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SCREENINGS Friday 11 May 2018
DAY 4

FESTIVAL

Friday 11 May

20:00 Olympia 5/Olympia 8 meets Ramon and together they will embark
Sales: Orange Studio (35 Bd La Croisette)
on a journey of discoveries, love and crime.
19:00 Section: Directors' Fortnight Today, after more than forty-five years in jail,
COLD WAR (ZIMNA WOJNA) Director: Guillaume Nicloux Carlos Robledo Puch is the longest-serving pris-
ASH IS PUREST WHITE Première Casting: Gaspard Ulliel, Guillaume Gouix,
Première Poland, United Kingdom, France, 84’, Drama. Lang-Khê Tran, Gérard Depardieu oner in the history of Argentina.
Next screening: 12 May, 16:15, Bazin
China, France, Japan, 150’, Drama. Olympia 1 Next screening: 14 May, 12:00, Olympia 2
Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press screening) Sales: mk2 Films (52 Bd La Croisette) PLAIRE, AIMER ET COURIR VITE
Sales: mk2 Films (52 Bd La Croisette) Section: In competition JOUEURS (SORRY ANGEL)
Section: In competition Director: Pawel Pawlikowski (TREAT ME LIKE FIRE) Première
Director: Zhang-Ke Jia Casting: Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig, Agata Première France, 130’, Drama.
Casting: Zhao Tao, Fan Liao Kulesza, Jeanne Balibar, Cédric Kahn France, 110’, Drama. Olympia 1
Synopsis: China, 2001. Qiao is in love with Bin, Synopsis: Cold War is a passionate love story Théâtre Croisette Sales: Mk2 Films (52 Bd La Croisette)
Sales: Playtime (3 Sq Mérimée (3rd Fl.))
a local mobster. During a fight between rival between people of different backgrounds and Section: Directors' Fortnight Section: In competition
gangs, she fires a gun to protect her lover. After temperaments, who are fatally mismatched. Set Director: Marie Monge Director: Christophe Honore
five years in prison she goes looking for Bin to against the background of the Cold War in the Casting: Tahar Rahim, Stacy Martin Casting: Vincent Lacoste, Pierre
try and start all over again. 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris. Synopsis: When she meets Abel, Ella's life is Deladonchamps, Denis Podalydes
Next screening: 12 May, 20:30, Arcades 3 Synopsis: Jacques is a writer living in Paris. He
19:15 ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE turned upside down. Irresistibly drawn to this hasn’t turned 40 but already mistrusts that the
elusive lover, the young woman discovers the
ASH IS PUREST WHITE Première cosmopolitan, underground world of Paris’ best in life is yet to come. Arthur is a student
living in Brittany. He reads and smiles a lot.
Première Poland, Spain, 85’, Animation. gaming circles. They will like each other. Just like in a lovely
Next screening: 13 May, 10:00, Olympia 2
China, France, Japan, 150’, Drama. Salle Du 60e dream. Just like in a sad story.
Salle Bazin (Press screening) Sales: Indie Sales 21:30 Next screening: 12 May, 09:00, Olympia 6
Sales: mk2 Films (52 Bd La Croisette) Section: Out of competition (Special
Section: In competition Screenings) LE GRAND BLEU 22:30
Director: Zhang-Ke Jia Director: Raúl De La Fuente, Damian Nenow 138’.
Synopsis: Warsaw, 1975. Kapuscinski (43) is a
Casting: Zhao Tao, Fan Liao brilliant veteran journalist, an idealist and a Plage Macé DIAMANTINO
Synopsis: China, 2001. Qiao is in love with Bin, friend of lost causes and revolutions. At the Sales: Gaumont Première
a local mobster. During a fight between rival Polish Press Agency, he convinces his boss to Section: Cinéma de la plage Portugal, France, Brazil, 92’.
Director: Luc Besson
gangs, she fires a gun to protect her lover. After send him to Angola where a bloody civil war Casting: Jean Reno, Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Miramar
five years in prison she goes looking for Bin to has broken out. It was a reporter that left Arquette Sales: Charades
(3 Rond-Point Duboys D'Angers)
try and start all over again. Poland, but it was a writer that returned. Synopsis: This is the story of two divers. It Section: Critic's Week (In competition)
Next screening: 16 May, 15:30, Lerins 2 begins in the late fifties when even as boys,
BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY Jacques Mayol and Enzo Molinari, would vie to Director: Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
