The Cannes Film Festival rarely passes without cacophony but this year91裸聊视频檚 edition may be more raucous and uneasy than any edition in recent memory.
When the red carpet is rolled out from the Palais des Festivals on Tuesday, the 77th Cannes will unfurl against a backdrop of war, protest, potential strikes and quickening #MeToo upheaval in France, which for years largely resisted the movement.
Festival workers are threatening to strike. The Israel-Hamas war, acutely felt in France, home to Europe91裸聊视频檚 largest Jewish and Arab communities, is sure to spark protests. Russia91裸聊视频檚 war in Ukraine remains on the minds of many. Add in the kinds of anxieties that can be expected to percolate at Cannes 91裸聊视频� the ever-uncertain future of cinema, the rise of artificial intelligence 91裸聊视频� and this year91裸聊视频檚 festival shouldn91裸聊视频檛 lack for drama.
Being prepared for anything has long been a useful attitude in Cannes. Befitting such tumultuous times, the film lineup is full of intrigue, curiosity and question marks.
The Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, just days before his latest film, 91裸聊视频淭he Seed of the Sacred Fig,91裸聊视频� is to debut in competition in Cannes, was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Islamic Revolutionary Court. The film remains on Cannes91裸聊视频� schedule.
Arguably the most feverishly awaited entry is Francis Ford Coppola91裸聊视频檚 self-financed opus 91裸聊视频淢egalopolis.91裸聊视频� Coppola, is himself no stranger to high-drama at Cannes. An unfinished cut of 91裸聊视频淎pocalypse Now91裸聊视频� won him (in a tie) his second Palme d91裸聊视频橭r more than four decades ago.
Even the upcoming U.S. presidential election won91裸聊视频檛 be far off. Premiering in competition is Ali Abbasi91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Apprentice,91裸聊视频� starring Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump. There will also be new films from Kevin Costner, Paolo Sorrentino, Sean Baker, Yorgos Lanthimos and Andrea Arnold. And for a potentially powder keg Cannes there91裸聊视频檚 also the firebomb of 91裸聊视频淔uriosa: A Mad Max Saga.91裸聊视频� The film, a rolling apocalyptic dystopia, returns director George Miller to the festival he first became hooked on as a juror.
91裸聊视频淚 got addicted it to simply because it91裸聊视频檚 like film camp,91裸聊视频� says Miller, who became enraptured to the global gathering of cinema at Cannes and the pristine film presentations. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 kind of optimal cinema, really. The moment that they said, 91裸聊视频極K, we91裸聊视频檙e happy to show this film here,91裸聊视频� I jumped at it.91裸聊视频�
Cannes91裸聊视频� official opener on Tuesday is 91裸聊视频淭he Second Act,91裸聊视频� a French comedy by Quentin Dupieux, starring L茅a Seydoux, Louis Garrel and Vincent Lindon. During the opening ceremony, Meryl Streep will be awarded an honorary Palme d91裸聊视频橭r. At the closing ceremony, George Lucas will get one, too.
But the spotlight at the start may fall on Judith Godr猫che. The French director and actor earlier this year said the filmmakers Beno卯t Jacquot and Jacques Doillon sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager, allegations that rocked French cinema. Jacquot and Doillon have denied the allegations.
Though much of the French film industry has previously been reluctant to embrace the #MeToo movement, Godr猫che has stoked a wider response. She91裸聊视频檚 spoken passionately about the need for changes at the Cesars, France91裸聊视频檚 equivalent of the Oscars, and before a French Senate commission.
In that same period, Godr猫che also made the short film 91裸聊视频淢oi Aussi91裸聊视频� during a Paris gathering of hundreds who wrote her with their own stories of sexual abuse. On Wednesday, it opens Cannes91裸聊视频� Un Certain Regard section.
91裸聊视频淚 hope that I91裸聊视频檓 heard in the sense that I91裸聊视频檓 not interested in being some sort of representation of someone who just wants to go after everyone in this industry,91裸聊视频� Godr猫che said ahead of the festival. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 just fighting for some sort of change. It is called a revolution.91裸聊视频�
It91裸聊视频檚 the latest chapter in how #MeToo has reverberated at the world91裸聊视频檚 largest film gathering, following an 82-woman protest on the steps of the Palais in 2018 and a gender parity pledge in 2019. Cannes has often come under criticism for not inviting more female filmmakers into competition, but the festival is putting its full support behind Godr猫che while girding for the possibility of more #MeToo revelations during the festival.
