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DAY 8
Tuesday 15 May 2018

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BURNING Director: Kevin Macdonald Sales: Doc & Film International (Booth L2) FUGUE (FUGA)
Première Synopsis: A profile of music superstar Whitney Section: Market (Directors Fortnight) Première
Korea (South), 148’, Drama. Houston’s life. Made with full access to her Director: Stefano Savona Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden, 100’, Second
Salle Bazin (Press screening) family and collaborators and new footage. Synopsis: In the outskirts of Gaza film.
Sales: Finecut (Booth G9) +04 92 99 32 15 Next screening: 17 May, 15:30, Salle Du 60e City a small community of farmers is about to Riviera 2
Section: In competition celebrate a wedding. Sales: Alpha Violet (Booth E18)
Director: Chang-Dong Lee Section: Market (Critic's Week, In competition)
Casting: Yoo Ah-In, Steven Yeun MARKET 11:30 Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
Synopsis: JJong-soo bumps into Hae-mi. Hae- Casting: Lukasz Simlat, Gabriela Muskala,
mi asks him to look after her cat while she's on CARAVAGGIO - Malgorzata Buczkowska, Piotr Skiba
a trip to Africa. THE SOUL AND THE BLOOD Synopsis: Alicja has no memory of her past
(CARAVAGGIO - L'ANIMA E IL SANGUE)
Next screening: 17 May, 10:00, Salle Du 60e 10:00 Italy, 95’, Documentary. and has managed to build a new identity.
THE HARVESTERS 3 FACES Olympia 3 13:30
Première Première Sales: Nexo Digital DHAYEN
France, Greece, South Africa, Poland, 105’, Iran, 100’, Drama. Section: Market Première
Drama. Lerins 1 Director: Jesus Garces Lambert Algeria, 65’, First film.
Salle Du 60e Sales: Celluloid Dreams/Celluloid Nightmares Synopsis: A profile of the life, work and strug- Palais D
Sales: Pyramide International (Booth J6) (16 Rue Des Belges, App. 304) gles of artist Caravaggio. Sales: Centre Algerien De Developpement Du
Section: Day after screenings Section: Market (In competition) 12:00 Cinema (Pav 105)
(Un Certain Regard) Director: Jafar Panahi Section: Market
Director: Etienne Kallos Casting: Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh POSTCARDS FROM LONDON Director: Nazim Larabi
Casting: Brent Vermeulen, Alex Van Dyk, Rezaei, Maedeh Erteghaei United Kingdom, 88’, Drama.
Synopsis: Well-known actress Behnaz is dis-
Juliana Venter, Morne Visser traught by a provincial girl’s video plea for help Lerins 1 14:00
Synopsis: In the conservative Afrikaans territo- as her family try to stop her drama studies. Sales: The Bureau Sales (Booth L4) DEVIL'S NIGHT:
ry obsessed with strength and masculinity, Next screening: 17 May, 13:30, Olympia 2 Section: Market DAWN OF THE NAIN ROUGE
Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. Director: Steve Mclean Première
Next screening: 17 May, 16:15, Palais I TO THE FOUR WINDS (LIBRE) Casting: Harris Dickinson, Raphael Desprez, USA, 95’, Thriller.
22:15 Première Ben Cura Palais C
Sales: Kyyba Films
France, 100’, Social issues.
Synopsis: The story of beautiful teenager Jim
Lerins 3 (Priority badges only) Section: Market
LES MORTS ET LES AUTRES/ who travels to Soho where he falls in with a
THE DEAD AND THE OTHERS Sales: Jour2fete Sales (Booth D8) gang of unusual high-class male escorts. Director: Sam Logan Khaleghi
Section: Market
(CHUVA É CANTORIA NA ALDEIA DOS 15:30
MORTOS) (Out of Competition, Special Screenings) SIR
Première Director: Michel Toesca Première
WE NEED YOUR VOTE (LE POULAIN)
Brazil, Portugal, 114’, Drama. Synopsis: In the valley between France and India, France, 96’, Drama. Première
Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press screening) Italy, Cédric, a farmer, has been welcoming Lerins 2 France, 110’, Comedy.
