At least on paper, in its 76th edition The Cannes Festival will present more or less the same as every year: On the one hand, a competition for the Palme d’Or in the monopoly of the important names of today’s cinema, yes, more directors are missing and old glory types are many at this point -Ken Loach, Nanni Moretti, Hirokazu Koreeda, Aki Kaurismaki- they lost a significant part of their ability to surprise; On the other hand, extravagant glamor on the red carpet spread thanks to the visitation of the stars. Leonardo DiCaprio, Scarlett Johansson, Harrison Ford and Natalie Portman; By the way, discussion in certain doses, provided by the presence on this occasion Johnny Depp In the cast of ‘Jeanne Du Barry’, French film opening the exhibition.
The films that have changed, of course, and the 10 films we have listed below are some of the ones that promise to be talked about more in the next few days.
Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated movies of the year, and Martin Scorsese’s “Jo, what a night!” 38 years ago. It’s the first film he’s shown at Cannes since winning the Best Director award. (1985). A very ambitious adaptation of journalist David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book ‘The killers of the moon’. Oil, money, murder and the creation of the FBI’ is the closest thing to a ‘western’ the American director has ever directed, focusing on the systematic killings of Osage Indians in Oklahoma state over the years. 20. The cast is one of those who quell the hiccups. Other stars include Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons, Robert De Niro and recent Oscar winner Brendan Fraser.
This short film, starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, is Pedro Almodóvar’s second feature film in English—the first is ‘The Human Voice’ (2021), which also adopts the short format—and has been described as “himself” by Manchego. “Response to Brokeback Mountain”; before it finally goes to Ang Lee, it’s worth remembering that Almodóvar was about to direct this film in his own time. Costume design is the work of Saint Laurent and Anthony Vaccarello, the creative director of the legendary French firm, is an associate producer during the credits of the film. is located as.
This may be the only movie not directed by Steven Spielberg, the James Mangold firm responsible for ‘Logan’ (2017), the twilightest of all superhero movies, but it still all points to the fifth and final installment of Adventures. The story of the most famous archaeologist ever invented will be an endless exercise in nostalgia. Apparently his story includes raids in the 60s, the space race led by the Russians and the Americans, Nazi scientists used by both sides to win, and a series of action scenes where Harrison Ford jumps out of planes. Join the subway and tuktuk chases.
After dazzling with feature films ‘Corpo celeste’ (2011), ‘El país de las maravillas’ (2014) and ‘Lazzaro feliz’ (2018), he was nominated for an Oscar for his short film ‘Le pupille’ (2022). , now Rohrwacher presents film for the fourth time at Cannes; very few women carry such a mark. A drama set in the ’80s and the secret world of tomb robbers, starring an archaeologist who finds himself trapped inside. “It speaks to our relationship with the past and with the dead,” said the director. “The film was written at a time of death when death has become an integral part of our lives and it has become necessary to do so.” So ‘La chimera’ is the product of the pandemic.
The director of the cult masterpiece ‘Under the Skin’ (2013), starring Scarlett Johansson as an alien, is making the premiere of her first feature film after 10 years. Watch the Auschwitz commander and his wife try to build a dreamy life for their family in the garden next to the notorious concentration camp in this film based on Martin Amis’s 2014 novel of the same name. Glazer stated that the film has a very different style from other Holocaust fiction such as ‘Schindler’s List’ (1993) and ‘Son of Saul’ (2015) and uses the past to talk about the present. “The rise of National Socialism in Germany was like a fire engulfing the people. We might see something similar happening again.”
Shot in Chinchón (Madrid), the film is set at an astronomy convention interrupted by what appears to be an alien invasion, and judging by the trailer, it’s just enough “Andersonian” to put fans on the Texan director for a sequel. to expand its unique universe, although often imitated, and its repetitive critics to the level of self-parody. As with all his cinema, there will be a succession of symmetrically perfect images, extraordinary attention to detail, and an absurdly star-studded cast. It consists of Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Bryan Cranston, Liv Schreiber, Tilda Swinton, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie and Steve Carell. The only thing missing is Bill Murray, a permanent member of the director’s ‘company’ who had to miss filming due to covid.
Haynes is behind a handful of extraordinary works starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, including ‘Safe’ (1995), ‘Far From Heaven’ (2002) and ‘Carol’ (2015). His new work is promising in itself. The protagonist is a woman whose love affair with a young man 20 years older than her caused a sensational scandal; Years later, the couple, who are preparing to send their children to university, are preparing to shoot a movie about them when a successful actress enters their lives. Arrival awakens the ghosts of the past and causes emotions to spiral out of control.
The return of the iconoclastic French director to the big screen after eight years – his last feature film to date, “road trip”, “The Wild Tale of Germs and Gasoline” (2015) – has been described as a candid comedy. about the creative process. It chronicles the strangely unfortunate adventures of a manic-depressive filmmaker who turns his aunt’s country house into a movie studio. If the summary is not misleading, then it will combine elements of the producer’s most famous films, ‘Forget Me’ (2004), ‘The Science of Sleep’ (2006) and ‘Rewind, Please’ (2008).
Erice needed only two films to establish himself as one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of Spanish cinema, ‘El espíritu de la colmena’ (1973) and ‘El sur’ (1983). It comes more than thirty years after only the fourth feature film of his career and his third, ‘El sol del quince’ (1992), which is currently showing at Cannes, won the Jury Prize at the same festival. Based on a screenplay half written by the filmmaker and Goya winner Michel Gaztambide with ‘There will be no peace for the wicked’ (2011), the film uses the story of a famous actor’s disappearance to perform a reflection. identity and memory.
The Austrian director’s second film, shot in English, touches on a subject closely related to the ‘spirit of the times’. Starring Mia Wasikowska, the film tells the story of a young schoolteacher’s close and dangerous bond with her five students, whom she convinces “to eat less is healthy”. Hausner’s feature film ‘Little Joe’ (2019) just before that competed at the festival four years ago and won the Best Actress award for lead actress Emily Beecham.