French Hits ‘Alibi.Com 2’, ‘Sweet Little Things’ Head To Beverly Hills For Comedy Showcase
15.04.2023 - 18:31
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The second edition of the French Comedy Club unfolds at the Lumière Cinéma in Beverly Hills this weekend.
The event, which is open to cinema industry professionals and the public, aims to generate business and raise awareness about French comedy.
Olivier Albou and Laurence Schonberg at Paris-based sales and production company Other Angle Pictures have spearheaded the initiative, with the support of French export body Unifrance and artists residencies body Villa Albertine.
Over the past decade, their company has brought a raft of French comedies to the international market including Netflix hits Spoiled Brats and The Last Mercenary.
This year’s line-up includes the Other Angle title Sweet Little Things as well as Alibi.com 2, which is sold by Newen Connect, and How To Survive Without Mum and Stay With Us, which are both handled internationally by Studiocanal.
The showcase opens Saturday with Ludovic Bernard’s How To Survive Without Mum, starring Franc Dubosc as a stay-at-home dad whose dream skiing holiday falls apart after his lawyer wife is called back to work, leaving him to care for their four children alone.
The film opened in second place at the box office in France on April 12, after Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. The comedy is a sequel to 2020 hit 10 Days Without Mum, which grossed close to $10 million in France.
Mélanie Auffret’s Sweet Little Things (Les Petites Victoires) stars Michel Blanc as a pensioner who enrols at a small village school to learn to read and write where he goes on to challenge the teacher (Julia Platon), who is also the local mayor.
The film won the Jury Prize and the public prize at the French comedy-focused Alpe d’Huez film festival in January and has grossed $6.4 million