91裸聊视频淔or me, having these faces, these people 91裸聊视频� everyone in this movie 91裸聊视频� gives them this place to be celebrated,91裸聊视频� said Godr猫che. 91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 this thing about this place that has so much history. In a way, it mystifies movies forever. Once your film was in Cannes, it was in Cannes.91裸聊视频�
Some of the filmmakers coming to the festival this year are already firmly lodged in Cannes lore. Paul Schrader was at the festival almost 50 years ago for Martin Scorsese91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭axi Driver,91裸聊视频� which he wrote. After a famously divisive response, it won the Palme in 1976.
91裸聊视频淚t was a different place. It was much more collegial and lower key,91裸聊视频� said Schrader during a break from packing his bags. 91裸聊视频淚 remember quite well sitting on the terrasse at the Carlton with Marty and Sergio Leone and (Rainer Werner) Fassbender came by with his boyfriend and joined us. We were all talking and the sun was going down. I was thinking, 91裸聊视频楾his is the greatest thing in the world.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�
For the first time since his 1988 drama 91裸聊视频淧atty Hearst,91裸聊视频� Schrader is back in what he calls 91裸聊视频渢he main show91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� in competition for the Palme d91裸聊视频橭r 91裸聊视频� with 91裸聊视频淥h, Canada.91裸聊视频� The film, adapted from a Russell Banks novel, stars Richard Gere (reteaming with Schrader decades after 91裸聊视频淎merican Gigolo91裸聊视频�) as a dying filmmaker who recounts his life story for a documentary. Jacob Elordi plays him in 91裸聊视频�70s flashbacks.
After the Cannes lineup was announced, Schrader shared on Facebook an old photo of himself, Coppola and Lucas 91裸聊视频� all primary figures to what was then called New Hollywood 91裸聊视频� and the caption 91裸聊视频淭ogether again.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檒l be there the same time as Francis. There91裸聊视频檚 a question of whether either of us get invited back for closing,91裸聊视频� Schrader says, referring to when award-winners are asked to stay for the closing ceremony. 91裸聊视频淚 would hope that either Francis or I could come back closing night for George91裸聊视频檚 thing.91裸聊视频�
Who ultimately goes home with the Palme 91裸聊视频� the handicapping has already begun 91裸聊视频� will be decided by a jury led by Greta Gerwig, fresh off the mammoth success of 91裸聊视频淏arbie.91裸聊视频� But this year91裸聊视频檚 slate will have a lot to live up to. Last year, three eventual best picture nominees premiered in Cannes: Justine Triet91裸聊视频檚 Palme-winner 91裸聊视频淎natomy of a Fall,91裸聊视频� Jonathan Glazer91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Zone of Interest91裸聊视频� and Martin Scorsese91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淜illers of the Flower Moon.91裸聊视频�
What tends to really define a Cannes, though, is emerging filmmakers. Among those likely to make an impression this year is Julien Colonna, the Corsican, Paris-based director and co-writer of 91裸聊视频淭he Kingdom.91裸聊视频� The film, an Un Certain Regard standout, is a brutal coming of age about a teenager girl (newcomer Ghjuvanna Benedetti) on the run with her father (Saveriu Santucci), a Corsican clan leader.
91裸聊视频淲e wanted to propose a kind of anti-mob film,91裸聊视频� Colonna says, referencing the prevalence of 91裸聊视频淕odfather91裸聊视频�-inspired gangster dramas. 91裸聊视频淎s a viewer, I91裸聊视频檓 quite bored of this. I think we need to move to something else and propose a different prism.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淭he Kingdom,91裸聊视频� Colonna91裸聊视频檚 debut feature film, arose out of his own anxieties around the birth of his child six years ago. It91裸聊视频檚 an entirely fictional movie but it has personal roots for Colonna, who was inspired by the memory of a camping trip that he realized years later was 91裸聊视频渁n entirely different matter for my father.91裸聊视频� He shot the most of the film in Corsica within a few miles of his hometown.
91裸聊视频淭his is where I grew up,91裸聊视频� says Colonna, smiling. 91裸聊视频淭his is where I learned to swim. The shower where her kiss takes place is the shower where I kissed for the first time.91裸聊视频�
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Jake Coyle, The Associated Press
