French film company
Le Pacte is a French
motion picture company headquartered in Paris. It specializes in film distribution, co-productions and international sales. It was founded by
Jean Labadie in November 2007, shortly after he was forced out of his previous company,
BAC Films .
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[5] Since its creation, it has become one of the largest independent French distribution companies.
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[7] It had a record number of admissions in 2019 with more than 6.5 million cumulative admissions.
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History
When Labadie launched Le Pacte, the company's first releases included
Hana Makhmalbaf 's
Buddha Collapsed out of Shame ,
Ari Folman 's
Waltz with Bashir ,
Matteo Garrone 's
Gomorrah ,
Christophe Honoré 's
The Beautiful Person ,
François Ozon 's
Ricky and
Jim Jarmusch 's
The Limits of Control .
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In total, Le Pacte has distributed more than 200 films. Le Pacte has distributed films by many established filmmakers including
Ken Loach (
I, Daniel Blake ,
Sorry We Missed You ),
Arnaud Desplechin (
My Golden Days ,
Oh Mercy! ),
Hirokazu Kore-eda (
Shoplifters ,
The Truth ),
Todd Haynes (
Dark Waters ),
Rodrigo Sorogoyen (
The Realm ,
Mother )
Jim Jarmusch (
Only Lovers Left Alive ,
Paterson ),
Nanni Moretti (
We Have a Pope ,
Mia Madre ),
Nicolas Winding Refn (
Drive ),
Agnès Varda (
Faces Places ),
Thomas Vinterberg )
The Commune ),
Matteo Garrone (
Dogman ,
Tale of Tales ) and
Bong Joon-ho (
Snowpiercer ). The company has also supported up-and-coming filmmakers such as
Ladj Ly (
Les Misérables ),
Sean Baker (
The Florida Project ),
Samir Guesmi (Ibrahim ),
Carlos Reygadas (
Post Tenebras Lux ),
David Robert Mitchell (
Under the Silver Lake ) ,
Arthur Harari (
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle ),
Kornél Mundruczó (
Delta ), the
D'Innocenzo brothers (
Bad Tales ), and
Justine Triet (
In Bed with Victoria ,
Sibyl ,
Anatomy of a Fall ).
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The company has also been involved
restoration and distribution of
home video , including many classic films such as those by
Federico Fellini (
Il bidone ,
I clowns ,
Orchestra Rehearsal ),
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Luigi Comencini (
The Adventures of Pinocchio )
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Jean-François Stévenin (Mischka , Double messieurs , Passe montagne ).
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Le Pacte is a member of the Syndicat des Distributeurs indépendants réunis européens (DIRE) alongside fourteen other distribution companies, including
Ad Vitam ,
BAC Films , Capricci, Diaphana, Haut et Court, Les Films du Losange, Memento Distribution, Pyramide Distribution, Rezo Films, SBS Distribution, The Jokers, UFO Distribution,
Wild Bunch Distribution and Zinc.
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Awards received by films distributed by Le Pacte
The cast of the film Les Misérables on the red carpet of the 92nd Academy Awards.
Director Abderrahmane Sissako with the 7 Césars for the film Timbuktu .
Anthony Bajon becomes the 7th French actor to win the
Silver Bear for Best Actor in Berlin, in 2018.
Box office
Sources :
cbo-boxoffice.com and
le-pacte.com
Rank
Title
Production country
Director
Year
Domestic attendance
1
Les Misérables
France
Ladj Ly
2019
2,181,860
2
Anatomy of a Fall
France
Justine Triet
2023
1,868,352
3
Drive
United States
Nicolas Winding Refn
2011
1,587,898
4
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants
France
Thomas Szabo &
Hélène Giraud
2014
1,552,713
5
Irreplaceable
France
Thomas Lilti
2016
1,511,258
6
Timbuktu
Mauritania, France
Abderrahmane Sissako
2014
1,260,760
7
Première Année
France
Thomas Lilti
2018
1,014,821
8
I, Daniel Blake
United Kingdom
Ken Loach
2016
955,737
9
Hippocrate
France
Thomas Lilti
2014
954,723
10
Rebels
France
Allan Mauduit
2019
925,503
Selected filmography
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