In
an article Cineuropa.org site devoted to sales of movies produced by
Protagonist Pictures at the Berlinale 2011, we learn that “Bel Ami” will
be ready for the Festival de Cannes or Venice.
In addition, the project that have engaged Uma Thurman and Robert Pattinson, an adaptation of the novel by Guy de Maupassant Bel Ami, will be ready for Cannes or Venice. Rights have been sold to Studio Canal Plus in France and Germany and Optimum for the United Kingdom.
The
International Film Festival in Venice runs from August 31 to September
10 and the selection announced in July. In case the film would not be
presented at Cannes, it is legitimate to think that will be offered the
choice of Venice. Remains whether the conditions to be proposed for
selection are the same as for Cannes, ie no diffusion in a country other
than the original one. If so, expect to see the film’s release date
pushed back again. We will know more next April, the month in which the
films will be officially announced for the selection at Cannes.
