Cesar winner Pierre Niney to topline Francois Ozon’s “Frantz”December 29, 2015 - 11:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - France’s prominent auteur Francois Ozon, whose latest film “The New Girlfriend” played at Toronto, is set to follow up with “Frantz,” a period drama starring rising actor Pierre Niney (“An Ideal Man,” “Yves Saint Laurent”), Variety reports. “Frantz” takes place in the aftermath of WWI and centers around the encounter between a young German (Paula Beer) who grieves the death of her fiancé in France, and a mysterious French man (Niney) who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers. Niney, who won a Cesar award (Gaul’s equivalent to the Oscar) for his perf in Jalil Lespert’s “Yves Saint Laurent,” stars in “Frantz” opposite German thesps Beer, Marie Gruber, Ernst Stötzner, Johann von Bülow and Anton von Lucke. The movie is produced by Ozon’s regular producers, Eric and Nicolas Altmayer at Mandarin Cinema. Nicolas Brigaud-Robert and Francois Yon’s Films Distribution is handling international sales. The movie’s first still (pictured above) was just unveiled and Films Distribution will reveal more pics to EFM buyers in February. Stephane Celerier’s Mars Distribution will release the movie in 2016 in France. Ozon is best known for “Young and Beautiful” and “Swimming Pool,” which competed at Cannes in 2013 and 2003, respectively. He also earned a Bafta nomination for Catherine Deneuve starrer “Potiche,” which is being remade in the U.S. by L.A.-based Epic Pictures Group. 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 | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |