If John Waters made a movie in France whose protagonists included a wannabe rapper, the girl of his dreams and a talking refrigerator — and where, at some point, all of them had sex — then it would probably be something like All About Yves (Yves). It would probably even be called All About Yves.
The second feature from Gallic space oddity Benoit Forgeard, whose previous film played in Cannes’ Acid sidebar (Yves closes out the Directors’ Fortnight), this over-the-top, totally bonkers, if occasionally funny and mostly fun, comedy overstays its welcome but is also a memorably weird experience. Francophone viewers could groove ...
The second feature from Gallic space oddity Benoit Forgeard, whose previous film played in Cannes’ Acid sidebar (Yves closes out the Directors’ Fortnight), this over-the-top, totally bonkers, if occasionally funny and mostly fun, comedy overstays its welcome but is also a memorably weird experience. Francophone viewers could groove ...
- 5/23/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
If John Waters made a movie in France whose protagonists included a wannabe rapper, the girl of his dreams and a talking refrigerator — and where, at some point, all of them had sex — then it would probably be something like All About Yves (Yves). It would probably even be called All About Yves.
The second feature from Gallic space oddity Benoit Forgeard, whose previous film played in Cannes’ Acid sidebar (Yves closes out the Directors’ Fortnight), this over-the-top, totally bonkers, if occasionally funny and mostly fun, comedy overstays its welcome but is also a memorably weird experience. Francophone viewers could groove ...
The second feature from Gallic space oddity Benoit Forgeard, whose previous film played in Cannes’ Acid sidebar (Yves closes out the Directors’ Fortnight), this over-the-top, totally bonkers, if occasionally funny and mostly fun, comedy overstays its welcome but is also a memorably weird experience. Francophone viewers could groove ...
- 5/23/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Le Pacte, the Paris-based company that has French rights to five movies competing at Cannes, has boarded Jean-Paul Salomé’s “La Daronne,” a crime comedy starring Isabelle Huppert as a French-Arabic translator working for the anti-drug squad in Paris.
Based on Hannelore Cayre’s popular novel, “La Daronne” follows the story of Patience Portefeux (Huppert), who gets embroiled in a failed drug deal, inheriting a pile of marijuana. While keeping her job with the anti-drug squad, Portefeux crosses to the other side and becomes a well-known drug dealer.
Kristina Larsen at Les Films du Lendemain and Jean-Baptiste Dupont at La Boetie Films produced the film. Jean Labadie’s Le Pacte will distribute in France and is handling international sales on the movie. Camille Neel’s sales team at Le Pacte is unveiling a promo of “La Daronne” at Cannes.
At the Marché, Le Pacte is also selling Benoît Forgeard’s offbeat comedy “Yves,...
Based on Hannelore Cayre’s popular novel, “La Daronne” follows the story of Patience Portefeux (Huppert), who gets embroiled in a failed drug deal, inheriting a pile of marijuana. While keeping her job with the anti-drug squad, Portefeux crosses to the other side and becomes a well-known drug dealer.
Kristina Larsen at Les Films du Lendemain and Jean-Baptiste Dupont at La Boetie Films produced the film. Jean Labadie’s Le Pacte will distribute in France and is handling international sales on the movie. Camille Neel’s sales team at Le Pacte is unveiling a promo of “La Daronne” at Cannes.
At the Marché, Le Pacte is also selling Benoît Forgeard’s offbeat comedy “Yves,...
- 5/15/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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