Cinema Guild nabs Albert Serra’s “The Death of Louis XIV”June 11, 2016 - 17:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Cinema Guild has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Albert Serra’s The Death of Louis XIV, starring French New Wave legend Jean-Pierre Léaud, Deadline reports. The film premiered as an Official Selection at Cannes, where Léaud was awarded an Honorary Palme d’Or, 57 years after his first appearance at the fest at age 14 in Francois Truffaut’s 400 Blows. Cinema Guild will release Death of Louis XIV theatrically in early 2017. Set in Versailles in August 1715, the film centers on Louis XIV (Léaud), who feels a pain in his leg after going for a walk. The next days, the Sun King fulfills his duties and obligations but has trouble sleeping. A serious fever erupts, which marks the start of the slow agony of the greatest King of France. Surrounded by doctors and family, he struggles to run the country from his bed. “Following Don Quixote, the Three Kings, Dracula and Casanova, Albert Serra transmutes another great icon,” said Cinema Guild Head of Distribution Blandine Mercier-McGovern, who negotiated the deal with Julien Rejl of Capricci Films. Photo: Cinema Guild Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |