Pan-Européenne is a French film production and publishing company. Originally only distribution company, in 1992 it began also a production company, producing ''

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''. It has produced various films, including

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's '' The Eighth Day'' (1996) and '' Mr. Nobody'' (2009),

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's ''

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'' (2008), and distributed

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's ''

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'' (1995),

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and

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's ''

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'' (2005).

History

Pan-Européenne was created in the late 1980s by

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. By distributing films such as

's ''

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'' (1991),

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's ''

Savage Nights ''Savage Nights'' (french: link=no, Les Nuits Fauves) is a 1992 French drama film directed and written by Cyril Collard. It stars Collard, Romane Bohringer, and Carlos López. The film is an adaptation of Collard's semi-autobiographical novel '' ...

'' (1992), and

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's ''

See How They Fall ''See How They Fall'' (French: ''Regarde les hommes tomber'') is a 1994 film directed by Jacques Audiard. It stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Yanne and Matthieu Kassovitz. It won three César Awards for Best First Work, Best Editing and Most ...

'' (1994), Pan-Européenne began its activity of production company. The film studio

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entrusted to the company the distribution of their films in France. In 1999 it ended the partnership following the acquisition of Polygram by

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. The restructuring of the group divides into two branches the company: Pan-Européenne Edition, an independent distribution created in 2001, and Pan-Européenne Production. In 2004,

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chose Pan-Européenne Edition for the distribution in French market. After the association of Pan-Européenne and Wild Bunch in distributing films in France, Pan-Européenne Edition took the name of Wild Bunch Distribution in 2006. Since then, Pan-Européenne Production became Pan-Européenne and the company began a series of international projects such as ''

'' (2008), filmed in Malta, Sicily and Hong Kong, and '' Mr. Nobody'' (2009), a co-production of Belgium, Canada, France and Germany. In April 2022, Pan-Européenne created Pan Distribution, re-entering the distribution business.

Selected films

Among the films directly produced by Pan-Européenne were: *''

'' (1992) *'' The Eighth Day'' (1996) *''

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'' (1999) *''

Baise-moi ''Baise-moi'' is a 2000 French crime thriller film written and directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi and starring Karen Lancaume and Raffaëla Anderson. It is based on the novel by Despentes, first published in 1993. The film recei ...

'' (2000) *''

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'' (2004) *'' Les Sœurs fâchées'' (2004) *''

How Much Do You Love Me? ''How Much Do You Love Me?'' (french: Combien tu m'aimes ?) is a 2005 French romantic comedy film written and directed by Bertrand Blier. It was released on 26 October 2005 in France and Belgium, and had a limited United States release on 18 Marc ...

'' (2005) *''

The Man of My Life The Man of My Life (french: L'Homme de sa vie) is a French film directed by Zabou Breitman, written by Breitman and Agnès de Sacy, and produced by Philippe Godeau. It was first released in 2006. It stars Bernard Campan, Charles Berling, Léa Dr ...

'' (2006) *'' Détrompez-vous'' (2007) *''

'' (2008) *'' Mr. Nobody'' (2009) *'' One for the Road'' (2009) *''

Romantics Anonymous ''Romantics Anonymous'' (french: Les Émotifs anonymes) is a 2010 French-Belgian romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Améris and starring Benoît Poelvoorde and Isabelle Carré. It received three nominations at the 2nd Magritte Awards, win ...

'' (2010) *'' 11.6'' (2013) *''

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'' (2016) *''

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'' (2017)

References

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