40-Love

A film by Stéphane Demoustier

synopsis

Jérôme, a senior executive, has just left his company. Determined to never work for nobody else ever again, he attempts to set up his own company, come what may, even ignoring the reluctance of his wife Laura. Ugo, their 11-year-old son, is a tennis player and a promising champion. To reach his goal, he must make it into the Roland Garros national training center. Just like his dad, he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make it. Together, Ugo and Jérôme will realize that not all rules can be bent in the quest for success.

CAST

• Olivier Gourmet (Jérôme)
• Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Laura)
• Charles Mérienne (Ugo)

CREW

• Producers
• Frédéric Jouve (Les Films Velvet)
• Co-Producers
• Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (Les Films du Fleuve)
• Année Zéro
• Arte France Cinéma
• RTBF

Magical Girl

A film by Carlos Vermut

synopsis

Alicia, an ailing child who dreams of the dress in the Japanese series Magical Girl Yukiko; Luis, her father, who will do anything he can to make her dream come true; Bárbara, a pretty young girl with psychological issues; and Damián, a teacher who has retired from everything except his stormy past. All will be trapped in a net of obscure blackmailing where instincts and reason spar with one another in a tragic struggle. 

CAST

• José Sacristán (Damián)
• Bárbara Lennie (Bárbara)
• Luis Bermejo (Luis)

CREW

• Producers
• Pedro Hernández Santos
• Álvaro Portanet
• Amadeo Hernández Bueno (Aquí y Allí Films)
• Screenwriter
• Carlos Vermut
• Cinematographer
• Santiago Racaj

Tokyo Fiancée

A film by Stefan Liberski

synopsis

Her head filled with dreams, Amélie, 20, goes back to Japan, where she spent her childhood. To earn a living, she decides to give private classes in French and meets Rinri, her first and only student, a young Japanese man with whom she soon has an intimate relationship. Between surprises, happy times and the pitfalls of a culture shock that is both poetic and amusing, she discovers a side of Japan she had never seen before…

CAST

• Pauline Etienne (Amélie)
• Taichi Inoue (Rinri)
• Julie Le Breton (Christine)

CREW

• Producers
• Jacques-Henri & Olivier Bronckart (Versus Production)
• Co-producers
• Sylvie Pialat (Films du Worso)
• Richard Lalonde (Forum Films)
• Screenwriter
• Stefan Liberski
• from the novel by
• Amélie Nothomb (Ni d'Eve, ni d'Adam - Ed. Albin Michel)