The summer period has been very favorable for the international distribution of French works, with a special focus on films released in Latin America. The international press tells us about them.
Let's begin in Argentina, where the daily La Nación wrote about Other People's Children: "A very mature story about love and motherhood."
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Still in Argentina, Passages was the subject of a long article in the monthly Página 12.
Kompromat arrived in Mexico. "A film strongly imbued with mystery," we can read in La Nigua.
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And in Colombia, El Heraldo de Colombia published a glowing article about The Book of Wonders.
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North America
Quebec daily Le Devoir wrote about Neneh Superstar: "Oumy Bruni Garrel injects extra electricity into the film."
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Another Quebec daily, Le Soleil headlined an article about Parfum vert, which also released in Quebec: "The delightful scent of conspiracy."
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Juliette Binoche is Living "Between Two Worlds" the online magazine Frenchly stated, referring to Between Two Worlds, released in the USA in August.
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In Europe
In the United Kingdom, The Guardian wrote about Paris Memories: "(…) a measured, quietly powerful film."
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In Germany, Film Dienst focused on the animated feature Ernest and Célestine : A Journey in Charabia.
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"Grandparents rock!" we can read in Cinemanía about the film Big Kids, released in Spain.
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On the festival front, we note three events that took place during summer:
"Quentin Dupieux's new fable is as fast-paced as it is cleverly developed," says the Swiss magazine Cinéman about Yannick, selected at the Locarno Film Festival.
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Banel & Adama won an award at the Melbourne International Film Festival, as Screen Daily reported.
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And Variety focused the spotlight on Sidonie in Japan, selected at the Venice Film Festival and starring Isabelle Huppert in the lead role.
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On the audiovisual front, a selection of articles highlighted French works on the international scene:
In Germany, the site Desired.de noted the arrival of the Bardot series on Netflix: "The ascension of a cinema icon."
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The same series caught the attention of the Estonian daily Eesti Päevaleht, and was broadcast at the end of July on ETV.
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Audiovisual 451 announced the arrival of Nina & the Pig on American channel Sundance TV this summer.
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And TodoTV News reported the sale of more than 290 épisodes, to Portuguese channel RTP, from animated series produced by dandelooo.
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While still in Portugal, Series da TV announced the broadcast of Toutes ces choses qu’on s’est pas dites on TVCine Emotion.
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In Italy, Sorrisi.com featured the thriller Prière d’enquêter: "An original thriller with a healthy dose of irony."
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In the United Kingdom, Drama Quarterly interviewed Sara Mortensen about her role in Bright Minds.
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Señal News informed us that the Rabbids animation series is set to conquer Europe.
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The same media outlet announced that Molang will be represented by Licensing Street in the United States.
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To wrap this latest roundup, Argentina.gob shone the spotlight on the broadcast of several ARTE productions in Argentina.
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