On the occasion of the reopening of cinemas on May 19, 2021 and after 200 days of closures that seemed endless, cinema distributors wanted to launch a large-scale marketing operation! Le Film Français magazine receives 16 distributors (Gaumont, The Jokers, Studio Canal, Disney, Warner Bros, JHR Films, Universal Pictures, …) in the Pathé Beaugrenelle cinema in the fifteenth arrondissement of Paris.
Indeed, the return of cinemas with reduced tonnage, with high and restrictive health restrictions, is a challenge ready to be met. Distributors have had to review their release schedules. Arianne Toscan Du Plantier, Director of France and International Distribution at Gaumont explains that "the films will be very diversified and that the digital campaign has been readapted to the health context. We also learn that it will take 18 to 24 months for a return to normal.
FOCUS ON SUMMER MOVIES
This summer is special because of the health situation, but especially because of the French cinema releases that invite themselves to the party. Usually, big American blockbusters take all the place during this period, but distributors believe in the original content offered by French and foreign cinema.
Gaumont announces OSS 117 Red Alert in Black Africa (directed by Nicolas bedos) with Jean Dujardin. The film is finally scheduled for August 4, 2021. An explosive new trailer will be released soon.
At The Jokers, Sons of Philadelphia by Jérémie Guez was released on May 26. This American-French production tackles the themes of revenge mixing Irish and Italian mafia. The huge classic restored in 4K, a 35mm copy In the Mood for Love (Again) by the great director Wong Kar-wai is scheduled to hit theaters on July 21, 2021 for the 20th anniversary of the film. Finally, EGO, a Finnish horror film, will be released on August 18, 2021. This film promises to be awkward and creepy.
Among the productions of Jour2fete , the documentary film Douce France scheduled for June 16, 2021 at the cinema, states an ecological aspect. Young high school students from the suburbs make a field survey between city and countryside. The theme of the film could be how to get another vision of youth? SISTERS with Isabelle Adjani is directed by Yamina Benguigui. A trip between France and Algeria. Three sisters meet again after many years and return to Algeria because of a dying father who took with him a terrible secret. Theatrical release on June 30, 2021.
The father of Nafi de Mamadou Dia. June 9, 2021 in cinemas. This Senegalese film is a love story that is shaken by the vision of two different Islams intertwined by traditions and marriage. A political aspect is added to the story. (JHR Films)
Benedict Cumberbatch plays Greville Wynne, a businessman of the 60s in An Ordinary Spy. Based on a true story, this spy film set during the Cold War is in the tradition of Bridge of Spies. Released on June 23, 2021. (SND)
Within Disney, Nomadland by Chloé Zhao with the immense Frances Mcdormand is released in theaters on June 9, 2021, the film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2020, then the Golden Globe for Best Film and the Oscar for Best Film in 2021. The director at the helm of the Marvel film, The Eternals, seems to offer a different tone and register. Obviously, Marvel's releases until the end of the year are still in the running. The next Kingsman is likely to be released at the end of the year!
The French directors of the horror film À l'intérieur present The Deep House, a haunted house under water, a breathless film scheduled for June 30. (Apollo films)
Pema Tseden, the Chinese director, concocts an intimate drama set in the Tibetan steppes. Balloon bridges tradition and modernity. Released on May 26, 2021 in cinemas. (Condor)
RESPECT, the biopic of Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin is scheduled for August 18, 2021. PRESIDENTS, Anne Fontaine's film is a comedy inspired by the political confrontation between Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, played respectively by Jean Dujardin and Grégory Gadebois , will be released on June 30, 2021. A new funny and unusual trailer should be released soon. (Universal Pictures)
17 BLOCKS is released on June 9, 2021 in theaters. This award-winning film/documentary is a very special concept, an African-American family filmed their daily life over three generations in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States! They don't live far from the Capitol (17 blocks away…). A moving and sensitizing documentary. (DULAC DISTRIBUTION)
Adapted from the book Sister Benedetta, Between Saint and Lesbian by Judith v. Brown, Benedetta by Paul Verhoeven is inspired by real events. This is the story of the first case of female homosexuality within the Catholic Church in Western Europe. Virginie Efira and Lambert Wilson are the headliners of this film. Released on July 9, 2021. (Pathé)
The creator of Hamilton and Sexy Dance 2 returns this summer with In The Heights, June 23, 2021. (Warner Bros.)
