ROUND DA WAY Lascars Festival Selection: Guadalajara International Film Festival, Focus France (2010), Göteborg International Film Festival, Animani (2010), Cannes International Critics' Week (2009), Hong Kong French Cinepanorama, New Films (2009) U.S. Premiere Adult Animation/Comedy France/Germany, 2009 In French with English subtitles 35mm/1.85/Color/Dolby DTS/96 min Directed by: Albert Pereira Lazaro, Emmanuel Klotz Written by: Alexis Dolivet, IZM, Eldiablo, Emmanuel Klotz Editing by: Thibaud Caquot Music by: Lucien "Papalu", Nicholas Varley Produced by: Philippe Gompel, Roch Lener Production Company: Millimages Coproduction: France 2 Cinéma, Studio 37 International Sales: Bac Films 88, rue de la Folie-Méricourt 75011 Paris France Phone: +33 1.53.53.52.52 + www.bacfilms.com Voices: Vincent Cassel (Tony Pepperoni, voice), IZM (José Hustleton, voice), Diane Kruger (Clémence Nomercy, voice), Frédérique Bel (Manuella, voice), Omar Sy (Harvey, voice), Fred Testot (Sammy, voice), Gilles Lellouche (Zoran, voice), Hafid F. Benamar (Momo, voice), Vincent Desagnat (John Bollocsky, voice), Diam's (Jenny, voice) www.lascars-lefilm.com As summer approaches, everyone is itching for action in Boningville, a fictitious place resembling the projects surrounding Paris. Tony Pepperoni and Joe Hustleton had plans to spend the summer at the beach in Santo Rico, but a mix-up with the travel agency ruined their party dreams. However, there is no time to be bored in Boningville. Tony tries his luck in the ‘business’ with local honcho Zoran, while Joe lands a dream job working for the local judge and seduces his daughter Clémence. Things get complicated when Tony attempts to break up with his nymphomaniac girlfriend Manuella, whose entire family works for the police. Meanwhile, Joe wants to stop hustling but everyone in Boningville knows "where the party’s at". Round Da Way features the voices of Vincent Cassel (Ocean’s Thirteen, Eastern Promises), Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds, Wicker Park), and French rapper Diam’s. Round Da Way started as a series of short one-minute clips on French TV channel Canal +. After two seasons, it reached cult status and the series was bought in over 20 countries. Now an adult animation film, it is a directorial debut for ALBERT PEREIRA-LAZARO and EMMANUEL KLOTZ, who co-wrote the screenplay with Alexis Dolivet, Eldiablo and IZM. Albert Pereira-Lazaro graduated from the animation school Les Gobelins, then joined the production company Millimages. He has won many international awards for his 2D animation series, including a Children’s BAFTA award for Best International Animated Program in 2000 and a Pulcinella award for Best Family Animated Program in 2004. Emmanuel Klotz is also a Gobelins graduate. He was assistant director on the TV series Pablo, The Little Red Fox and storyboarded the TV series Corneil & Bernie (2001). In 2005, Klotz and Pereira collaborated on Arthur en vrai, an animated film blending 2D/3D for the French stand up comedian Arthur. PRESS "Based on a popular TV series that started in 2000 on Canal Plus and morphed into a comicbook, pic follows the adventures of various ghetto-dwellers on the make in the sexual as well as criminal sense. (...) Collaborating helmers Albert Pereira-Lazaro and Emmanuel Klotz (the latter's credits include the animated feature "Duck Ugly") notably demonstrate both visual flair and storytelling skill." Leslie Felperin, Variety.