www.picklemag.com From theindianentertainment.com ● Volume No: I-30 pickle● April 21-27, 2007 ● New Delhi ● India Wong Kar Wai's "My Blueberry Nights" is the opening film YEAR’S BEST MOVIES @ CANNES Harvey Weinstein has three movies in the official selection at Cannes -- Blueberry Nights, Sicko and Death Proof he lineup for this year's movie selection at Cannes features a mix of international talent. The festival begins with Wong Kar Wai's `My Blueberry Nights' on May 16. The plotline of the film is about a young woman (Norah Jones) takes a Tsoul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of off- beat characters along the way. There are three big movies in the Out of Competition section. Michael Moore's "Sicko,''-- an expose on the American Health Care industry, Steven Soderbergh star-studded "Ocean's TOUS LES CINÉMAS DU MONDE Thirteen" (Warner Bros) and Angelina Jolie as Marianne Pearl, wife of the slain WSJ journalist Daniel Pearl in the We shall celebrate the true story A Mighty Heart (Paramount Vantage). Harvey Weinstein has three movies in the official selec- co-anniversaries of the sixty tion at Cannes (Blueberry Nights, Sicko and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof). The Indian connection includes years of Indian independence the two days of India Focus (May 19 & 20) and slots in and sixty years of the Festival the Cinefoundation (Mickael Kummer's Aditi Singh and Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute student Raka de Cannes by inviting India to Dutta's Chinese Whispers). There is also an Angelina Jolie inaugurate our programme. connection to India at Cannes as A Might Heart is shot in Pune, India. Two days of screening will The security concerns pushed the filming to be shot in the city of Pune, which was chosen because it resem- barely suffice to celebrate bles Karachi, Pakistan. The movie is being produced by that vast continent of Pitt's Plan B production company. The film has shots at Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road, on the J J Flyover, at cinema, that profusion of posh Marine Drive, and inside local trains.The closing styles, languages and movie of the festival is The Age of Darkness, a comedy about a civil servant with an active imagination from religions Canadian writer/director Denys Arcand. 1 pickle April 21-27, 2007 ● New Delhi● India Here is a close look at what’s on store for India at Cannes India at Cannes 2007 With no Indian movie in the Competition, the Indian contingent will make best of networking at the market oxie Entertainment head Joy B Ganguly will be at M Cannes with The Bong Connection. It is Moxie's first production in Englis. The film is directed by Anjan Dutt. This is the first of its kind film from the East of India; the film moves away completely from the typical crossover east meet west structure. The fact that it is not one story, but two, gives the film a completely fresh appeal to the international as well our own multiplex audience. ‘Though Bong may be politically incorrect slang for all things Bengali, in "The Bong Connection," actor-singer turned director-writer Anjan Dutt brews self-irony into watchable, good-humored satire. anu Rewal is an independent filmmaker. M He is also Mr Cannes from India. He will be at Cannes with his project Ramu and Juliette. It is a sparkling romantic comedy set in Paris and Delhi, with an authentic feel (not Bollywood style), based on true stories, set in today's global village. Log line: Juliette, a French Journalist currently working in India, who dreams of living with a "prince charming" in Paris and Ramu, an Indian software genius who wants to continue living in his joint-family in Delhi, fall madly in love with each other... n Indian Summer is directed A by Vikram Singh and pro- duced by Anupam Sharma and urali Nair of Maya Films will be at Cannes John Winter of Wintertime Films, M from India. Maya is an international pro- Australia. It is set against the duction house based in India, producing qual- backdrop of the hot summer of ity feature and documentary films. Award win- 1975. We meet Jerry, a seven ning films produced by Maya films: "Throne of year old Australian boy, and his Death " "Dogs' Day" "A Story that begins at parents Nancy and John. When the end", "UNNI" Many TV programmes for Jerry's father is posted to a small British channels : " My Story" "First dusty town in the north of India, Kiss""Miracles of Faith" " Different Life". to work on a mining project, the Current projects: Virgin Goat, a social satire set family embarked on a journey in India. The company has close ties with UK into the unknown that would ul- based Flying Elephant Films. timately lead to the break up of the family and John's death. But out of the emotional chaos and the tragedy of this summer arose ongTale International's one extraordinary, proud and L Omar Kaczmarczyk, the biggest courageous individual - a simple distributor in the US belives in India. His com- caretaker at the local school, a pany will be at Cannes with over a dozen man with a schoolyard reputa- Indian movies. “We see an advance in art tion for 'eating children'. Hari equal to that of the Italian wave of the early Singh. Learning from each and fifties, the French New Wave of the early 60's, crossing the cultural divide, Hari the American new wave hearalded by EASY and Jerry face obstacles that test RIDER in the late 60's, the German new wave each other to the limit. This is a of Fassbinder, etc etc. tender yet powerful story about Young Blood, New Action from India = a new loss, friendship and sacrifice. wave of Media Masters who are not limited Winter has numerous producer by language or nationality, having a specific credits including Rabbit-Proof culture yes, but belonging to the World,'' Fence (Kenneth Branagh), says Omar. 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They are Une vieille maîtresse (An We Own the Night, U.S. Old Mistress), starring Catherine The film is directed by The Yards di- Breillat; Next one is Christophe rector James Gray. It is about a New Honoré’s “Chansons d’amour “(“Love York nightclub manager who takes Songs”); Persepolis” by directors on the Russian mafia to save his Marjane Satrapi and Vincent brother. It’s from Mark Cuban’s Paronnaud. It is an animated black 2929 Productions. and white historical documentary. For 12 days virtually Paranoid Park, U.S. Three Asian Films the entire Gus Van Sant's Paronoid Park. He re- They form the highest participation turns to Cannes, where he won best at the Cannes Film Market. But they international director and a golden palm in 2003 are the minority in the Competition for “Elephant.” His new film is about this year. There are two South film industry a skateboarder who accidentally kills Korean movies: Lee Chang-dong's is jammed a security guard. I t is an adaptation "Secret Sunshine," and Kim Ki-duk's of Blake Nelson's novel. "Breath". The other one is Japanese into a square 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Naomi Kawase's "Mogari no Mori". Romania mile of the Directed by Cristian Mungiu. Two movies French He had a strong festival hit with from Russia Riviera, and Occident in 2002. Alexandra by Aleksandr Sokurov. He had his big success with the techni- everyone in Silent Light, Mexico cal bravura of Russian Ark. The It is directed Battle in Heaven bad Banishment by Andrey Zvyagintsev the industry boy Carlos Reygadas who was well-known for his father/son drama The Return.