25-08-2009

The Childhood of Icarus begins foriegn sales

By Iulia Blaga

    The Childhood of Icarus, the first feature of the Romanian-Swiss filmmaker Alexandru Iordăchescu, has been sold in France to Zootrope (www.zootropefilms.fr) and in Romania to Independenta Film (www.independenta.biz).

    The film will screen from August 27 in the First Films World Competition at Montréal World Film Festival.

    The film is due to hit cinemas in early spring 2010, in order to play festivals prior to theatrical release, the director told FNE. Negotiations with a Swiss distributor are underway.

    The producers recently signed with a sales agent, EastWest Filmdistribution GmbH (www.eastwest-distribution.com).

    The Childhood of Icarus is a Romanian-French-Swiss co-production between Elefant Films, Elefant Film, and Freshline Productions (www.freshline-production.com), the first two owned by the Alexandru Iordăchescu together with producer-director Ruxandra Zenide. The film is produced by Ruxandra Zenide, Dan Burlac and Alexandru Iordăchescu. Christophe Servell is co-producing.

    Written by Alexandru Iordăchescu, Marianne Brun and Marcel Beaulieu, The Childhood of Icarus is a fantasy drama involving gene therapy and regaining the youth. Lead actor Guillaume Depardieu died a few days after the shooting ended in Romania last year. This is his last film.

    The cast also includes Alysson Paradis, Carlo Brandt and Dorotheea Petre. The DOP is Marius Panduru.

    Production information

    Elefant Films

    3 rue Voltaire

    1201 Geneva, Switzerland

    Phone: +41 22 301 6500

    Fax: + 41 22 301 6501

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    Elefant Film

    123 Calea Moşilor street

    Sector 2, Bucureşti, Romania

    Contact - Dan Burlac: + 40 746 242635

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    Freshline Production

    83 rue Saint Honoré

    75001 Paris, France

    Phone: +33 (0)1 40 267 624

    http://www.freshline-production.com/

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    Credits

    Director: Alexandru Iordăchescu

    Script: Alexandru Iordăchescu

    Marianne Brun

    Marcel Beaulieu

    DOP: Marius Panduru

    Cast: Guillaume Depardieu

    Alysson Paradis

    Carlo Brandt

    Dorotheea Petre

    Sophie Lukasik