Gemini Films

34 bd Sébastopol

75004 Paris -France

Cannes Market 2006

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Phone : + 33 1 44 54 17 17

Fax : + 33 1 44 54 17 25

Sales Contacts

Elisabeth PERLIÉ

Head of International Sales

Juan TORRES

International Sales

Dear friends,

We are proud to announce the selection at the Director’s Fortnight of :

- DANS PARIS by Christophe HONORÉ, with Romain Duris and Louis Garrel

- TRANSE by Teresa VILLAVERDE, with Dinara Droukarova

Please get back to us to book a meeting and let us know if you wish to receive some scripts.

SCREENINGS

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	DANS PARIS Cannes 2006 - Director’s Fortnight Director : Christophe HONORE : 17 times Cecile Cassard, Ma Mere Cast : Romain DURIS : The Russian Dolls, The Beat that my Heart Skipped, Arsene Lupin, Euro Pudding (The Spanish Apartment) Louis GARREL : Regular Lovers, Ma Mere, The Dreamers Joana PREISS : Ma Mere, Clean Language : French
Market and Festival screenings May 25th – 11.30 – Riviera 3 (market) May 25th – 14.00 – Noga Croisette (Director’s Fortnight – press screening) May 25th – 22.00 – Noga Croisette (Director’s Fortnight – official screening) May 26th – 15.30 – Palais H (market)	Synopsis Joana loves Guillaume. Guillaume now has reservations. Joana is tired. Despite the strength of their relationship, their love story is coming to an end, and they are separating.Guillaume moves back in with his father in Paris. He soon refuses to leave his little brother’s bedroom in which he settled. Joana is no longer here; depression is creeping over him. His brother Jonathan and his father try to comfort Guillaume, each in their own way, to help him overcome his heartache. Guillaume’s father looks after him with an often-excessive presence and paternal love; his brother entertains him and describes the mild extravagance of his womanizing. In the meantime, In Paris, people are getting ready for the Christmas holiday season.
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	A FEW DAYS IN SEPTEMBER Director : Santiago AMIGORENA Cast : Juliette BINOCHE: Mary, Hidden, The English Patient, Jet Lag, Chocolate, Three Colors John TURTURRO: Romance & Cigarettes, She Hate Me, Barton Fink, O Brother Where art thou?, Quiz Show Sara FORESTIER: Perfume : The Story of a Murderer, Combien tu m’aimes, Hell, Un Fil à la Patte, L’Esquive Nick NOLTE Language : French- English Synopsis September the 1st, 2001. Elliot, an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret informationon the immediate future of the world, disappears. His sole aim is to meet his daughter Orlando that he abandoned ten years before. Irène, a French agent who used to work with him, and David, his adoptive son, will help him and lead the girl to her father. Chased by William Pound, a psycho-poetry lover-killer, they will defy the dangers of international espionage from Paris to Venice… and finally get to Elliot on September the 11th.
Market screenings May 18^th – 16.00 – Riviera 4 May 20^th – 10.00 – Riviera 6 May 24^th – 15.30 – Palais I
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	TRANSE Cannes 2006 - Director’s Fortnight Director : Teresa VILLAVERDE Cast : Dinara DROUKAROVA, Ana MOREIRA, Robinson STEVENIN Language : Russian, Italian, Portuguese Synopsis Sonia leaves her family in Russia and heads for Europe in search of a better life. Her journey will become a descent into the hell of human exploitation…
Market and Festival screenings May 19^th – 18.00 – Palais C (market) May 23^rd – 11.30 – Noga Croisette (Director’s Fortnight – press screening) May 23^rd – 22.15 – Noga Croisette (Director’s Fortnight – press screening) May 24^th – 17.30 – Palais I (market)
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	BAD BLOOD Fantasporto 2006 - Opening Night - Official Competition Director : Tiago Guedes and Frederico Serra Cast : Adriano Luz, Manuela Couto, Sara Carinhas  Synopsis: A modern urban family will learn that prejudice goes hand in hand with ignorance. An inherited faraway house holds an unsettling universe and this family is confronted with sins from the past. As they try to disguise several internal fractures, disturbing experiences will expose and accelerate them. They understand that there are places where the dead do not disappear. They understand that sometimes one calls Devil to the wrath of an angry God...
Market screenings May 21^st – 12.00 – Riviera 6 May 22^nd – 11.30 – Palais I
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Market screening May 23^rd – 6.00pm – Riviera 6	CALL ME AGOSTINO Director : Christine Laurent Cast : Jeanne Balibar, Hélène Fillières, Martin Wuttke, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Maurice Garrel Language : French Synopsis : Two destinies who will meet. Two women charmed and let down by Agostino Stone.
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	SHOOTING
	THE INNER LIFE OF MARTIN FROST Director : Paul AUSTER Smoke (co-director), Blue in the face (co-director), Lulu on the Bridge (director) Cast : David THEWLIS : Kingdom of heaven, Harry Potter, The big Lebowski, Naked Irene JACOB : La Double Vie de Veronique  (Best Actress Award- Cannes 1991), Three Colours : Red Michael IMPERIOLI : The Sopranos Sophie AUSTER : Lulu on the Bridge Music : Alexandre DESPLAT Language : English Synopsis The successful American novelist Martin Frost has just published his latest book. He decides to rest his mind alone in a country house outside New York. The dawn of his first day, he discovers with amazement a mysterious and astonishing woman lying next to him. Fascinated by her beauty and intelligence Martin falls deeply in love with her. He has found the muse that helplessly drives him to write his most perfect piece. Who is this strange woman that perfectly knows his life and his work? Is she a real muse? Is she imaginary? Is she a ghost that has slipped in the inner life of Martin Frost?
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	TRES BIEN, MERCI Director : Emmanuelle CUAU Cast : Gilbert MELKI, Sandrine KIBERLAIN Language : French Alex could not help intervening in a police control he found unfair, and got himself arrested. This is the very beginning of terrible misadventures into the traps of the administrative process of police stations, psychiatric hospitals …
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Also available in Post Production :

L’ETRANGERE by Florence Colombani, with Sarah Pratt, Charlotte Hellekant, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Clément Sibony

LA VIE PRIVEE by Zina Modiano, with Ouassini Embarek, Marie Modiano, Darry Cowl, Claire Nadeau

LE PRESTIGE DE LA MORT by Luc Moullet, with Luc Moullet, Antonietta Pizzorno, Claire Bouanich, Bernadette Lafont

SUZANNE ET LES VIEILLARDS by Viviane Candas, with Patrick Bauchau, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Christine Citti

Contacts : Elisabeth PERLIÉ Head of International Sales Juan TORRES International Sales

OFFICE IN CANNES Booth : J1 –J3 / K2 – K4 Tel : +33(0)4 92 99 32 28 Tel : +33(0)4 92 99 88 52 Fax : +33(0)4 92 99 32 29

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