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The Empire

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The Empire (L'Empire)

original title:

L'Empire

directed by:

Bruno Dumont

cast:

Lyna Khoudri, Camille Cottin, Anamaria Vartolomei, Fabrice Luchini, Julien Manier, Brandon Vlieghe, Philippe Jore, Bernard Pruvost

screenplay:

Bruno Dumont

cinematography:

David Chambille

editing:

Bruno Dumont, Desideria Rayner

set design:

Erwan Le Gal

costume design:

Alexandra Charles, Carole Chollet

producer:

Jean Bréhat, Bertrand Faivre, Dorothe Beinemeier, Fabrizio Mosca, Andrea Paris, Matteo Rovere, Ines Vasiljevic, Olivier Dubois, Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves, Emma Binet

production:

Tessalit Productions, Red Balloon Film, Ascent Film, Novak, Rosa Filmes, Furyo Films, with the support of Canal+, Cine+, Pictanovo, CNC, Eurimages, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Filmfund Hamburg - Schleswig Holstein

distribution:

Academy Two [Italy], Mcf Megacom Film [Albania], Mirada [Argentina], Russian Report [Armenia], Russian Report [Azerbaijan], Russian Report [Belarus], Cineart [Belgium], Mcf Megacom Film [Bosnia and Herzegovina], Beta Film [Bulgaria], Kino Lorber [Canada], Mcf Megacom Film [Croatia], Njutafilms [Denmark], Scanorama [Estonia], Njutafilms [Finland], Arp Sélection [France], Russian Report [Georgia], Vertigo Media [Hungary], Njutafilms [Iceland], Falcon Pictures [Indonesia], Russian Report [Kazakhstan], Russian Report [Kyrgyzstan], Scanorama [Latvia], Scanorama [Lithuania], Russian Report [Moldova], Mcf Megacom Film [Montenegro], Cineart [Netherlands], Mcf Megacom Film [North Macedonia], Njutafilms [Norway], Storytelling Media [Norway], Nitrato Filmes [Portugal], Russian Report [Russia], Mcf Megacom Film [Serbia], Mcf Megacom Film [Slovenia], Njutafilms [Sweden], Russian Report [Tajikistan], Kino Lorber [United States], Russian Report [Uzbekistan]

world sales:

Memento International [France]

country:

France/Italy/Germany/Belgium/Portugal

year:

2024

film run:

110'

format:

colour

release date:

13/06/2024

festivals & awards:

From the banal daily life of a fisherman’s village on the Opal Coast, emerges the epic parallel life of knights from interplanetary kingdoms. Rival clans are engaged in fierce and bloody battle following the announcement of the birth of Margat, the resurgent Prince, purple and ugly, the Beast of the Endtimes — located here on the Opal Coast, he is the child of a young couple already separated, as is common to life in a working class neighbourhood…