Sofracima

Sofracima was a French film production company owned and managed by filmmaker Catherine Winter. The company is documented primarily for its involvement in film production and copyright-related litigation rather than for a broad commercial brand portfolio. Its best-known credited production is the 1970 film Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay. The company held rights connected with the original book by Claude Brami, a fact that later became central to a dispute over a screenplay written by Christopher Frank. In 1979, Sofracima brought proceedings against Frank, arguing that the screenplay he had produced departed so substantially from Brami's original work that it should be treated as defective. The court accepted Sofracima's position, resisting what the reference material describes as a contemporary tendency to permit an extensive liberty of transformation when adapting literary works. This case gives Sofracima significance in the history of French film and adaptation law, even though little public information is available about its broader production activities, corporate structure, distribution arrangements, or current status. No reliable source supplied here establishes a founding year, a continuing operating business, a current website, financial information, or a wider slate of productions. Sofracima is therefore best characterized as a historically documented French film-production entity whose surviving public profile is concentrated on one 1970 production and a notable 1979 legal action concerning adaptation rights and screenplay fidelity.

Sofracima was a French film production company owned and managed by filmmaker Catherine Winter. The available record does not identify the company's incorporation date, original founders beyond Winter's documented ownership and management role, offices, capitalization, or distribution partners. Its surviving public profile is consequently tied to a small number of film and legal references. The company's principal documented production was Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay, released in 1970. The production establishes Sofracima as a participant in French film production during that period, although the available reference does not provide a complete account of its creative staff, financing, distribution, reception, or subsequent catalog. The film remains the clearest identified work associated with the company. Sofracima later became involved in an important dispute over the adaptation of Claude Brami's book. The company owned the rights to the original literary work and sued screenwriter Christopher Frank in 1979, arguing that the screenplay he delivered diverged so extensively from the source text that it was defective. The court ruled in Sofracima's favor. According to the cited account, the decision resisted a legal trend that had increasingly recognized an extensive liberty of transformation in adaptations. The case is therefore relevant not only to Sofracima's corporate history but also to discussions of the limits of creative freedom in film adaptations and the protection of underlying rights. No reliable information in the supplied material confirms whether Sofracima continued operating after the litigation, whether it was dissolved, or whether its rights and productions were transferred to another entity. Its present status is consequently recorded as unknown rather than active or defunct. The company is best understood as a historically documented French film producer whose importance rests on its 1970 production and its successful 1979 rights-related court action.

• 1979

  Court victory over screenplay adaptation

  [1]Sofracimaen.wikipedia.org

  Sofracima successfully challenged a screenplay by Christopher Frank, arguing that it departed too far from Claude Brami's original book, whose rights the company owned.

• 1970

  Production of Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay

  [1]Sofracimaen.wikipedia.org

  Sofracima was responsible for producing the film Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay, its principal publicly documented production.

A French film-production company focused on developing and producing screen works, with a documented interest in protecting adaptation and underlying literary rights.

• Feature film · 1970

  Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay

  A 1970 film for which Sofracima is identified as the production company. The available reference material does not provide additional confirmed information about the film's cast, director, distribution, commercial performance, or subsequent rights history.

• 1979

  Sofracima prevails in screenplay adaptation dispute involving Christopher Frank[1]Sofracimaen.wikipedia.org

  Lawsuit

  Sofracima brought a court action against screenwriter Christopher Frank, asserting that his screenplay differed so substantially from Claude Brami's original book, whose rights Sofracima owned, that the work was defective. The court accepted the company's argument.

• 1970

  Sofracima produces Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay[1]Sofracimaen.wikipedia.org

  Product launch

  Sofracima was responsible for the production of the film Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay.

1. 1Sofracimaen.wikipedia.org