EXCLUSIVE: Memento jumped aboard Ruben Östlund The entertainment system is broken down For the French distribution of the co -production office.
The satire of the double director of Palme d’Or Tops on a long-haul flight between the United Kingdom and Australia where the entertainment system fails and the passengers are forced to cope with the horror of being bored.
The film runs in Budapest after the start of production in January.
It includes a cast, including Kirsten Dunst, Daniel Brühl, Keanu Reeves, Nicholas Braun and Julie Delpy.
A24 has already reduced American rights, Lionsgate Films for the United Kingdom and SF Studios has Nordic distribution rights.
“We have long appreciated political humor biting films by Ruben Östlund,” said Memento founder Alexandre Mallet-Guy.
“This new satire, with its five -star distribution, explores our dependence on screens and our constant thirst for distraction through a frame with infernal closed doors. The script promises another deliciously ruthless destruction game.”
The entertainment system is broken down is produced by the product of Sweden form with the German and La Parisien de France essential films. The co-producers are BBC Film, Film I Väst, Sveriges Television, Arte France Cinema, ZDF / Arte, SF Studios, Norway’s Eye Eye Pictures, Paloma Productions du Denmark and Le Bon Chaos du United Kingdom.
The funding was obtained through the Swedish Film Institute, Meddienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderungsstalt (FFA), the Norwegian Film Institute, the Danish Film Institute, with the participation of Canal +, Disney + and Arte France, and the support of Creative Europe Media.
The film is produced in association with Proton Cinema, Bord Frame Films, Sovereign Films, Cinema Useless and Gold Rush Pictures.
France was one of the last territories to seal. The film has already been sold to Alamode Film / Wild Bunch Germany (Germany and Austria), Lucky Red / Teodora Film (Italy), Sharmill Films (Australia and New Zealand), Elevation Pictures (Canada), Elastica / Bteam Pictures (Spain), September film (Benelux), Board Films (Switzerland) AEROFILM (Greece), Alambique Films (Portugal), FilmStop (Baltics), Sun Distribution Group (Latin America), Falcon (Middle East) and Road Pictures (China).