{"id":12028,"date":"2026-05-06T08:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/12028\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:08:07","slug":"haut-et-court-snaps-up-cannes-critic-week-title-for-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/12028\/","title":{"rendered":"Haut Et Court Snaps Up Cannes Critic\u2019 Week Title For France"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Haut et Court has snapped up French rights to Spanish actor and director Aina Clotet\u2019s debut film Viva<\/a> ahead of its world premiere in Cannes<\/a> Critics\u2019 Week.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Paris-based company acquired the film shortly after a pre-festival industry screening for French distributors organised by sales company Loco Films<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tClotet, who is known at home for her award-winning performances in series This Is Not Sweden and Someone\u2019s Daughter (La filla d\u2019alg\u00fa), directs and stars as 40-year-old Nora who is consumed with a need to feel alive having death stared death in the face.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe dives into passionate relationships with two very different men, Tom and Max, whose opposing natures reflect her own inner conflict. But when neither can fill the void, Nora is forced to face the truth, she will have to confront a deeper fear driving her hunger for life.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Catalan, Spanish, English and French-language film is produced by Edmon Roch at Ikiru Films and Marta Bald\u00f3 at Funicular Films, the company created with Aina Clotet, Jan Andreu, Marc Clotet in 2021. Caramel Films has Spanish rights.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cViva is a film as vibrant as a heartbeat; it\u2019s a film that celebrates life with brilliance; it\u2019s a film full of energy driven by the amazing Aina Clotet,\u201d Haut et Court said of its acquisition.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is both generous and raw, and the balance is always just right\u2026 Viva is a film where we reclaim our place and reinvent ourselves more freely.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tViva is among seven features selected for the competition of the 65th edition of parallel section Cannes Critics\u2019 Week, running from May 13 to 21.<\/p>\n

\n\tA French theatrical deal is a cornerstone of international sales campaigns for Cannes-bound arthouse titles, and the acquisition of Viva by Haut et Court will be regarded as a strong endorsement for the film.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company\u2019s recent slate includes Palestine 36, Berlinale Golden Bear winner Yellow Letters and doc breakout Whispers in the Woods as well as upcoming features Cannes Directors\u2019 Fortnight title Carmen The Rebellious Bird.<\/p>\n

\n\tLoco Films\u2019 current slate also features Cannes Official Selection film Avril Besson\u2019s Marvelous Mornings with India Hair, Eric Cantona and Raya Martigny which debuts as a special screening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Haut et Court has snapped up French rights to Spanish actor and director Aina Clotet\u2019s debut film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7307,9085,5,9086,230,9087],"class_list":{"0":"post-12028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-cannes","9":"tag-cannes-critics-week","10":"tag-france","11":"tag-loco-films","12":"tag-spain","13":"tag-viva"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}