Bac Films at TIFF

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FULL CONTACT 

by David Verbeek 

trailer available upon request 

GENRE - Drama

COUNTRY - Netherlands / Croatia

PRODUCED BY Lemming Film (Eva Eisenloeffel, Leontine Petit, Joost de Vries)

CO-PRODUCED BY Nukleus Film (Siniša Juričić),           Wild At Art (Peter Warnier)

CAST - Grégoire Colin,        

Lizzie Brocheré, Slimane Dazi

SYNOPSIS

Full Contact is a contemporary tale of a man who accidentally bombed a school through a remotely operated drone plane. Ivan, operating the plane from a far away air force base, has never been to the foreign countries of his attacks, nor has he ever touched the plane he uses to kill. Modern warfare keeps him safe and disconnected from his prey. However, after this incident Ivan's disconnectedness starts to apply to everything in his life. He is unable to get the men he killed out of his head and from there on the narrative melts down to become a roadmovie of the subconscious. His attraction to a girl he recently met, Cindy, his guilt & curiosity about his victims all echo on and on towards a point of full awareness of what he has done and who he is.

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TAJ MAHAL 

by Nicolas Saada

promo and script available upon request 

GENRE - Thriller

COUNTRY - France / Belgium

PRODUCED BY Ex Nihilo, France 3 Cinema, Artemis Productions

CAST - Stacy Martin, 

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing,

Gina McKee, Alba Rohrwacher

 

SYNOPSIS

One evening, while her parents go out for dinner, 18-year-old Louise, alone in her hotel room at Taj Mahal Mumbai, hears strange noises out in the corridor. Within minutes, she realises that a terrorist attack is underway. Her only connection to the outside world is her cell phone, which allows her to maintain contact with her father, who is desperately trying to reach her from the other side of a city that has been plunged into chaos. Louise must spend a long night alone in the face of danger. She will never be the same again.

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THE GREAT GAME 

by Nicolas Pariser

trailer available upon request 

"A sophisticated French melange of The Ghost Writer and House of Cards "                                                                                                        The Hollywood Reporter



"this elegant political thriller plunges audiences into a world where a book can make a difference"                                                                                                                            Variety 

GENRE - Political thriller

COUNTRY - France

PRODUCED BY Bizibi (Emmanuel Agneray)

CAST - Melvil Poupaud,

André Dussollier,

Clémence Poésy,

Sophie Cattani



 

SYNOPSIS

Pierre, a one-time best-selling author, agrees to work as a ghost writer for Joseph - a man who commands the political influence at the heart of the French State. Joseph is fomenting a conspiracy against the Interior Minister and will take advantage of his new protégé to achieve his own ends.



Soon realizing the life-threatening implications linked to his new job, Pierre will be seduced by Laura, a young activist. But is she really as harmless as she looks ?

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LIKE CRAZY

by Paolo Virzi (director of Human Capital)

in post-production

script available upon request 

GENRE - Comedy

COUNTRY - Italy

PRODUCED BY Lotus Production with the participation of Rai Cinema

CO-PRODUCED BY

Manny Films

CAST - Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Micaela Ramazzotti

SYNOPSIS

Beatrice is a blabbermouth and a so-called billionaire countess who likes to believe she’s in intimacy with world leaders. Donatella is a young quiet tattooed woman, locked in her own mystery. They are both patients of a mental institution and subject to custodial measures.

Paolo Virzì’s new film tells the story of their unpredictable friendship and their escape from the treatment constraints that will become an hilarious and moving adventure of two technically insane creatures, looking for a bit of fun and love in this open-air nuthouse, the world of healthy people.

A DECENT MAN

by Emmanuel Finkiel 

in post-production

script and promo available upon request 

GENRE - Drama

COUNTRY - France

PRODUCED BY Thelma Films 

CAST - Nicolas Duvauchelle, Mélanie Thierry, Driss Ramdi, Nicolas Bridet, Maryne Cayon, Johann Soulé

SYNOPSIS

Eddie is suffering from no longer living with Karine and their son Noam. One night walking home drunk, he gets mugged and badly injured. Suddenly, Eddie becomes a hero to his son and the victim of a vicious crime to his wife. He is asked to move back home, and is offered a new job.

But when Ahmed, the perfect scapegoat for the attack, is charged, the gravitas of his accusation sucks Eddie into an infernal spiral of self-doubt and lies, marking the start of a dangerous freefall.

THE ASSISTANT 

by Christophe Ali & Nicolas Bonilauri

GENRE - Psychological Drama

COUNTRY - France / Luxembourg / Belgium

PRODUCED BY Cinema Defacto

(Tom Dercourt, Sophie Erbs), Tarantula (Donato Rotunno)

CO-PRODUCED BY Artemis (Patrick Quinet)

CAST - Nathalie Baye,

Malik Zidi 

SYNOPSIS

As he is driving his wife to the maternity ward, Thomas runs over and kills a young man on the road. Marie-France, the mother, will not get over the mourning of her lost son.

Nine years have passed. Marie-France has become Thomas' secretary and dangerously starts to interfere into his life, with one idea in mind: to get closer to his son...

 

MUSICAL CHAIRS

by Marie Belhomme

GENRE - Comedy

COUNTRY - France

PRODUCED BY 31 Juin Films (Emmanuel Barraux, Agnès Vallée)

CAST - Isabelle Carré,   Philippe Rebbot,           Carmen Maura

SYNOPSIS

Perrine, a thirty-something woman, is a child at heart. When she accidentally makes a man fall in a dumpster, she runs away after calling for help.

But upon learning he is in a coma, she starts visiting him every day and does everything in her power to wake him up. Even if it means stealing his job, his apartment, his dog, his son’s custody, and even if it means falling for him…