'Marbles' bags director

"La Vie en rose" helmer Olivier Dahan originates aboard to direct "Not sac p billes" (A Bag of Marbles), a World war 2-set adventure drama according to Holocaust survivor Frederick Joffo's memoirs.Nicolas Duval, Yann Zenou and Laurent Zeitoun at Paris-based Quad Films are creating. The business's credits include box office hit comedy "Untouchables" and Pascal Chaumeil's hit "Heartbreaker."In France They-language "Marbles" is allocated between 15 million and 20 million ($19.7 million and $26.3 million).In France, it "A Bag of Marbles" is area of the school curriculum, Zeitoun stated, adding it's also an worldwide bestseller that's been converted into 18 languages. Indeed, an believed 20 million copies from the book happen to be offered across 23 nations.Dahan is penning the variation.InchGlass beadsInch opens in 1942 as Joffo, a ten-year-old at that time, and the older brother escape the German Gestapo in Paris and attempt a risky visit to Southern France to reunite using their family within the free zone."Joffo's story is captivating since it is told with the eyes of those two kids who're a little naive, smart and do not realize all of the dangers on the line," Duval stated.Concurred Zenou, "They begin to see the war like a kind of playground.""Marbles" is anticipated to begin shooting in March 2013.Dahan accomplished worldwide recognition with Marion Cotillard starrer "La Vie en rose," the Edith Piaf biopic which made $10.3 million within the U.S. and $75.9 million worldwide. Cotillard won an Oscar on her perf as Piaf within the film.Repped by CAA, Dahan can also be mounted on direct "Sophistication," the British-language drama focusing on Sophistication Kelly that's being created by Pierre-Ange Le Pogam's Stone Angels. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com