Cinema Epoch acquires "SKIRT DAY"

Cinema Epoch has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the Isabelle Adjani-starrer SKIRT DAY (La Journee De La Jupe). The film is Adjani's return to the screen after a five year hiatus and premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.

The deal was negotiated between Cinema Epoch president Gregory Hatanaka and Rezo Films head of international sales Sebastien Chesneau. It is a Mascaret Films/Arte France/RTBF/Fontana Belgium Production and is directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld.

Screen veteran Isabelle Adjani stars as Sonia Bergerac, an instructor at a school for "difficult" children. As if that role were not demanding enough, Sonia's husband suddenly and inexplicably leaves her, and she encounters considerable problems adjusting to her work environment. She thus finds herself careening toward a nervous breakdown, with seemingly no way to stop.

Compounding matters is Sonia's decision to buck the principal's rule of no skirts for female teachers, a policy she resents. Sonia's world explodes into chaos one afternoon when she discovers a gun in one of her students' bags. Acting spontaneously and indignantly, she seizes it and fires an accidental shot, wounding one pupil's leg. The incident gets misread and draws untoward attention, and before long parents, politicians, law officers and the media surround the school and turn an unfortunate incident into a full-blown hostage crisis that may well push Sonia over the edge of sanity.

Cinema Epoch will release the film theatrically in early Spring.

The acquisition is one of the first of Cinema Epoch's theatrical acquisitions as it branches into the arthouse/foreign language market.

Press inquiries, please contact Warren Hong, info@cinemaepoch.com

Official website: http://www.rezofilms.com/distribution/la-journee-de-la-jupe

Trailer links:
http://www.moviestrailer.org/skirt-day-movie-trailer.html
http://www.azmovies.net/la-journee-de-la-jupe.html

Cinema Epoch acquires "HIDDEN LOVE"

Cinema Epoch has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the Italian production L'AMOUR CACHE (Hidden Love) directed by Alessandro Capone. The film stars Isabelle Huppert, Greta Scacchi and Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds). It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and is a Cristaldi Pictures Production.

The deal was negotiated between Cinema Epoch president Gregory Hatanaka and Parkland Pictures CEO John Cairns and International Sales head Ivo Fiorenza.

Isabelle Huppert plays Danielle, a middle-aged woman rebounding from the trauma of an unsuccessful suicide attempt, and wrestling resolutely with the inner demons that propelled her into that tragic emotional state. Greta Scacchi (White Mischief) co-stars as Dr. Nielsen, the psychiatrist assigned to guide Danielle through therapy and recovery.

Though the patient initially presents herself as unwilling to vocalize, in time she picks up a pen and attempts to write, letting the words flow out of her, cathartically, onto paper. It becomes apparent to both doctor and subject that the source of Danielle's trauma lies in her dysfunctional, estranged relationship with her daughter, Sophie (Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds) - now a contented, healthy wife and mother with a husband and a small child of her own - and that Danielle herself caused the schism by allowing irrational feelings of jealousy and inadequacy to separate her from Sophie.

Danielle soon realizes that if she is to make any progress on emotional and psychological levels, she and Sophie must work through the immense obstacle of anger that divides them.

The acquisition is one of the first of Cinema Epoch's theatrical acquisitions as it branches into the arthouse/foreign language market. Cinema Epoch president Gregory Hatanaka says "We are delighted to be bringing this intense drama, featuring a terrific performance by Isabelle Huppert, to the American audience. It is a compelling account of the conflictions of motherhood."

Press inquiries, please contact Warren Hong, info@cinemaepoch.com

Official website: http://www.lamourcache-lefilm.com/

Trailer:
http://www.movieplayer.it/trailer/3977/l-amore-nascosto-trailer/

Cinema Epoch acquires "EYE FOR AN EYE" and "FIGHTER IN THE WIND"

Cinema Epoch has acquired North American distribution rights to the Korean films EYE FOR AN EYE and FIGHTER IN THE WIND from sales company Finecut.

The deal was negotiated between Cinema Epoch president Gregory Hatanaka & Executive Vice-President Eunseon Ha and Finecut CEO Suh Youngjoo.

Crossing Michael Mann style with Martin Scorsese characters, EYE FOR AN EYE follows the devious brain behind a heist, who draws a top police detective, on the eve of his retirement, into an elaborate plot of robbery and revenge. The film stars Han Suk-Kyu (Shiri, President's Last Bang).

FIGHTER IN THE WIND is based largely on a famous cartoon series by Bang Hak-ki, featuring Choi Bae-dal (1922-1994), a real life figure who moved to Japan during the colonial period and established himself as a much-admired karate fighter by founding a new version of the martial arts form called Kyokushin Karate In 1934, 11-year-old Bae-dal (Yang Dong-geun) watches his father`s farmhand, Bum-soo, fighting with Japanese officials in the market in Gimjae, Korea. He admires Bum-soo`s fighting skills and starts to learn to fight.

