{"id":6200,"date":"2016-06-07T11:39:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T15:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/french-film-divines-to-launch-on-netflix\/"},"modified":"2016-06-07T12:15:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T16:15:36","slug":"divines-among-netflixs-cannes-film-festival-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/divines-among-netflixs-cannes-film-festival-acquisitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Divines Among Netflix&#8217;s Cannes Film Festival Acquisitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AMSTERDAM:<em> Divines<\/em>, a critically acclaimed French drama\u00a0from this year&#8217;s Cannes Film Festival, is one of several titles slated to launch on Netflix around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Set in a ghetto near Paris, <em>Divines\u00a0<\/em>follows Dounia, a young woman\u00a0who enters into a life of crime with her friend in an attempt to gain money and power. Dounia&#8217;s life takes a surprising turn when she meets a young dancer. The Cam\u00e9ra d&#8217;Or winner, which stars Oulaya Amamra, marks the directorial debut of Houda Benyamina. It will become available to Netflix members worldwide, excluding France, later this year. The title will launch on the service in France in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw <em>Divines<\/em> before it was award-winning, praised by critics and received a standing ovation at Cannes; we immediately recognized it as an extraordinary film and acquired it early on,\u201d said Ted Sarandos, the chief content officer at Netflix. \u201cWe\u2019re passionate about bringing our members great films from around the world and thrilled to bring Benyamina\u2019s debut film to our members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benyamina added: \u201cEmotions bring people together and are a reflection of society. Thanks to Netflix, <em>Divines<\/em> will cross borders and the world will be able to enjoy this universal story of love and friendship. I am very happy with the collaboration with Netflix.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another one of Netflix&#8217;s acquisitions from the Cannes Film Festival is <em>Wheelman<\/em>, which stars Frank Grillo and is directed by Jeremy Rush. That film\u00a0will make its global premiere\u00a0on Netflix next year. There is also <em>Mercenary<\/em> (<em>Mercenaire<\/em>), from French director Sacha Wolff.\u00a0Other titles headed to the service include <em>Aquarius<\/em>, a drama from Brazilian director Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho; <em>The Day Will Come<\/em>, a Danish drama directed by Jesper Nielsen; <em>Very Big Shot<\/em>, from\u00a0Lebanese director Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya; <em>Journey to Greenland<\/em>, a French comedy directed by S\u00e9bastien Betbeder; and <em>Raman Raghav 2.0<\/em>, an Indian thriller from director Anurag Kashyap. 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