Parasite
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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…

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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
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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…

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Frankie
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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…

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Young Ahmed
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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…

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A Hidden Life
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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…

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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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…

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La Gomera
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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…

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The Wild Goose Lake
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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…

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Pain and Glory
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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,…

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Little Joe
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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…

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Sorry We Missed You
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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…

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Atlantique
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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)…

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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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…

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Bacurau
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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…

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