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| French cinema’s hopes for 2017 pinned on Luc Besson’s Valerian Photo: EuropaCorp |
The box office take overseas plunged 69 per cent last year compared to 2015 when such titles as Luc Besson’s Lucy and the latest in the Taken franchise bolstered numbers. Gilles Renouard, Unifrance’s deputy director, noted that such films were the exception rather than the norm. Titles which performed strongly were cited as English-language French 3D animated fantasy The Little Prince and the English-language thriller Shut In as well as The Sense of Wonder, The New Adventures Of Aladdin, Up for Love, Seasons, Mustang, and The Student And Mister Henri, Chocolat and Elle.
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| A bit of magic for French cinema last year: The Little Prince Photo: Unifrance |
Experts point out that it takes only a couple of hits to turn the fortunes around with hopes pinned for this year on Luc Besson’s big budget slice of sci-fi Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets as well as the Omar Sy comedy-drama Two Is A Family.
