Gaumont Notches Pre-Sales Across Europe on Xavier Giannoli’s ‘Rays and Shadows,’ and Nakache-Toledano’s ‘Just an Illusion’ (Exclusive)

Gaumont has already scored a raft of pre-sales on two highlights of its slate, “Just an Illusion,” Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s (“The Intouchables”) coming-of-age film, and “Rays and Shadows” by Xavier Giannoli (“Of Money and Blood”), a €30 million WWII-set drama.

Gaumont will host exclusive market screenings for both anticipated movies at the European Film Market in Berlin next week.

“Rays and Shadows” is set in Paris during the 1940’s and explores the moral compromises of French high society during the Occupation through the intertwined fates of journalist Jean Luchaire and his daughter Corinne, a rising movie star once hailed as the “French Garbo.”

Oscar-winning French actor Jean Dujardin stars as Luchaire, who rises to become a powerful press baron under the protection of Nazi ambassador Otto Abetz, ultimately helping to pave the way for collaboration between France and the Nazi regime, propelling Corinne into an opulent, yet perilous world of deception.