Beyond the System: Haut et Court’s Risky Financial Gamble for "Sukkwan Island"

To adapt David Vann’s masterpiece in English, producer Eliott Khayat bypassed traditional French subsidies in favor of a complex five-country co-production and private equity funding.

Ten years. That is how long it took French production and distribution company Haut et Court to bring Sukkwan Island to the big screen. Directed by Vladimir de Fontenay and adapted from David Vann’s …