Magnus von Horn’s Cannes Official Selection Title ‘Sweat’ Debuts Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

A bright and shiny character-driven drama that begins as another send-up of social media madness, Sweat at some point turns a dark, unexpected corner. Ultimately, writer-director Magnus von Horn allows that there may be some personal redemption for his heroine, a self-obsessed fitness star and influencer played with breathless muscle-flexing and almost comic self-confidence by stage thesp Magdalena Kolesnik.

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Pink as a pop of bubblegum and only a little more substantial, Magnus von Horn’s “Sweat,” one of the Cannes 2020 Official Selections that plays during this week’s Cannes Virtual Market is, despite all the cardio, a curiously low-blood-pressure affair.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentMunich-based sales agent Global Screen has sold 3D animated movie “OOOPS — The Adventure Continues,” which has its market premiere at Cannes’ online market, to multiple territories. Variety has been given exclusive access to the film’s trailer.

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If you have Instagram, it’s likely that you’ve seen the huge number of fitness professionals that have accrued large followings on the social media platform. And though the profiles and pictures make it seem like these people are living the dream, that’s not always the case, as seen in Magnus von Horn’s new film, “Sweat.” As seen in the new trailer, “Sweat” tells the story of a popular fitness influencer that has more than 600,000 followers on social media.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentParis-based sales company Totem Films has unveiled a teaser for “Gagarine,” a feature debut by Fanny Liatard and Jeremy Trouilh which is part of Cannes’ Official Selection. Totem Films will be hosting two virtual market screening at Cannes’ online Marché du Film that kicks off on Monday.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFilm Factory has dropped the first trailer for anticipated Cannes title “Forgotten We’ll Be” (“El Olvido que Seremos”), from director Fernando Trueba, an Academy Award winner (“Belle Epoque”) and nominee (“Chico and Rita”).One of only three Cannes Official Selection label titles in its Faithfuls section – featuring the Selection’s biggest names – which will now screen at Cannes’ online Marché du Film, “Forgotten We’ll Be” is likely to draw heat

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