OF ALICE GUY- BLACHÉ SHÉHÉRAZADE set a deep-sea diving records. Twenty years lat- Synopsis: Diamantino, the world’s premiere
Première Première er, they are both front runners for the champi- soccer star loses his touch and ends his career
USA, 120’, Documentary. France, 106’, Drama. onship. The portrait of two men bound to the in disgrace. Searching for a new purpose he
Salle Buñuel Miramar sea and the love between Jacques and his goes on an odyssey where he confronts neo-
Sales: The Film Sales Company Sales: Films Boutique earth woman, Johanna; The big blue, a tale of fascism, the refugee crisis, genetic modification,
Section: Cannes Classics (Booth G3) +04 92 99 32 20 friendship and romance. and the hunt for the source of genius.
Director: Green Pamela Section: Critic's Week (Special screening) Next screening: 12 May, 08:30, Miramar
Synopsis: A turn-of-the-20th century detective Director: Jean-Bernard Marlin 22:00 BIRDS OF PASSAGE
story/bio pic, rewriting film history by revealing Synopsis: Zachary, 17, gets out of jail. Rejected (PAJAROS DE VERANO)
ASH IS PUREST WHITE
for the first time the story of Alice’s life and by his mother, he hangs out in the mean streets Première Première
20-year career. Her work includes comedies, of Marseille, where he meets Shéhérazade. China, France, Japan, 150’, Drama. Colombia, France, Mexico, Denmark, 120’,
Westerns, dramas, dealing with child abuse, Salle Bazin (Press screening) Drama.
immigration, planned parenthood, and empow- CASSANDRO THE EXOTICO! Sales: mk2 Films (52 Bd La Croisette) Arcades 1
(CASSANDRO EL EXOTICO!)
ered women. She made the earliest known sur- Première Section: In competition Sales: Films Boutique
viving narrative film with an all black cast. France, 73’, Art - Culture. Director: Zhang-Ke Jia (Booth G3) +04 92 99 32 20
Next screening: 13 May, 09:45, Olympia 8 Arcades 1+2 Casting: Zhao Tao, Fan Liao Section: Directors' Fortnight
19:30 Sales: UDI - Urban Distribution International Synopsis: China, 2001. Qiao is in love with Bin, Director: Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra
Synopsis: In the 70s the marijuana bonanza
(Booth L2)
a local mobster. During a fight between rival
Section: ACID gangs, she fires a gun to protect her lover. After hits Colombia, quickly turning farmers into
ASH IS PUREST WHITE Director: Marie Losier businessmen. In the Guajira desert, a Wayuu
Première Synopsis: After 26 years of spinning dives and five years in prison she goes looking for Bin to indigenous family takes a leading role and dis-
China, France, Japan, 150’, Drama. flying uppercuts on the ring, Cassandro, the star try and start all over again. covers the perks of wealth and power. But
Grand Théâtre Lumière (Ticket required) of the gender-bending cross-dressing Mexican EL ÁNGEL (EL ANGEL) when greed, passion, and honour blend togeth-
Sales: Mk2 Films (52 Bd La Croisette) wrestlers the Exoticos, is far from retiring. But Première er, a fratricidal war breaks out.
Section: In competition with dozens of broken bones and metal pins in Argentina, 105’, Crime. Next screening: 12 May, 18:00, Arcades 2
Director: Zhang-Ke Jia his body, he must now reinvent himself. Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press screening)
Casting: Zhao Tao, Fan Liao Next screening: 12 May, 14:00, Riviera 1 Sales: Film Factory Entertainment (Booth A5) 23:00
Synopsis: China, 2001. Qiao is in love with Bin, Section: Un Certain Regard
a local mobster. During a fight between rival 20:30 Director: Luis Ortega GONGJAK (THE SPY GONE NORTH)
gangs, she fires a gun to protect her lover. After LES CONFINS DU MONDE Casting: Lorenzo Ferro, Chino Darin, Mercedes Première
five years in prison she goes looking for Bin to (TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD) Moran, Daniel Fanego, Luis Gnecco, Peter Korea (South), 141’, Drama.
try and start all over again. Première Lanzani, Cecilia Roth Grand Théâtre Lumière (Ticket Required)
Next screening: 12 May, 10:30, Salle Du 60e France, 103’, Epic. Synopsis: Carlitos is a 17-year-old thief. He

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