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But by at least some metrics, Cannes B次元官网网址� following a canceled 2020 festival, a much-diminished and B次元官网网址� is finally all the way back.
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A BLOCKBUSTER CANNES
This yearB次元官网网址檚 festival is headlined by a pair of marquee premieres: B次元官网网址淜illers of the Flower Moon,B次元官网网址� with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, and James MangoldB次元官网网址檚 starring Harrison Ford in his final performance as the character.
But as blockbuster as Cannes can be, even those films suggest the wide spectrum of cinema on hand. Both Scorsese and Mangold were first in Cannes decades ago to premiere their early breakthrough films in the DirectorsB次元官网网址� Fortnight sidebar: Mangold with 1995B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淗eavy.B次元官网网址�
This time, though, theyB次元官网网址檒l debut much bigger films, sure to be the hottest tickets on the Croisette. Scorsese has his $200 million epic for Apple TV+. And Mangold will premiere, as he says, B次元官网网址渁 more splendiferous projectB次元官网网址� than his minimalist debut.
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A RECORD HIGH FOR FEMALE FILMMAKERS
This year, 21 films are competing for the Palme dB次元官网网址橭r, which will be decided by a jury led by last yearB次元官网网址檚 winner, Swedish writer-director Ruben 脰stlund. Seven are directed by women, a new high for Cannes in its nearly eight decades of existence. Among the most anticipated is Italian filmmaker Alice RohrwacherB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淟a Chimera,B次元官网网址� starring Josh OB次元官网网址機onnor and Isabella Rossellini.
The festival, running through May 27, will unspool against the backdrop of labor unrest on both sides of the Atlantic. France has been beset in recent months by including raising the retirement age. In the U.S., to seek better pay in the streaming era.
The prospect of a prolonged work stoppage could potentially drive up prices for finished films at Cannes, the worldB次元官网网址檚 top movie market. Among the titles seeking distribution is HaynesB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淢ay December,B次元官网网址� which stars Natalie Portman as a journalist who embeds with a couple (Julianne Moore, Charles Melton) once renowned for their age discrepancy.
Though arthouses have struggled to match the box-office recovery at multiplexes, Vachon, a producer on B次元官网网址淢ay December,B次元官网网址� says her company, Killer Films, and the indie stalwart Haynes are accustomed to B次元官网网址減ivoting endlessly and finding opportunities no matter what the sea winds bring.B次元官网网址�
AUTEURS AND A-LISTERS
As usual, this yearB次元官网网址檚 competition lineup returns plenty of Cannes heavyweights, including Hirokazu Kore-eda (B次元官网网址淢onsterB次元官网网址�), Wim Wenders (B次元官网网址淧erfect DaysB次元官网网址�), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (B次元官网网址淎bout Dry GrassesB次元官网网址�), Ken Loach (B次元官网网址淭he Old OakB次元官网网址�) and Nanni Moretti (B次元官网网址淎 Brighter TomorrowB次元官网网址�).
Jonathan GlazerB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭he Zone of Interest,B次元官网网址� shot in Auschwitz, is one of the festivalB次元官网网址檚 most eagerly awaited films. ItB次元官网网址檚 his first since 2013B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淯nder the Skin.B次元官网网址� Pedro Almod贸var will premiere the short B次元官网网址淪trange Way of Life,B次元官网网址� with Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke. Wes Anderson, flanked by another starry ensemble, will debut B次元官网网址淎steroid City.B次元官网网址�
ThereB次元官网网址檚 also the upcoming HBO series B次元官网网址淭he Idol,B次元官网网址� from B次元官网网址淓uphoriaB次元官网网址� filmmaker Sam Levinson starring Abel Tesfaye B次元官网网址� also known as the Weeknd B次元官网网址� and Lily-Rose Depp; B次元官网网址淔irebrandB次元官网网址� with Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr and Judd Law as Tudor King Henry VIII; and the Pixar movie B次元官网网址淓lemental,B次元官网网址� which closes the festival.
Steve McQueen, the B次元官网网址�12 Years a SlaveB次元官网网址� filmmaker, will debut the longest film playing at Cannes and one of its most thought-provoking. B次元官网网址淥ccupied City,B次元官网网址� which McQueen made with his wife, Dutch author Bianca Stigter, is a four-hour-plus documentary that combines narration detailing violent incidents across Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation with present-day footage from those locations.
McQueen, too, began his feature filmmaking career at Cannes. His 2008 debut, B次元官网网址淗unger,B次元官网网址� won the Camera dB次元官网网址橭r, a prize for best first film. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 never as good as the first time,B次元官网网址� McQueen says.
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POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGHS
While many eyes will be on reactions to the new Scorsese or B次元官网网址淎steroid City,B次元官网网址� Cannes will, as it does every year, bring new directors to wider film audiences. Senegalese filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye SyB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淏anel & AdamaB次元官网网址� is the rare first feature in Palme competition.
Argentine filmmaker Rodrigo Moreno, 50, will be making his first trip to Cannes with B次元官网网址淭he Delinquents,B次元官网网址� a heist drama sprinkled with existentialism and cinematic flourishes. ItB次元官网网址檚 one of the highlights of the Un Certain Regard section.
The film took Moreno five years to make, partially because of the pandemic. But its Cannes selection is a long time coming in another way. MorenoB次元官网网址檚 first feature as a solo director was invited to both Un Certain Regard and main competition at Berlin. The producers chose Berlin.
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B次元官网网址淭he shooting of this film spanned almost five years, which is crazy,B次元官网网址� he adds. B次元官网网址淏ut the nice side of that is that every year, I had to shoot. The one thing I knew was that a new year began, and I had to shoot. And the following, I had to shoot.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址擩ake Coyle, The Associated Press
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