18-08-2010

Morgen sold to Switzerland and France

By Iulia Blaga

    Marian Crişan's first feature, recipient of four prizes at Locarno will be distributed in Switzerland by Secondo Film GmbH (www.secondofilm.com) and in France by Les Films du Losange (www.filmsdulosange.fr).

    The film follows the story of the friendship between a Romanian security guard in a supermarket and a Turkish refugee he finds at the Romanian-Hungarian border and who asks for help to cross the border. Crişan (Palme d'Or winner for Megatron in 2006) was inspired by a true story he read in a local newspaper from his hometown of Salonta, and wrote a script that won the first feature contest organized by the National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) in 2008, receiving a grant of €270,000 for the €890,000 budget film.

    Crişan continued his collaboration with the producer Anca Puiu and Mandragora (www.mandragora.ro) who also produced Megatron. The film is co-produced by Marianne Slot of Slot Machine (www.slotmachine.fr), and Ivan Angelusz and Peter Reich from Katapult Film (www.katapultfilm.hu). The shooting took place in Romania and Hungary in 2009. The cast includes the Turkish actor Yalcin Yilmaz and Andras Hathazi, Elvira Râmbu, Dorin C. Zachei, Molnár Levente, Răzvan Vicoveanu and Alina Berzunţeanu. Tudor Mircea is the DOP.

    At Locarno Film Festival, it awarded the Special Jury Prize, the Ecumenical Jury Prize, the 3rd Prize of the Junior Jury, and the Don Quijote Prize given by IFFS (the International Federation of Film Societies). Les Films du Losange (www.filmsdulosange.fr) is handling the international sales. The film will be distributed in Romania by Mandragora Movies. Puiu told FNE that the local premiere will probably take place on September 30.

    Production information

    Mandragora

    12 A, Docenţilor street, ap. 3

    Sector 1, 011403, Bucureşti, România

    Phone: +40. 21. 222.05.58

    Fax: +40 21. 222.05.57

    www.mandragora.ro

    Anca Puiu: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

    Slot Machine

    10 rue Sainte Anastase

    75003 Paris, France

    Phone : +33.1. 49. 96. 62. 62

    Fax : +33. 1. 49. 96. 62. 63

    www.slotmachine.fr

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    Katapult Film Filmgyártó és Forgalmazó Kft

    H-1023 Budapest Frankel Leó út 21-23. III/8

    Phone: +36/1 438-0894, +36/1 438-0895, +36/30 416-6627

    www.katapultfilm.hu

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    Les Films de Losange

    22, avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie

    75116 Paris - France

    Agathe Valentin: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

    Credits

    Director: Marian Crişan

    Script: Marian Crişan

    DOP: Tudor Mircea

    Editor: Tudor Pojoni

    Cast: Yalcin Yilmaz

    Andras Hathazi

    Elvira Râmbu

    Dorin C. Zachei

    Molnár Levente

    Razvan Vicoveanu

    Alina Berzunţeanu

    Ion Ruşcuţ

    Daniel Vulcu

    Dankó István

    George Voinese

    Petre Ghimbăşan

    Zenaida Săsăran