The French auteur Bruno Dumont’s latest film, Red Rocks, has been added to Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
Synopsis:
Two rival gangs of local and visiting teens compete in the dangerous sport of cliff diving one summer.
Luxbox (Magellan, A Poet) serves as the sales rep. Dumon’s latest film was the wacky sci-fi The Empire.
Mini Tidbits:
Luxbox also has boarded Diego Luna’s Ashes.
Ira Sachs’ In Competition film The Man I Love, starring Rami Malek, Rebecca Hall, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, is bought for French distribution by Memento (Pillion).
Cannes Market:
Studiocanal is going all in on Bill Condon’s South African musical, set to finance, produce, and release the film in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Road Home
Int. Sales Rep: Palisades Park Pictures (Fast Charlie)
Dir: Bill Condon (Dreamgirls)
Wri: Michael Bronner (The Mauritanian)
Cast: Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
Synopsis:
Exiled from his native South Africa, trumpeter Hugh Masekela is pulled between two worlds when the anti-apartheid movement, led by his mentor and fierce anti-apartheid advocate, launches a boycott against Hugh’s friend Paul Simon, over his township music-inspired album Graceland, accusing Simon of violating the United Nations’ Cultural Boycott.
Plus, Alex Proyas (Dir: The Crow, I, Robot) is using AI to make his new film Heaven.
Synopsis:
A man agrees to be uploaded to an A.I. metaverse afterlife and discovers it more closely resembles hell than heaven.
The use of AI actually seems like a perfect creative choice here, and one that allows the filmmaker to paint on a bigger canvas. He spent 10 years trying to get this up, so this is a massive win. From Ex Machina Studios and K5 International.
Berlin-based sales agency Films Boutique (The Seed of the Sacred Fig) picks up Aquí (Cannes Premiere).