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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |