Gaumont has enlisted distributors in main European markets and past for “A Tough 12 months,” a topical comedy directed by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, the French filmmaking duo behind the smash hit “Intouchables.”
Offers had been scored on the heels on the Unifrance Rendez-Vous showcase in Paris, the place Gaumont unveiled the movie’s promo to consumers with Toledano and Nakache readily available.
“A Tough 12 months” has now been offered to Spain (A Contracorriente), Belgium and Netherlands (Cineart), Italy (iWonder), Germany and Austria (Weltkino), Poland (Gutek), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Greece (Feelgood), Hungary (Mozinet), Czech Republic, Slovakia (Aerofilms), Portugal (Nos), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Romania (Independenta) and Israel (Lev).
Gaumont will subsequent current the promo on the Berlinale’s European Movie Market the place it will likely be closing additional gross sales.
Toledano and Nakache’s eighth function, “A Tough 12 months” is bolstered by an ensemble solid together with Jonathan Cohen, Pio Marmaï, Noémie Merlant and Mathieu Amalric. The film reteams Toledano and Nakache with their longtime producers at Quad Movies. The pair additionally co-produced by their banner Ten Cinema, alongside Gaumont.
“A Tough 12 months” follows two compulsive spenders, Albert and Bruno, who’re in debt as much as their necks. Whereas in search of assist from neighborhood staff to get their lives again on monitor, Albert and Bruno run into a bunch of younger inexperienced activists. Lured by the free beer and snacks slightly than by the beliefs of those eco-activists, Albert and Bruno discover themselves becoming a member of the motion with out a lot conviction. The film marks Toledano and Nakache’s comply with as much as their TV debut “En therapie,” whose first and second season reached report rankings for a scripted sequence on Franco-German community Arte.
Interviewed by Selection in the course of the Unifrance Rendez-Vous showcase, Toledano and Nakache stated the concept for “A Tough 12 months” matured in the course of the peak of the pandemic, when France, like the remainder of the world, was on lockdown.
“We questioned if we may reside the way in which we did earlier than this occurred, whether or not that was appropriate with this concept of a ‘new world,’ and never figuring out which camp we belonged to. And that’s after we figured we must always make a movie about this interior battle and clarify this form of schizophrenia that our technology feels,” stated Toledano.
Nakache, in the meantime, stated the movie makes an attempt to seize the paradoxes of our instances with humor, and added that he and Toledano’s references for “A Tough 12 months” had been Italian comedies like “Massive Deal on Madonna Avenue” and “The Monsters.”
