EXCLUSIVE: Memento has hopped aboard Ruben Östlund’s The Entertainment System Is Down for French distribution from the Coproduction Office. The
EXCLUSIVE: Memento has hopped aboard Ruben Östlund’s The Entertainment System Is Down for French distribution from the Coproduction Office.
The satire from the two-time Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker is set on a long-haul flight between the UK and Australia where the entertainment system fails and passengers are forced to face the horror of being bored.
The film is shooting in Budapest after production started in January.
It features an ensemble cast including Kirsten Dunst, Daniel Brühl, Keanu Reeves, Nicholas Braun, and Julie Delpy.
A24 has already scooped US rights, Lionsgate Films for the UK, and SF Studios has Nordic distribution rights.
“We have long appreciated the biting political humour of Ruben Östlund’s films,” said Memento founder Alexandre Mallet-Guy.
”This fresh satire, with its five-star cast, explores our dependence on screens and our constant thirst for distraction through a hellish closed-door setting. The script promises another delightfully ruthless game of destruction.”
The Entertainment System Is Down is produced by Sweden’s Plattform Produktion with Germany’s Essential Films and France’s Parisienne de Production. Co-producers are BBC Film, Film i Väst, Sveriges Television, ARTE France Cinéma, ZDF/ARTE, SF Studios, Norway’s Eye Eye Pictures, Denmark’s Paloma Productions, and the UK’s Good Chaos.
Financing was secured through the Swedish Film Institute, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), the Norwegian Film Institute, the Danish Film Institute, with participation from Canal+, Disney+, and ARTE France, and support from Creative Europe MEDIA.
The film is produced in association with Proton Cinema, Bord Cadre Films, Sovereign Films, Cinema Inutile, and Gold Rush Pictures.
France was one of the final territories to seal. The film has already sold to Alamode Film / Wild Bunch Germany (Germany & Austria), Lucky Red / Teodora Film (Italy), Sharmill Films (Australia & New Zealand), Elevation Pictures (Canada), Elastica / BTeam Pictures (Spain), September Film (Benelux), Bord Cadre Films (Switzerland), Gutek Film / Aerofilms (Eastern Europe), Feelgood Entertainment (Greece), Alambique Filmes (Portugal), Filmstop (Baltics), Sun Distribution Group (Latin America), Falcon (Middle East), and Road Pictures (China).
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