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PRODUCT LISTINGSPhone: 91-22-6629-1818On Offer:Ghajini (India; action-adventure) Producers:Tagore Madhu, Madhu Mantena; director: A.r.Murugadoss; cast: Aamir Khan, Asin Thottumkal.A saga of love, loss and revenge, it’s aconnoisseur’s favorite. About a short-termmemory loss patient and his quest forredemption, the lead actor (superstar AamirKhan) transforms into an 8-pack abs baringhunk. Clocking in a historic $43 million in just 3weeks at the worldwide box office, it is thebiggest industry grosser of all time. (185 mins.;screener cassette/DVD; debuting)Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (India; romance)Producer: Aamir Khan Productions; director:Abbas Tyrewala; cast: Imran Khan, GeneliaD’souza. Marking the debut of teen sensation,Imran Khan (nephew of Bollywood heavyweightAamir Khan), the breezy and innocentcampus caper is about young people growingup, growing apart, and then growing in love.Charming the hearts of millions, it became thebiggest sleeper hit of 2008. Its lilting soundtrack,by the Golden Globe and AcademyAward® winner, A.R. Rahman, was a chartbusterof epic proportions. (145 mins.; screenercassette/DVD; debuting)Sarkar Raj (India; drama) Producers: RamGopal Varma, Praveen Nishol; director: RamGopal Varma; cast: Amitabh Bachchan,Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai-bachchan.It marks the screen debut of the most powerfuland loved film family of India - TheBachchans, featuring the legendary AmitabhBachchan, his superstar son, AbhishekBachchan, and former Miss World, internationalstar and daughter-in-law, Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan. (124 mins.; screener cassette/DVD;debuting)INFERNO INTERNATIONALCannes 2009 Office: 4 Boulevard De LaCroisette, 4th FloorOffice Phone: +33 (0)493 39 1645Phone: 310-598-2550On Offer:The Experiment (USA; thriller) Producers:Bill Johnson, Marty Adelstein, Scott Nemes;director: Paul T. ScheuringA remake of the Germanthriller, “Das Experiment”, in which 26men are chosen to participate in the roles ofguards and prisoners in a psychological studythat ultimately spirals out of control. (preproduction;presales; debuting)King of the Fighters (USA; action-adventure)Producers: Bobby Sheng, Tim Kwok,Steve Chicorel; director: Gordon Chan; cast:Sean Faris, Maggie Q, Sean Faris. A stylish,high-octane, live action feature based on thehighly successful video game franchise, inwhich the last surviving descendants of threelegendary clans are continuously transportedto other dimensions to test their martial artsskills against an evil force that seeks to invadeand infect the real world. (postproduction;product reel/trailer; returning)INSTIGATOR FILMSPhone: 353-1-8217934On Offer:8.5 Hours (Ireland; drama) Producers: BrianLally, Liam Moran, Richard Callaghan; director:Brian Lally; cast: Jonathan Byrne, GeraldinePlunkett. “8.5 Hours” is a sexually chargeddrama about one extraordinary working day inthe lives of four office workers during the finalstages of Ireland’s boom years. On one Mondayin Dublin, between the hours of 9 to 5.30,each of the four characters’ lives descends intoturmoil. (110 mins.; screening; debuting)INTANDEM FILMSCannes 2009 Office: Apartments C11 & C12,Relais De La Reine, 42/43 La Croisette, 06400CannesOffice Phone: 33-04-93-06-70-01Phone: 44-0-207-851-3800On Offer:Blown (U.K.; thriller) Producers: George Tiffin,Martha Fiennes; director: Martha Fiennes;cast: Samuel L Jackson, Guy Pearce, FrankaPotente. Tasked with the most crucial missionof his career, a British Secret Service agentmust decide whether his duty is to his countryor the truth. (preproduction; returning)Islands in the Stream (U.K.; actionadventure)Producers: Tommy Lee Jones, EricWilliams; director: Tommy Lee Jones; cast:Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman, JohnGoodman. A thrilling, heart-rending storybased on the Ernest Hemingway novel.