The most coveted award, the Palme d’Or, has been the obsession of many since Tuesday. Photo by AP
The world’s most important film festival opens this Tuesday in Cannes outside of the competition screening of Coupez!a zombie comedy by Michel Hazanavicius. Here, a review of the keys to the 75th edition of a contest celebrating a return to normalcy.
Tom Cruise and Forrest Whitaker, the first
American actress Forrest Whittaker will receive the Palme d’Or on opening day honor for a career where movies like birds (1998) where he was awarded at Cannes, Good Morning, Vietnam; The color of money: Platoon either the last king of scotlandwhere he won an Oscar for best actor.
American Forest Whitaker will be honored for his tremendous career. Photo by AFP
Speaking of tributes, and in conjunction with the worldwide release of Top Gun: Maverickthis Wednesday 18 is the turn of Tom Cruise; and on consecutive days, Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba, Michelle Williams, Marion Cotillard, Anne Hathaway, Anthony HopkinsAmong others.
Four directors with the Palme d’Or
In the official section there are four directors who have already won at the Palme d’Or. The Japanese Hirokazu Kore-eda, awarded in 2018 for a family affairgifts broker; the Dardenne brothers, doubly successful in 1999 with Rosette and in 2005 with The childthey come back together Tori and Lokita.
In addition, the Swedish Ruben Östlund, awarded for The squaree in 2017, compete now with triangle of grief and Romanian Cristian Mungiu, who in 2007 topped the list of winners 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 daysthis year is trying to validate the title again using NMR.
The jury: Ladj Ly, Vincent Lindon, Jasmine Trinca, Joachim Trier, Rebecca Hall, Deepika Padukone, Asghar Farhadi, Noomi Rapace, and Jeff Nichols. Photo EFE
Cronenberg, hope and fear
future crimesthe first film of David Cronenberg in eight years, that promises that title that drives people out of rooms after the first few minutes. The director himself warned in an interview with the magazine dead linethere are very strong scenes that do not suit all stomachs.
Cronenberg returns to his body horror roots with Viggo Mortensen and Lea Seydoux performing surgical artists demonstrating the metamorphosis of human organs in innovative presentations. Kristen Stewart also in the cast.
There are only five women in the Official Section
Of the Only 21 films seeking Palme d’Or 5 were directed by women. There are veterans like claire denis presentation of romantic thriller stars at noon or Kelly Reichardt, who returned to be with actress Michelle Williams shows-up.
Also Valeria Bruni Tedeschi included Les Amandiersabout a group of actors in 1980s Paris, the young Leonor Serraille, with her second film, Pretty frere and the Belgian Charlotte Vandermeersch, with The eight mountainsadaptation of Paolo Cognetti’s novel that he co-directed with Felix Van Groeningen.
Vincent Lindon, President of the Jury
Actor Vincent Lindon, star of Titanwinner last year and winner of the best actor award in 2015 for The law of the marketthis is the first Frenchman to preside over the official jury since 2009a jury where equality is close.
Vincent Lindon, the French actor has to lead the jury. Photo EFE
Lindon will be joined by Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, Indian Deepika Padukone, British actress and director Rebecca Hall and Italian Jasmine Trinca, as well as Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, French Ladj Ly, the American Jeff Nichols and the Norwegian. Joachim Trier.
From Elvis to Bowie, the Cannes soundtrack
The Croisette Baz Luhrmann and Tom Hanks are welcome who, along with Austin Butler and Olivia DeJonge, will perform outside of the competition Elvisfocused on the life and work of Elvis Presley and his complex relationship with his manager.
If last year at Cannes Velvet Underground played, this year it was David Bowiestar of the documentary directed by Brett Morgen, Moonage Daydream and Jerry Lee Lewis ’piano can also be heard in the Ethan Coen film Jerry Lee Lewis. The mental mess.
The TikTok alliance
The celebration of Cannes is trying to reach a younger audience through an alliance with TikTokthe Chinese social network that in just six years of life has reached one billion users per month.
Through a festival channel, TikTok will offer red carpet broadcasts, interviews and other exclusive content. It will also launch a short film contest with cash prizes.
Tribute to the “Truman Show”
In the poster of this edition, Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) climbs the ladder of his fictional lifea tribute to the film by Peter Weir and Andrew Niccol that reflects reality and its representation.
Albert Serra and the Latin American presence
With Albert Serra Pacificion this is the only Spaniard aspiring to the Palme d’Or.
In similar sections, other Spaniards like Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Ace Bestas), Elena Lopez Riera (Water) and Latin Americans like Chilean Patricio Guzmán (my imaginary country) and Manuela Martelli (1976), Costa Rican Ariel Escalante (Sun and the dew) or the Colombian Andrés Ramírez (The package) and Fabian Hernandez (One man).
From now on, the world of cinema passes through Cannes.
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