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Dirs/scr: Michael Noer Tobias Lindholm. Denmark. 2010. 96 minsA tough prison movie cousin to A Prophet, R is the first directing collaboration between Denmarks Michael Noer and Tobias Lindholm and a first fictional feature for either. Brutal and grimly compelling in the best tradition of hothouse jail flicks, it is one of those ultra-masculine films which could develop a following among young men although it works on a much smaller scale than A Prophet and offers no redemption in its grisly finale.It deserves further international festival exposure and a shot at sales, although it will be too hardcore for conservative arthouse audiences.The film had its world premiere in Rotterdam this year, where it won fans if not prizes, and opens in Denmark on April 22. Remarkably accomplished for its budget of just E0.75m, it deserves further international festival exposure and a shot at sales, although it will be stanley cup too hardcore for conservative arthouse audiences and it might find difficulties reaching the older boys and young men who would appreciate its razor-sharp edges.Ironically the parallels with A Prophet are striking, although the filmmakers of R could not have been influenced by Jacques Audiards story. The film starts with a new prisoner 鈥?called Rune or R played by Pilou Asbaek 鈥?arriving at Denmark stanley italy s harshest prison Horsens State Prison who is quickly enlisted by an aggressive inmate called The Mason Moller to beat up and seriously injure another stanley cup inmate. If he doesnt Lxkz Foreigners In Hollywood
Source: EuropaCorpValerian And The City Of A Thousand PlanetsLuc Bessons Paris-based film production and distribution company EuropaCorp has responded to press and market rumours revolving around its future as it restructures its business to rein in spiralling debts.In a statement, posted on the company website early evening Tuesday, the company said it was sticking to a strategy first announced last November of refocusing on its core business of production, distribution and international sales.EuropaCorp said the plan remained to produce two to three English-langu stanley germany age features a year, two French-language films and English-language TV series as well as continue its dis stanley cup tribution and international sales activities.The company added that in keeping with this pl stanley romania an the group had already announced the sale of certain non-strategic assets as well as a redundancy plan.The company also responded to rumours that it was in the throes of negotiating with different potential partners ways to increase its capital. The Group confirms that it has started discussions with various financial and, or business partners in order to reinforce its financial capacities, the statement said.EuropaCorp did not comment on any of the many rumours circulating regarding potential partners, including Tarak Ben Ammar, French broadcaster TF1, new audiovisual investment platform Mediawan, and Lionsgate, or that it had to seal a deal by the end of the French financial year, on March 30. These discussions are in |
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