The film will screen from August 27 in the First Films World Competition at Montréal World Film Festival.
The film is due to hit cinemas in early spring 2010, in order to play festivals prior to theatrical release, the director told FNE. Negotiations with a Swiss distributor are underway.
The producers recently signed with a sales agent, EastWest Filmdistribution GmbH (www.eastwest-distribution.com).
The Childhood of Icarus is a Romanian-French-Swiss co-production between Elefant Films, Elefant Film, and Freshline Productions (www.freshline-production.com), the first two owned by the Alexandru Iordăchescu together with producer-director Ruxandra Zenide. The film is produced by Ruxandra Zenide, Dan Burlac and Alexandru Iordăchescu. Christophe Servell is co-producing.
Written by Alexandru Iordăchescu, Marianne Brun and Marcel Beaulieu, The Childhood of Icarus is a fantasy drama involving gene therapy and regaining the youth. Lead actor Guillaume Depardieu died a few days after the shooting ended in Romania last year. This is his last film.
The cast also includes Alysson Paradis, Carlo Brandt and Dorotheea Petre. The DOP is Marius Panduru.
Production information
Elefant Films
3 rue Voltaire
1201 Geneva, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 301 6500
Fax: + 41 22 301 6501
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Elefant Film
123 Calea Moşilor street
Sector 2, Bucureşti, Romania
Contact - Dan Burlac: + 40 746 242635
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Freshline Production
83 rue Saint Honoré
75001 Paris, France
Phone: +33 (0)1 40 267 624
http://www.freshline-production.com/
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Credits
Director: Alexandru Iordăchescu
Script: Alexandru Iordăchescu
Marianne Brun
Marcel Beaulieu
DOP: Marius Panduru
Cast: Guillaume Depardieu
Alysson Paradis
Carlo Brandt
Dorotheea Petre
Sophie Lukasik