Press inquiries, please contact Warren Hong, info@cinemaepoch.com

Cinema Epoch acquires film noir BREAK from Odyssey Motion Pictures

Break, directed by Marc Clebanoff, is a stylistic noir drama about an introverted hit man named Frank who is contracted to carry out an unusual job. When the city's crime boss, known only as "The Man", discovers that he's terminally ill, he enlists Frank to carry out his own assassination.

BREAK features an all-star cast including Frank Krueger, Sarah Thompson, Chad Everett, Michael Madsen, David Carradine, Charles Durning, James Russo, Mackenzie Firgens, Matthew Jones & martial arts master Xin Sarith Wuku.

The film will be released theatrically in May.

Official website: www.nocleanbreak.com

Cinema Epoch acquires award-winning Canadian film THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY

When a woman plummets from her condo balcony in Toronto's West Queen West neighbourhood, five turbulent lives collide, releasing spurts and geysers of long suppressed sexuality and aggression.

The film has been nominated for four Genie Awards and is a five-time Festival award winner.

THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY is directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly and was produced by Gass-Donnelly and Lee Kim. It is a 20/40 Production.

The film will be released theatrically in May.

Official website: www.thisbeautifulcity.ca

Philip Pullman's THE BUTTERFLY TATTOO debuts in April

Cinema Epoch has acquired THE BUTTERFLY TATTOO based on the best-selling novel by Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass).

The film follows the ill-fated "Romeo and Juliet"-like romance of two teenage lovers from the gritty side of Oxford. The Butterfly Tattoo introduces a fresh young cast, a soundtrack of unsigned bands from Oxford's vibrant music scene, and a score by veteran renowned composer Ludovico Einaudi to tell a truly heartbreaking story of love and death.

THE BUTTERFLY TATTOO will be theatrically released starting April 17.

It is directed by Phil Hawkins and is a Dynamic Entertainment Production.

Sam's Lake Premieres in L.A.

LOS ANGELES THEATRICAL PREMIERE
January 30-February 5, Laemmle's Grande Theatre
Showtimes at www.laemmle.com

From the producers of "Twilight" and Madonna's Maverick Films.

Inspired by a murder-mystery-turned-legend surrounding a massacre near "Sam's Lake," the film follows Sam, a young woman who, every summer, returns home to the secluded lakeside cottage she grew up in, to reconnect with her traditions and memories of the past deep within an isolated forest. This year's guests are a group of hip, young urbanites, who join Sam on her annual trip. But when Sam and her childhood friend and local to the area, Jesse, take the group on an adventure to revisit the site of the murder they all come face to face with the terrifying legend of "Sam's Lake."

Inspirational Drama P.J. Hits Theaters In November!

LOS ANGELES THEATRICAL PREMIERE
November 7-13, Laemmle's Grande Theatre
Q&A with filmmakers and cast after the Friday 7:30 show!
Purchase tickets at www.laemmle.com

P.J. directed by Russ Emanuel and starring Howard Nash, John Heard (Home Alone, Mindwalk), Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos), Patricia Rae (Maria Full of Grace), Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager) and Hallie Kate Eisenberg (Bicentennial Man) will debut theatrically in November.

A man who calls himself P.J. (played by Howard Nash), has witnessed a horrific accident and subsequently retreats within himself. He barely talks, and doesn't even know who he is. He is brought to a hospital where the resident doctor (John Heard) tries to get through to him with the help of his assistant (Vincent Pastore) and P.J.'s bitter ex-girlfriend (Patricia Rae). All the while, the doctor is fighting his own life's demons, and an out-of-touch supervisor (Robert Picardo) who wants P.J. permanently committed.

Relevant questions of God and faith are tackled in this dramatic, yet inspiring film based on Mark McQuown's award-winning play.

Circulation Makes Its Theatrical Premiere

LOS ANGELES THEATRICAL PREMIERE
November 7-13, Laemmle's Grande Theatre
Q&A with filmmaker and cast at the Saturday 9:45 show!
Purchase tickets at www.laemmle.com

A Film by Ryan Harper

Ana is a middle aged Mexican woman who works at her family's restaurant. On her way to visit her new boyfriend at a beach side hotel, her jealous ex-husband attempts a vicious kidnapping resulting in a car accident that kills them both. Ana crawls out of the wreckage and in the sweltering heat walks down the highway towards the nearest town.

Finally, a vehicle stops. Gene is an older American tourist vacationing in Baja. He's retired and has rough way about him. He waves Ana into his RV, but they immediately encounter a communication barrier. Ana doesn't speak English and Gene doesn't speak Spanish. Ana soon finds that her world is not the same. The hotel where she was supposed to meet her boyfriend is in ruins and the people that inhabit it seem more animal like than human. She demands that Gene takes her back home, but when she gets there her dead brother rejects her and she is forced to continue with Gene.

Later that night she has a disturbing nightmare that introduces her to her animal self. She dreams of moths and caterpillars intertwined with human limbs and body parts. She wakes up more confused and shaken, but her journey continues until she learns to embrace her animal self.