France Picks Its Top Romantic Comedies

Comedies can sell as well as dramas. The 15th Unifrance Paris Rendez-vous kicks off with Daniele Thompson's "It Happened in Saint- Tropez," from Pathe. And over the next four days, a score of other laffers are set to unspool at the market with some of France's biggest film companies rolling out their top comedy picks.

'The Brats'

These include Gaumont's "The Brats," starring Alain Chabat ("Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami"), and Michael Youn's high-concept laffer "Vive la France."

“It Happened in Saint-Tropez” opens the Unifrance Paris Rendez-vous.

Plus, EuropaCorp will shop David Moreau's romantic comedy "Hit Boy," Philippe Lellouche's "Almost Charming" and Gerard Depardieu starrer "World Petanque Tour"; SND will push Gerard Lanvin starrer "True Friends," centering on three friends facing each other's white lies; Studiocanal will roll out comicbook-based retro-style comedy "Billy and Buddy"; and Films Distribution is showing "Queen of Montreuil," a dramedy from Iceland's Solveig Anspach, and bowing Brigitte Rouan's Greece-set ensemble comedy, "A Greek Type of Problem."

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