Jump Street Films Acquires Mathieu Kassovitz's REBELLION
Jump Street Films has acquired REBELLION, a searing political epic from Mathieu Kassovitz which premiered last month at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Budgeted at nearly $20 million, this uncompromising film is based on an incident that occurred in 1988 in the French colony of New Caledonia. Kassovitz is Philippe Legorjus, an elite counter-terrorism captain who is flown in with 300 of his men when a group of indigenous Kanak separatists take 30 French police hostage. The rebels are demanding independence, and the captain has 10 days to negotiate a settlement. But with the army treating the crisis as a war on hostile soil, and an election in France rapidly approaching, Legorjus is confronted with a situation that will push his own morality to the brink.
While REBELLION offers the nail-biting pleasures of a military action thriller, at its heart it is a boldly intelligent exploration of ideological conflict, of words vs. actions, trust vs. betrayal, and of the choices a soldier must make in times of intense volatility.
The director, actor, co-writer, co-producer and editor of REBELLION, Kassovitz is renowned as director for his controversial Cannes-winning LA HAINE, along with THE CRIMSON RIVERS and American thrillers such as GOTHIKA. As an actor, he may be best known as the male lead in AMELIE opposite Audrey Tautou and alongside Nicole Kidman in BIRTHDAY GIRL.
REBELLION will screen at the London Film Festival next week, and has been acquired by Lionsgate for UK distribution. It will be released in Australia in the first half of 2012.
The trailer can be viewed here: http://www.iunozat.com/rebellion/trailer.html
ACCLAIM FOR REBELLION
France’s maverick filmmaker returns in full form for this major production... A tightly made action drama - SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
Muscularly fulfills the duties of a war movie, a historical reckoning and a political intervention... A refreshingly unusual mega-production for its attention to the subtleties of language, to the role of words in arming or disarming weapons - VARIETY
Kassovitz’s best movie since LA HAINE. Artistically ambitious, beautifully written and politically incisive - LE FILM FRANCAIS
An outstanding movie - PARIS MATCH
Kassovitz is back! Terrence Malick meets Apocalypse Now! - LE MOUV
A brilliant movie, impeccable stylistically with fine directorial flourishes - LE FIGARO
Budgeted at nearly $20 million, this uncompromising film is based on an incident that occurred in 1988 in the French colony of New Caledonia. Kassovitz is Philippe Legorjus, an elite counter-terrorism captain who is flown in with 300 of his men when a group of indigenous Kanak separatists take 30 French police hostage. The rebels are demanding independence, and the captain has 10 days to negotiate a settlement. But with the army treating the crisis as a war on hostile soil, and an election in France rapidly approaching, Legorjus is confronted with a situation that will push his own morality to the brink.
While REBELLION offers the nail-biting pleasures of a military action thriller, at its heart it is a boldly intelligent exploration of ideological conflict, of words vs. actions, trust vs. betrayal, and of the choices a soldier must make in times of intense volatility.
The director, actor, co-writer, co-producer and editor of REBELLION, Kassovitz is renowned as director for his controversial Cannes-winning LA HAINE, along with THE CRIMSON RIVERS and American thrillers such as GOTHIKA. As an actor, he may be best known as the male lead in AMELIE opposite Audrey Tautou and alongside Nicole Kidman in BIRTHDAY GIRL.
REBELLION will screen at the London Film Festival next week, and has been acquired by Lionsgate for UK distribution. It will be released in Australia in the first half of 2012.
The trailer can be viewed here: http://www.iunozat.com/rebellion/trailer.html
ACCLAIM FOR REBELLION
France’s maverick filmmaker returns in full form for this major production... A tightly made action drama - SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
Muscularly fulfills the duties of a war movie, a historical reckoning and a political intervention... A refreshingly unusual mega-production for its attention to the subtleties of language, to the role of words in arming or disarming weapons - VARIETY
Kassovitz’s best movie since LA HAINE. Artistically ambitious, beautifully written and politically incisive - LE FILM FRANCAIS
An outstanding movie - PARIS MATCH
Kassovitz is back! Terrence Malick meets Apocalypse Now! - LE MOUV
A brilliant movie, impeccable stylistically with fine directorial flourishes - LE FIGARO
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