(development; returning)Who Is Doris Payne? (U.K.; thriller) Producers:Jason Felts, Ann Carli; cast: Halle Berry.17 countries, 22 identities, 50 years on the run...This is the thrilling true story of one of theworld’s most prolific jewellery thieves. (development;presales; debuting)INTERNATIONAL ROME FILMFESTIVALCannes 2009 Office: Italian Pavillon- VillageInt’l RivieraPhone: 39-06-40401900INTRAMOVIES S.R.L.Cannes 2009 Office: Riviera, Booth G25Phone: 39-06-8076157On Offer:Bollywood Hero (Italy; drama) Producer:Idtv Film; director: Diederik Van Rooijen; cast:Egbert-jan Weeber, Ishwari Bose-bhattacharya.A young dutch actor sets off to Indiato play a part in a Bollywood film. Confrontedby the misery of the homeless in Bombay andafter an accident he decides to no longer be apassive eyewitness to all the misery aroundhim. This decision will be more far-reachingthan he could imagine... (85 mins.; screening;debuting)The Case of Unfaithful Klara (Italy;drama) Producers: Jean Vigo Italia, MedusaFilm; director: Roberto Faenza; cast: Laura Chiatti,Claudo Santamaria. In contemporaryPrague a young musician is obsessed by jealousyfor his beautiful girlfriend Klara. Heengages a private detective to spy on Klarabut this starts an uncontrollable series of accidents,misunderstandings and traps culminatingin an unusual Venice… (100 mins.; screening;debuting)Giulia Doesn’t Date at Night (Italy;drama) Producers: Lumeière & Co., Raicinema;director: Giuseppe Piccioni; cast: Valeria Golino,Valerio Mastrandrea, . A successful and marriedwriter grappling with feelings of futilityabout his profession, meets in a swimmingpool a fascinating woman, which hides asecret and a mysterious past. (105 mins.;screening; debuting)ITN DISTRIBUTIONCannes 2009 Office: Riviera C-11Office Phone: 917-690-1539Phone: 917-690-1539On Offer:Frankie D (USA; family) Producers: RosemaryEdelman, James Bridges Jr., ShashawneeHall, Ken Nowling, Brian Gary, Todd Bridges,Ron Lee; director: Rosemary Edelman; cast:Todd Bridges, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Aaron Meeks.Frankie D is the story of an upscale carpenterwho gets ripped off by two street kids, andinstead of throwing them in jail, when he realizeshow horrific their life is, he takes them ashis, because he was these kids. (96 mins.;screening; debuting)Prey (USA; horror) Producers: ElizabethHowatt-jackman, Robert Lewis-galinsky;director: George Miller; cast: Natalie Bassingthwaighte,Jesse Johnson. Dreamtime canbe a nightmare. The story is inspired by thedisappearance in the late 80’s of a NorthAmerican couple who disappeared in the WestAustralian desert on a 4WD holiday. (100mins.; premiere; debuting)Text (USA; horror) Producer: Jennifer Maskrey;director: Brian Mcculley; cast: Hanna Hall, ReggieBannister, Daisy De La Hoya, JonathanTrent. Text follows four teenagers as they trackdown a series of mysterious deaths at theirhigh school connected to text messagesreceived by the victims.They quickly learn thatthe deaths are connected to their school’sValentine’s dance and if they aren’t able tostop it in time, everyone there may die. (85mins.; screener cassette/DVD; debuting)JAM ENTERTAINMENTOffice Phone: 49-172-4441353Phone: 49-89-69393166On Offer:Car Napping (Germany; action-adventure)Producer: Lothar H. Krischer (terra Filmkunst);director: Wigbert Wicker; cast: Adolfo Celi,Eddie Constantine, Ivan Desny, Bernd Stephan,Anny Duperey, Michel Galabru, Adrian Hoven.German cult-classic in the tradition of “Gone In60 Seconds”. Shot on location in Cannes, Parisand Vienna. (85 mins.; screener cassette/DVD;returning)The Girls From Atlantis (Germany;adult/erotic) Producer/director: EckhartSchmidt; cast: Isi Ter Jung, Horst Letten, ArthurBrauss. The Girls From Atlantis have come toearth to shrink as many men as possible tobring the back home. Trashy cult erotic fromacclaimed German director Eckhart Schmidt.(87 mins.; screener cassette/DVD; debuting)Loft: The New Seed of Violence (Germany;thriller) Producers: Sam Waynberg,Wolfgang Odenthal; director: EckhartSchmidt; cast: Andreas Sportelli, Max Tidof,Sibylle Rauch, Rebecca Winter. Erotic Neo-Noir-Thriller by acclaimed German directorEckhart Schmidt. (82 mins.; screener cassette/DVD;returning)JINGA FILMSCannes 2009 Office: Stand E-7 RivieraPalaosOffice Phone: 06-27-87-46-48Phone: 44-0-207-287-0050On Offer:The Disappeared (U.K.; thriller) Producer:Neil Murphy & Johnny Kevorkian; director:Johnny Kevorkian; cast: Harry Treadaway (cityOf Ember) Tom Felton (harry Potter 1-7 AsDraco Malfoy) Greg Wise (sense And Sensibility)Alex Jennings (bridget Jones) GeorgiaGroome (angus, Thongs And Full FrontalSnogging). In the tradition of The Omen andSixth Sense comes a superbly acted andthrilling supernatural shocker. When Matthewhears chilling voices on the recording of a newsconference about his brother‘s disappearance,he begins to question his sanity. When afriend’s sister is also abducted, the ghostlyvoices guide him to an underground labyrinthand a terrifying confrontation with the killer.