Square Eyes Acquires Sales Rights for Displacement Drama 'Paris Paris' Ahead of Karlovy Vary Premiere
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Melanie Goodfellow
Crusty in the right places. Worth the chew.
Summary
Vienna-based sales agency Square Eyes has acquired international sales rights for Belgian director Isabelle Tollenaere's displacement drama 'Paris Paris,' which follows three men from China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Palestine living together in a squatted apartment in Paris. The film is set to premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival's Proxima sidebar in July. The story explores themes of exile, displacement, and the fleeting nature of possessions, relationships, and home.
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The drama follows three men from China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Palestine living together in a squatted apartment in a seemingly abandoned building in Paris.
The group is bound together by their shared experience of life in exile and the fleeting nature of their possessions, relationships, and sense of home.
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