Hall). The two are separated by circumstance and the First World War, and their relationship is tested when they meet again nine years later.
21 year old Shannon Tarbet from Brighton, will make her big-screen debut in the role of Anna. Shannon (represented by United Agents) has built up an impressive stage CV with roles in Spur of The Moment,...
- 9/30/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
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