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Les Films du Losange has released the trailer for Tony Gatlif’s “Ange,” starring Arthur H. and Mathieu Amalric, which screens Thursday in Cannes Official Selection as part of the Cinéma de la Plage section. The open-air screening will be preceded by a live concert featuring the film’s musicians, including Arthur H.

Les Films du Losange will distribute the film in France and is handling international sales.

The film centers on Ange, a rootless musician who, at 60 years old, feels a vital need to reconnect with his old friend Marco. Solea, his past love’s daughter, who is in revolt against the world, joins him on this journey. Together, they rediscover the path to joy.

As well as Arthur H. and Amalric, the cast includes Suzanne Aubert, Maria de Medeiros and Christine Citti.

The producer is Delphine Mantoulet at Prince Production, and the co-producers are Pastorale Productions and Cosmotone.

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French-Algerian director Tony Gatlif remains something of a European anomaly despite steady output since the 1970s, many of which have premiered at high profile film festivals, with Cannes remaining his mainstay. Often exploring the roots of his Romani culture through displaced characters, his nineteenth feature Tom Medina is purportedly partly autobiographical while revisiting similar themes and parameters.

While his 1993 musical Latcho Drom remains one of his most lauded efforts, the late 1990s and early 2000s afforded him significant visibility, including several projects starring a young Romain Duris, such as 2004’s Exils, which won him a Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival.…...

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