(96 mins.; returning)Exodus (U.K.; sci-fi) Producer: Ruth Kenleyletts;director: Penny Woolcock; cast: BernardHill (the Lord Of The Rings) Claire-hopeAshitey (children Of Men) Daniel Percival (synchronicity).In this nightmare vision of thefuture, neo-fascist politician (Bernard Hill)clears the streets of immigrants confiningthem in a ghetto called Dreamland. But whenhis adopted son (Daniel Percival) discoversthat his real parents are imprisoned refugees,his attempts to help them escape result in acatastrophic war in which the brutallyoppressed resort to brutal means to win theirfreedom. (110 mins.; debuting)Salvage (U.K.; horror) Producer: Julie Lau;director: Lawrence Gough; cast: Shaun Dooley(eden Lake) Linzey Cocker (wild Child) DeanAndrew (my Summer Of Love)shahid Ahmed(28 Weeks Later) Neve Mcintosh & Ben Batt(the Edge Of Love). When a container washesashore the residents of a sleepy cul-de-sac areplunged into violence, terror and paranoia.Ring fenced by the military a single mothermust overcome all the odds to save herdaughter. (80 mins.; debuting)JOINT ENTERTAINMENTINTERNATIONAL, INC.Cannes 2009 Office: Palais 01 Stand 26.02Office Phone: 886-922-611-535Phone: 886-2-2720-6007On Offer:Attitude (Taiwan; documentary) Producer:Blackie Chen; directors: Leo Liao, Jia-wei Lin.“Attitude” follows the Taiwan Beer BasketballTeam through good times and bad on its wayto trying to win a championship. (80 mins.;screener cassette/DVD; debuting)The Days (Taiwan; drama) Producers: BoiKwong, April Tong, Randy Ang; director: BoiKwong; cast: Justin Chan, Ivan Lim. Based on atrue story, “The Days” tells a cautionary taleabout two brothers after a poor decisionthrows them both into a tumultuous and violentworld. (100 mins.; screener cassette/DVD;debuting)Su Mi Ma Sen, Love (Taiwan; drama) Producers:Roger Huang, James Liu; director: YuhsienLin; cast: Chie Tanaka, Huai-jhong Wu. Ayoung Taiwanese projectionist believes hisencounter with a Japanese actress is pre-destined.But, how can he convince this Japanesegirl that their fates are really crossed? It willtake his wits, humors and most importantlyhis heart to do the magic. (75 mins.; screenercassette/DVD; debuting)K5 INTERNATIONALCannes 2009 Office: Les Jardins Du GrandHotel (shops)Office Phone: 33-0-6-21-42-44Phone: 49-89-37505590On Offer:A Matter of Size (Germany; comedy) Producers:Chilik Michaeli, Tami Leon, AvrahamPirchi, Daniel Baur, Oliver Simon; directors:Sharon Maymon, Erez Tadmor; cast: ItzikCohen, Togo Igawa, Levana Finkelstein, AlonDahan, Dvir Benedek, Shmulik Cohen. “A MAT-TER OF SIZE” is a comedy about a ‘comingout’ of a different kind - overweight peoplelearning to accept themselves. Four overweightfriends from the Israeli city of Ramleare fed up of dieting and the dieting club theybelong to. (90 mins.; screening; debuting)Separation City (Germany; comedy) Producers:Mark Overett, Angela Littlejohn, TomScott; director: Paul Middleditch; cast: RhonaMitra, Thomas Kretschmann. A painful taleabout marriage, bad sex and requited love (90mins.; debuting)Wonderful World (Germany; drama) Producers:Miranda Bailey, Matthew Leutwyler,Glenn Williamson; director: Joshua Goldin;cast: Matthew Broderick, Sanaa Lathan. Acomic fable about the most negative man inthe world. (95 mins.; screening; debuting)KADOKAWA PICTURES, INC.Phone: 81-0-3-5213-0693On Offer:Drop (Japan; drama) Producers: TaiichiInoue, Seiji Mizugami; director: Hiroshi Shinagawa;cast: Hiroki Narimiya, Hiro Mizushima, .Angst-ridden teen, Hiroshi, aspiring to theexciting life of a teen hood, transfers to a publicschool where he immediately gets in troublewith the school’s tough gang leader, Tatsuya.Though Hiroshi is pummeled, hisnever-say-die attitude earns him entry intothe gang where he sinks into a daily rhythm ofrumbles, truancy and hard-earned friendships.But despite all his rebellious energy andyouthful zeal, Hiroshi finds his manhood mosttested in matters of the heart. (122 mins.;screening; returning)Goodbye, My Secret Friend (Japan;drama) Producer: Taiichi Inoue; director: ToshihikoOooka; cast: Yu Aoi, Arashi Fukazawa.Your life’s experience will bring tears to you atCANNES ⁄ MAY 2009 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 17