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MK2 Films Reveals New Acquisitions, Restorations in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
MK2 Films has revealed it has acquired three films and made substantial investments in new restorations.
The masterpiece which launched Catherine Deneuve to stardom, scored by Michel Legrand, comes back with a new 4K restoration performed from the original negative, scanned in immersion to reduce the marks of time on the film. MK2 Films also distributes globally three documentaries presented in this year’s official selection: “Jacques Demy – The Pink and the Black” by Florence Platarets and Frédéric Bonnaud, produced by Ex Nihilo, Ciné-Tamris, Arte France and IN; “François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay” by David Teboul (co-written with Serge Toubiana), produced by 10.7 Productions and INA; and “Jacques Rozier: From One Wave to Another” by Emmanuel Barnault, co-produced by INA and MK2 Films. At Cannes, MK2 will also present to international buyers exclusive new images from François Truffaut’s “Shoot the Piano Player” (1960) in a new 4K UHD HDR version by Hiventy Transperfect with the support of CNC: on the occasion of the 40th anniversary in October 2024 of the disappearance of the leader of the Nouvelle Vague, MK2 Films has now restored all his feature films; and exclusive images of the new 4K restoration of “The End of Violence” (1997) by Oscar-nominated Wim Wenders, starring Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, and Gabriel Byrne.
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