EXCLUSIVE: Les Alchimistes has acquired French rights to Un Certain Regard title Caravan from Paris-based Alpha Violet. Czech director Zuzana Ki
EXCLUSIVE: Les Alchimistes has acquired French rights to Un Certain Regard title Caravan from Paris-based Alpha Violet.
Czech director Zuzana Kirchnerová’s feature debut is a road movie about a woman overwhelmed with motherhood who steals a caravan and flees to southern Italy with her son who has an intellectual disability. They meet a newborn drifter whose open heart transforms their makeshift family and gives them hope.
Caravan is produced by the Czech Republic’s MasterFilm and Slovakia’s nutprodukcia, with Italy’s Tempesta co-producing.
Kirchnerová won the Cinefondation’s best tiny film prize in Cannes for Baba in 2009. Alpha Violet previously sold Lila Avilés’ Oscar-shortlisted Tótem to Les Alchimistes for a 2024 release.
It is the first time in more than 30 years that a majority Czech film has been in the festival’s official selection.
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