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

Beau fixe ''Beau fixe'' (also known as ''Set Fare'') is a 1992 French film directed by Christian Vincent, who co-wrote screenplay with Philippe Alard. The film tells the story of four female pre-med students, who revise for their final exams at a re ...

''. It has produced various films, including

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's '' The Eighth Day'' (1996) and '' Mr. Nobody'' (2009), Jérôme Salle's '' Largo Winch'' (2008), and distributed Bryan Singer's '' The Usual Suspects'' (1995), Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's '' Sin City'' (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 ''Les ...

'' (1992), and Jacques Audiard'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, Wild Bunch 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 '' Largo Winch'' (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) *'' Bad Company'' (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) *'' Lightweight'' (2004) *''

Les Sœurs fâchées ''Les Sœurs fâcher'' ('The Angry Sisters'), distributed in English as ''Me and My Sister'', is a 2004 French comedy film directed by Alexandra Leclère and starring Isabelle Huppert. Cast * Isabelle Huppert as Martine Demouthy * Catherine Fr ...

'' (2004) *'' How Much Do You Love Me?'' (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 ''Game of Four'' (''Détrompez-vous'') is a 2007 French comedy film directed by Bruno Dega. Plot Lisa and Thomas are lovers. They give appointments in hotels and have so far managed to avoid arousing the suspicions of their respective spouses, L ...

'' (2007) *'' Largo Winch'' (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 ''11.6'' is a 2013 cinema of France, French film directed by Philippe Godeau and starring François Cluzet, Bouli Lanners, Corinne Masiero and Juana Acosta. ''11.6'' premiered on 3 April 2013 in France, and on 21 April in North America, at the Cit ...

'' (2013) *'' The Odyssey'' (2016) *''

Garde alternée ''Garde alternée'' is a 2017 French comedy film directed by Alexandra Leclère. Plot A woman discovers that her husband has a mistress. She will then propose to the latter to share their life with her husband alternating one week out of two. Ca ...

'' (2017)

References

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* Companies established in the 1980s Film production companies of France Film distributors of France * Mass media in Paris {{France-company-stub