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Bac Films Boards Coming-of-Age Drama ‘Cassandre’ Amid Expanded Acquisitions Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
Bac Films has picked up Helene Merlin’s coming-of-age drama 'Cassandre' as it expands its acquisition slate to seven to eight titles a year.
Bac Films has scooped up Hélène Merlin ’s feature debut “Cassandre,” with the Gallic outfit set to launch international sales at next week’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris. Set in a rural idyll during the summer of 1998, the coming-of-age drama casts rising star Billie Blain (“The Animal Kingdom”) opposite screen stalwart Zabou Breitman (“The New Look”), following an adolescent girl as she forges a new sense of self post-puberty. “The company’s acquisition strategy is shifting from a more compact approach to a more aggressive one,” says Llobell, noting that Bac Films is above all looking to acquire first or second features and to help nascent auteurs break into the arthouse market.
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