Sideshow and Janus Movies scooped up one other buzzy title out of Cannes, buying It’s Not Me from French auteur Leos Carax (Holy Motors, Annette) for North America.
An autobiographical collage of previous and new footage, referencing all the things from silent motion pictures and Hollywood Golden Age classics to scenes from his personal work and private dwelling motion pictures, It’s Not Me pays direct hommage to the late, nice Jean-Luc Godard in its deconstruction of the language of cinema and the treacheries of auto-fiction.
Commenting on his cinematic “self-portrait,” Carax mentioned: “Plenty of painters have finished theirs, in fact. I attempted to make mine with none mirror. A self-portrait seen from behind. Or, like in a dream dreamed a few years in the past: how come I can see myself in that mirror, although my eyes are closed?—and after I test within the mirror, my eyes are certainly closed.”
It’s Not Me debuted within the Cannes Première sidebar. It’s a CG Cinéma, Théo Movies, and Arte France Cinéma co-production made with the participation of Arte France, Chanel, and Les Movies du Losange. Les Movies du Losange is promoting the movie worldwide and distributing it in France.
“Leos Carax is without doubt one of the visionary filmmakers of our time,” mentioned Sideshow and Janus Movies in an announcement. “He created probably the most thrilling and ingenious movies of your entire pageant that manages to transcend our already excessive expectations.”
The deal for It’s Not Me was negotiated by Alice Lesort for Les Movies du Losange on behalf of the filmmakers with Sideshow and Janus Movies.
Sideshow and Janus have had a busy Cannes, additionally snatching up Payal Kapadia’s well-received competitors title All We Think about as Gentle; Gints Zilbalodis’ 3D animated eco-fable Stream, which screened in Un Sure Regard; and Alain Guiraudie’s queer crime thriller Misericordia, one other Cannes Première title.