Tag: Cannes 2019
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – La Gomera / The Whistlers
LA GOMERA / THE WHISTLERS Corneliu PORUMBOIU — ROMANIA, FRANCE, GERMANY — 97 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Cristi (Vlad Ivanov), is a corrupt Bucharest cop who has…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Nan Fang Che Zhan De Ju Hui / The Wild Goose Lake
NAN FANG CHE ZHAN DE JU HUI / THE WILD GOOSE LAKE DIAO Yinan — CHINA — 113 minutes IN A NUTSHELL In this Noir…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Dolor Y Gloria / Pain and Glory
DOLOR Y GLORIA / PAIN AND GLORY Pedro ALMODOVAR — SPAIN — 112 minutes IN A NUTSHELL In Pedro Almodovar’s latest and somewhat semi-autobiographical film,…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Little Joe
LITTLE JOE Jessica HAUSNER — AUSTRIA, UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY — 105 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Alice (Emily Beecham), a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Sorry We Missed You
SORRY WE MISSED YOU Ken LOACH — UK, FRANCE, BELGIUM — 100 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Ken Loach’s latest film deals with zero-hour contracts and the complications…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Atlantique
ATLANTIQUE / ATLANTICS Mati DIOP — FRANCE, SENEGAL, BELGIUM — 104 minutes IN A NUTSHELL In Mati Diop’s debut feature, a young woman named Ada (Mama Sané)…
Allison in Cannes 2019, Part Seven: Abou Leila; Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Adam
Abou Leila “We’ve all gone mad. All of us.” Algeria in 1994 was a dangerous place. People were shot and knifed at every turn, and…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Bacurau
BACURAU Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO, Juliano DORNELLES — BRAZIL, FRANCE — 132 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Set slightly in the future, the film follows Teresa (Bárbara Colen) who…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Les Misérables
LES MISÉRABLES Ladj LY — FRANCE — 103 minutes IN A NUTSHELL This urban drama examines the hostility between police and civilians set in a…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – The Dead Don’t Die
The Dead Don’t Die Jim JARMUSCH — USA — 103 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Strange things seem to be occurring in the small peaceful town…
French Acting Legend Alain Delon Receives an Honorary Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival
Legendary French actor, and heartthrob, Alain Delon has been walking the Croisette at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, where he was given an Honorary Palme…
Allison in Cannes 2019, Part Six: On a Magical Night; Liberté; Share; Land of Ashes
On a Magical Night “Why awaken the past?” Chambre 212 opens comedically with Maria (Chiara Mastrioanni), à law professor that gets entangled in an extramarital affair….
Allison in Cannes 2019, Part Five: Port Authority; Joan of Arc
Port Authority Danielle Lessovitz brings us a male-centric, slow burn film that slowly introduces female characters. The main character, Paul (Fionn Whitehead, Bandersnatch), brings us his…
Allison in Cannes 2019, Part Four: Des Hommes, Sorry We Missed You; Papicha; Burning Ghost
Des Hommes Pretty unexhilarating take on the prison system in France. There have been better documentaries on prison reform. Sorry We Missed You “Who cares.”…