For the opening of the Cannes Film Festival, Annette, a film by Leos Carax, is invited on July 6, 2021. With Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard. (UGC)
Crescendo is released on August 18, 2021. The film tackles classical music via an infamous and topical conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. Musicians must collaborate in an orchestra. I wanted to hide arrives on July 7, 2021. Antonio Ligabue found himself in fascist Italy after the end of the First World War, and clung to his passion, painting. Between devouring passion and psychological haunting, director Giorgio Diritti offers us a moving and sincere biopic. (Bodega Film)
BACK-TO-SCHOOL FILM SEQUENCE
The end of the year holds beautiful and ambitious achievements.
Jane by Charlotte by Charlotte Gainsbourg will be released at the end of October in cinemas. It will certainly be a biopic about the daughter of the famous French singer-songwriter. (Day2party)
Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, December 2021. It is the new adaptation of the famous 1957 musical. Film by Kelly Reichardt with John Magaro – First Cow will be screened at the Centre Pompidou on 27 October 2021. The theatrical release is scheduled for June 9, 2021 in 400 theaters thanks to previews. It took two years for the film to arrive in France. In addition, the film is selected in official competition at the Berlinale 2020 and the Deauville American Film Festival 2020. (Disney)
007 Dying can wait initially scheduled for April 8, 2020, arrives on October 6, 2021. Daniel Craig's latest 007 film promises high-flying action. (Universal Pictures)
Black Box by Yann Gozlan will be released on September 8, 2021. This disaster thriller is an investigation into a plane crash. The film follows in the footsteps of Antonin Baudry's "Song of the Wolf". (Studio Canal)
The Japanese animated film Ride Your Wave is a romantic fable about the ocean. Scheduled for September 1st in cinemas and directed by the talented Masaaki Yuasa.
The translator will be released on October 13, 2021. Film by Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf. A Syrian translator who went to Australia in 2000 returned to Syria during the Arab revolutions of 2011. (ALBA Films)
Denis Villeneuve's DUNE is finally scheduled for September 15, 2021. The third adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel, divided into two films and with an XXL cast, is the subject of significant enthusiasm (Warner Bros.)
FOCUS FILMS IN EXCLUSIVITY
Some exclusives to put in your mouth!
Gaumont reveals that three films are coming and one of them tells the story of a young black dancer at the Paris Opera.
Night of the Kings film by Philippe Lacôte. An ambitious drama/fantasy that highlights the new African cinema. The trailer is very surprising, the atmosphere is intense and enchanting. Scheduled for September 15, 2021. (JHR Films)
The Marvel films to date are: Black Widow (July 7, 2021), Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (September 1, 2021), Spider-man: No Way Home (December 15, 2021), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (March 23, 2022), Thor: Love & Thunder (May 4, 2022), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (July 8, 2022), The Marvels (November 2022), Ant-Man and the Wasp – Quantumania (February 2023) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (May 2023). (Disney)
The Spark Brothers will be released in July 2021. A documentary film about the legendary rock band, and behind the camera, the director of Baby Driver, Edgar Wright. In addition, he is also preparing the horror film Last Night in Soho. (ALBA Films)
The upcoming Conjuring titled Conjuring: Under the Devil's Grip has unveiled a spectacular trailer. Release soon.
Simone, the Journey of the Century is a biopic about the French stateswoman, Simone Veil directed by Olivier Dahan. (Warner Bros.)
Other exclusives whose content cannot yet be revealed await you. So, be on the lookout for the next few weeks.
