Magazine article Screen International
Playtime Boards Sales on Fred Cavayé Comedy ‘Nothing to Hide’ (Exclusive)
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The film is a remake of Italian hit Perfect Strangers, and stars Bérénice Béjo, Suzanne Clément and Roschdy Zem.
Fred Cavayé
French sales company Playtime has acquired international rights to Fred Cavayé’s dinner party-set comedy Nothing To Hide, on the eve of the Cannes Film Festival and Marché du Film next week.
A remake of Paolo Genovese’s Italian hit Perfect Strangers (Perfetti Sconosciuti) which grossed more than $22m at the box office and became a major talking point in Italy, its starry French cast features Bérénice Béjo, Suzanne Clément, Roschdy Zem and Vincent Elbaz.
The picture, entitled Le Jeu in French, is produced by Paris-based production and distribution house Mars Film which is due to release the title in France later this year.
Nothing To Hide is about a dinner party between several old friends - three married couples and a divorcee - who decide to play a game in which each puts their mobile phones on the table and then allows all new messages to be read-out and calls to be accepted throughout the evening. …