Tag: Cannes
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
MEKTOUB, MY LOVE: INTERMEZZO Abdellatif Kechiche — France — 240 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Sequel to Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno, sees a bunch of…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Roubaix, une lumière / Oh Mercy!
ROUBAIX, UNE LUMIÈRE / OH MERCY! Arnaud DESPLECHIN — FRANCE — 119 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Based on a true story and the 2008 TV…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Matthias et Maxime
MATTHIAS ET MAXIME Xavier DOLAN — CANADA — 119 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Matthias (Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas) and Maxime (played by the young director himself,…
Cannes 2019: Un Certain Regard Prizes Announced
Cannes 2019 is almost over and the Un Certain Regard jury has revealed the festival’s first prizes. Led by president Nadine Labaki, the jury awarded…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Gisaengchung / Parasite
GISAENGCHUNG / PARASITE BONG Joon Ho — SOUTH KOREA — 132 minutes IN A NUTSHELL An impoverished Korean family, burdened by debt and poverty, live…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Quentin TARANTINO — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — 159 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Firstly, how do you describe any…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Frankie
FRANKIE Ira SACHS — FRANCE, PORTUGAL — 98 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Three generations grapple with a life-changing experience during one day of a vacation in…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Le Jeune Ahmed / Young Ahmed
LE JEUNE AHMED / YOUNG AHMED Luc DARDENNE, Jean-Pierre DARDENNE — BELGIUM, FRANCE — 84 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Ahmed (Idir Ben Addi) is a 13-year-old Muslim…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – A Hidden Life
A HIDDEN LIFE Terrence MALICK — GERMANY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — 173 minutes IN A NUTSHELL A tale of the farmer, Franz Jägerstätter (August Diehl), and…
Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Portrait de la jeune fille en feu / Portrait of a Lady on Fire
PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU / PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Céline SCIAMMA — FRANCE — 120 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Set…
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…
