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\nMubi has scooped up North American rights to Lukas Dhont\u2019s \u201cCoward\u201d at the Cannes Film Festival, landing one of the buzzier titles in this year\u2019s competition. The queer romantic drama earned one of the longest standing ovation for a film in this year\u2019s competition lineup.<\/p>\n

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\n\tMubi previously bought the film for international territories, acquiring all rights to \u201cCoward\u201d for the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt marks Dhont\u2019s follow-up to his 2022 hit \u201cClose,\u201d which was nominated for best international feature at the Oscars (and was also acquired by Mubi for several territories, including the U.K., Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India). The Belgian filmmaker\u2019s 2018 debut \u201cGirl\u201d won the Camera d\u2019Or after premiering in Un Certain Regard, and \u201cClose\u201d debuted in competition and won the Grand Prix in Cannes before its Oscar journey. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCoward\u201d is set in the midst of WWI and follows Pierre, a soldier newly arrived at the front who is eager to prove himself. Behind the lines, he meets Francis, who decides to lift the spirits of his comrades by putting together a theater show. While the violence continues, both men try to find ways to escape the brutality of war, even if only for a moment. The film stars Emmanuel Macchia in his debut film performance as Pierre and Valentin Campagne (\u201cColours of Time,\u201d \u201cCase 137\u201d) as Francis.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cCoward\u201d reunites Dhont with many creatives who worked on his previous features, \u201cGirl\u201d and \u201cClose,\u201d including co-writer Angelo Tijssens, producer Michiel Dhont, cinematographer Frank van den Eeden, production designer Eve Martin, music from Valentin Hadjadj, editor Alain Dessauvage and sound from Yanna Soentjens. \u201cCoward\u201d is a production by the Reunion, Lumen, Topkapi Films & Versus (Opus) in co-production with France 2 Cin\u00e9ma, VTM, RTBF, Proximus, BeTV & Orange. The film is distributed in Benelux by Lumi\u00e8re and in France by Diaphana Distribution. The Match Factory is handling international sales.<\/p>\n

\n\tMubi is at Cannes with a string of films, including \u201cMinotaur,\u201d \u201cFatherland,\u201d \u201cHope\u201d and \u201cTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.\u201d<\/p>\n

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