I've been waiting for this film for quite a while. However, the consensus on IMDB is that it probably won't ever make it into cinematic release here in the US.
It's unfortunate. The director was Enki Bilal who has a distinguished history as an artist in les bandes desinees, wonderful French hard-bound graphic novels. (They go way beyond being comic books). He has a fascination for Egyptian imagery and that is apparently a major focal point in this film.
I'm waiting for the DVD. I can buy it from Amazon France but the site has no details on whether it has either sub-titles or voiceovers in English. While my reading of French is decent, my understanding of the spoken doesn't quite extend to a full-length feature film yet.
So I have to either wait or look around some more. And I'm not in a town with film festivals that might carry it.
Posted by artandscience at February 21, 2005 08:44 PM