Will Thorne Staff WriterLe Pacte has nabbed the distribution rights to two features ahead of the Cannes Film Festival. The Paris-based outfit will be in charge of worldwide sales for a thriller from “Les Misérables” writer Giordano Gerdelini, and a family drama from “Diane Has the Right Shape” director Fabien Gorgeart.Gerdelini’s “On the Edge” (original title “Entre la vie et la mort”) was shot last year and is in post-production.
It is set in Brussels and centers around Leo (Antonio de la Torre), a Spanish metro driver who sees a young man in distress on the edge of the train platform.
He recognizes his son Hugo right before he falls onto the rails and then dies at the hospital.Leo had not seen his son for years, and soon will discovers.
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