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‘The Marching Band’ Feted At 30th Rendez-Vous With French Cinema In New York

The heartwarming, music-themed crowd-pleaser, starring Benjamin Lavernhe as a celebrated conductor who discovers he is adopted and has a brother raised and living in a depressed manufacturing town, has enjoyed a successful box run in France where it grossed close to $20M. The Best Emerging Filmmaker Student Jury praised the film’s exploration of French identity, the special spiritual connection between strangers as well as its warmth and creative use of animated interludes, calling it “an impressive debut.” The award is designed to bring attention to the unique cinematic point of view of emerging filmmakers and their interpretation of France’s new and diverse identities, and to encourage young people to attend the festival.

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