Jaoui, Bacri chases 'Rainbow'

Among France's most exclusive creative partners, director-thesp Agnes Jaoui and author-actor Jean-Pierre Bacri, are planning "Au Bout du conte" (Beneath the Rainbow), backed by Indication Films. A producer, distributor and customers agent of high-profile director-driven films, Paris-based Indication will co-produce and contains taken French distribution rights Indication Films Intl. will handle foreign sales outdoors France. Allotted at Pounds 8 million ($10.3 million), "Rainbow" stars Bacri, Jaoui's writing and real-wife, plus Agathe Bonitzer ("The Attractive Person") and Arthur Dupont ("Bus Palladium"). Debuting just like a helmer with 2000's Oscar-nominated "The Flavors of Others," Jaoui, who also directed 2004 Cannes Competition player "Have a look at Me" and 2008's "Let it Rain," has produced out a exclusive status in and outdoors France for ironic, contempo dramedies of manners that skewer human mistakes, social energy-play, as well as the energy of art. Put together by Jaoui and Bacri, "Rainbow" is certainly an ensemble comedy someone complain about all searching -- not always very rationally -- for happiness together with an objective for his or her lives. Jouai's fourth feature just like a director is lead-produced by Paris-based Ces Films A 4, Jaoui's longtime producers. Jean-Philippe Andraca and Christian Berard produce. La Cinefacture, another Paris shingle, also co-produces. Canal Plus and Cine Plus share French pay TV rights, and pubcaster France 2 has free-to-air broadcast rights. "Rainbow" comes March 5 in Paris which is inner and surrounding and surrounding suburbs. Indication Films Intl. will introduce "Rainbow" to customers within the Unifrance Paris Rendez-Vous, which starts next Wednesday. It'll be ready for delivery spring 2013. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com