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Nicole Garcia’s romance thriller “Lovers” has lured a raft of distributors before and after its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. The love-triangle movie also played at Toronto as part of the Industry Select lineup.

France Televisions Distribution, which represents “Lovers” in international markets, has sold the film to Switzerland (Jmh), Belgium (Vertigo Films Distribution), Poland (Hagi), Portugal (Pris Audiovisuais), Japan (At Entertainment), Brazil (Providence Filmes), and Russia, Ukraine, Baltics (Russian Report). Other deals are currently being negotiated.

“Lovers” is headlined by a French cast that includes Stacy Martin, Pierre Niney and Benoit Magimel. The movie revolves around Lisa and Simon, a pair of lovers who have been passionate about each other since they were teenagers.

When a tragedy occurs, provoked by Simon’s criminal activities, Simon flees and leaves Lisa behind without any notice. Three years later, Lisa is married to Leo, a wealthy man,...

The filmmaker is bringing together Jalil Lespert, Louise Bourgoin and Mélanie Doutey in the cast of this feature film piloted by Ts Productions and sold by France Télévisions Distribution. Filming has entered the final straight for Raphaël Jacoulot’s L’Enfant rêvé, whose shoot is set to wrap on 11 October. For his 4th feature film, in the wake of Barrage (Berlinale Forum 2005), The Night Clerk (2011) and Heatwave (2015), the filmmaker has enlisted the acting talents of Jalil Lespert (recently seen in Bro and soon to be hopping back in front of the camera to film Dévorants – read our article), Louise Bourgoin and Mélanie Doutey (who recently attracted attention in The Connection and Sink Or Swim). Written by Raphaël Jacoulot, Benjamin Adam, Iris Kaltenbäck and Fadette Drouard (César-nominated within the Best Adaptation category for Step by Step...

Company also announces first sales on ‘Between Two Worlds’.

France TV Distribution has boarded sales on French director Raphaël Jacoulot’s upcoming love triangle drama Dreamchild starring Jalil Lespert, Louise Bourgoin and Mélanie Doutey.

The company has also unveiled a slew of sales on its other Tiff titles, including Juliette Binoche-starring social drama Between Two Worlds, as the market kicks off.

Set in a small frontier town on the French-Swiss border, the provisionally titled Dreamchild began shooting in eastern France on August 5 and will wrap final scenes in October.

Lespert plays the owner of a family-run saw mill who...