Sales: Luxbox (Booth K4) migrants since the beginning of the crisis. Sales: mk2 Films (52 Bd La Croisette) Lerins 3
Section: Un Certain Regard Next screening: 17 May, 14:00, Palais I Section: Market (Critic's Week, In competition) Sales: Bac Films
Director: João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora THE MAN WHO STOLE BANKSY Director: Rohena Gera Section: Market
Casting: Henrique Ihjãc Krahô, Raene Kôtô Première Casting: Vivek Gomber, Tillotama Shome Director: Mathieu Sapin
Krahô United Kingdom, Italy, 91’, Documentary. Synopsis: In Mumbai a widow works as a Casting: Alexandra Lamy, Finnegan Oldfield,
Synopsis: Denying his duty and becoming a Riviera 1 servant for Ashwin, a son from a good family Gilles Cohen
shaman, Ihjãc runs away to the city. An indige- Sales: Elle Driver (7 La Croisette, 7th Floor) whose wedding has just been called off. Synopsis: As Arnaud learns the tactics of a
nous in contemporary Brazil. Section: Market presidential campaign, he develops a fascina-
Next screening: 17 May, 15:45, Palais J Director: Marco Proserpio PAUL SANCHEZ IS BACK! tion for politics, and for his powerful boss.
(PAUL SANCHEZ EST REVENU!)
22:30 Synopsis: A new adventure about street art, Première NINE TO NIRVANA
donkeys and capitalism.
France, 110’, Comedy. Première
THE SNATCH THIEF MY FAVORITE FABRIC Lerins 3 China, 90’, Action/Adventure.
(EL MOTOARREBATADOR) (MON TISSU PREFERE) Palais J
Première Première Sales: SBS International Sales: Beijing International Film Festival
Argentina, 93’, Drama. France, Germany, Turkey, 95’, First film. Section: Market Section: Market
Arcades 1 Riviera 2 Director: Patricia Mazuy Director: Lu Chunwei
Sales: The Match Factory Sales: UDI - Urban Distribution International Casting: Laurent Lafitte, Zita Hanrot
(La Bagatelle/25 La Croisette) +33493398860 (Booth L2) BIG BANG COLD WAR (ZIMNA WOJNA)
Section: Directors Fortnight Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) Première Première
Director: Agustín Toscano Director: Gaya Jiji France, 95’, Comedy. Poland, United Kingdom, France, 84’, Drama.
0:15 Casting: Manal Issa, Ula Tabari, Souraya Riviera 1 Riviera 1
Sales: mk2 Films (52 Bd La Croisette)
Baghdadi
Synopsis: Damascus 2011, the early stages of Sales: SND - Groupe M6 (42 Rue Des Serbes) Section: Market (In competition)
WHITNEY revolution. 25-year-old Nahla is torn between Section: Market Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Première desire for freedom and the hope of leaving. Director: Cécilia Rouaud Casting: Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig, Agata
United Kingdom, 120’, Documentary. Next screening: 17 May, 13:45, Palais J Casting: Vanessa Paradis, Camille Cottin, Pierre Kulesza, Jeanne Balibar, Cedric Kahn
Grand Théâtre Lumière (Ticket required) Deladonchamps, Chantal Lauby, Laurent Synopsis: A passionate love story between
Sales: Altitude Film Sales SAMOUNI ROAD Capelluto, Marc Ruchmann two people of different backgrounds and tem-
(9 Rue Des Etats Unis, 2nd Floor) Première Synopsis: When their grandfather dies, peraments, who are fatally mismatched.
Section: Out of Competition France, Italy, 126’, Documentary. Gabrielle, Elsa and Mao are reunited after 20 Next screening: 17 May, 18:00, Olympia 1
(Midnight Screenings) Lerins 2 years, following their parents’ divorce.

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