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SCREENINGS Thursday 16 May 2019
DAY 3

FESTIVAL

Thursday 16 May

Synopsis: Demonic revisits the infamous Russia, 134’, Drama. accident. Cavalier proposes to him to hold his
Satanic Panic of the 1980s, its mass hysteria Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press screening) own role and that he, be his father. One winter 21:30
and memories of debauchery, Sales: Wild Bunch (5 Square Mérimée – 1st morning, Emmanuèle calls Alain; it will be MOULIN ROUGE (Premiere)
human sacrifices and satanic cults. floor) necessary to delay the shooting until the spring. United Kingdom, 119’, Biography.
Sales: Ritual Pictures Section: Un Certain Regard 19:45 Salle Buñuel
PLEASE SPEAK CONTINUOUSLY AND Director: Kantemir Balagov Sales: Cannes Classics
DESCRIBE YOUR EXPERIENCES AS THEY Casting: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa 5B (Premiere) Section: Cannes Classics
COME TO YOU (Premiere) Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov, Unknown, 93’. Director: John Huston
Canada, 9’ Konstantin Balakirev, Ksenia Kutepova, Olga Salle Du 60e Casting: José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne
Director: Brandon Cronenberg Dragunova Sales: Festival De Cannes Flon, Colette Marchand
Casting: Deragh Campbell, Neil Bennett, Ian Synopsis: The sprawling city that just survived Section: Out of Competition (Special Synopsis: Presented and restored by The Film
Goff the war and the long siege looks like a termi- Screening) Foundation in collaboration with Park Circus,
Synopsis: Emily is a patient at an nally ill person. Director: Dan Krauss Romulus Films and MGM with additional fund-
experimental psychiatric facility where a Next screening: 17 May, 16:45, Salle Du 60e Synopsis: In the 1980s, only a number and ing provided by the Franco-American Cultural
brain implant prototype allows her to relive 19:30 letter were used to designate a ward at San Fund, a unique partnership between the
her dreams. Francisco General Hospital, the first in the Directors Guild of America (DGA), the Motion
Sales: Film Forge Productions ETRE VIVANT ET LE SAVOIR (Premiere) country to treat patients with AIDS. While a por- Picture Association of America (MPAA), the
NAPTHA France, 80’, Documentary. tion of society saw these patients as pariahs, Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs
United Kingdom, 18’ Salle Buñuel the male and female caregivers in 5B chose a de Musique (SACEM), and the Writers Guild of
Director: Moin Hussain Sales: Pathé Films (Ibis Entrance, 4a/E) different route. This film is their story. Directed America, West (WGAW). Restored from the
Casting: Divian Ladwa, Ernest Ignatius, Section: Out of Competition (Special by Dan Krauss, 5B is a film about a past that 35mm Original Nitrate 3-Strip Technicolor
Suleiman Hussain Ali Screening) questions our present. It will be distributed in Negative. 4K scanning, colour grading, digital
Synopsis: Faraz works in an isolated petrol Director: Alain Cavalier the United States, all around the world, and in image restoration and film recording by Cineric,
station. His quiet life is turned upside down Casting: Emmanuèle Bernheim France, which in October will be hosting the Inc., New York. Colourist: Daniel DeVincent.
when his old man starts talking to him in a Synopsis: Emmanuèle Bernheim and Alain world conference for all fund-raisers donating Audio restoration by Chace Audio. Restoration
long-forgotten language. Cavalier are linked by thirty years of friendship. money over the next three years to fight HIV, Consultant: Grover Crisp.
Sales: Foreign Materiel They are preparing a film based on the tuberculosis, and malaria. LA CITÉ DE LA PEUR
19:15 autobiographical book of the novelist. 20:00 94’.
Everything went well. She tells how her father
Plage Macé
BEANPOLE (Premiere) asked her "to finish" after a cardiovascular LES MISÉRABLES (Premiere) Section: Cinéma de la plage
France, 102’, Drama. Director: Alain Berberian
Olympia 1 Casting: Alain Chabat, Chantal Lauby,
Sales: Wild Bunch (5 Square Mérimée – 1st Dominique Farrugia
floor) Synopsis: This French comedy parodies horror
Section: In competition movies and detective films. It is set at the
Director: Ladj Ly Cannes Film Festival. There, Odile, a sincere
Casting: Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, publicist, tries to promote the horror movie Red
Djebril Zonga Is Dead. The movie tells of a killer in a welding
Synopsis: Stéphane has recently joined the mask who wields a hammer and sickle with
Anti-Crime Brigade in Montfermeil, in the Paris deadly results. The trouble begins when a real
suburbs. killer with the same m.o. begins knocking off
DES HOMMES (Premiere) projectionists at market screenings. In true
France, 90’, Documentary. publicist form, Odile immediately brings the
Arcades 1 film’s star to the festival. To protect him, Odile
Sales: Unite De Production hires a handsome bodyguard. Odile finds her-
Section: ACID self romanced by a police commissioner.
Director: Alice Odiot, Jean-Robert Viallet Meanwhile a stranger lurks in the distance.
Synopsis: Thirty thousand square metres and A WHITE, WHITE DAY (Premiere)
2,000 inmates, half of them under 30 years old. Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, 109’, Second film.
The Baumettes jail tells about misery, violence, Miramar
abandonment, and also hopes. It is a story with Sales: New Europe Film Sales (Scandinavian
its screams and its silences. A concentration of Terrace) +48698900936
humanity. Section: Critics’ Week (In Competition)
20:45 Director: Hlynur Pálmason
Synopsis: In a remote Icelandic town, an off
AND THEN WE DANCED (Premiere) duty police chief begins to suspect a local man
Sweden, Georgia, France, 106’, Romance. for having an affair with his wife, who recently
Theatre Croisette died in a car accident.
Sales: Totem Films (29 Rue Du Commandant Next screening: 17 May, 08:30, Miramar
André)
Section: Directors’ Fortnight 22:00
Director: Levan Akin SORRY WE MISSED YOU (Premiere)
Casting: Ana Javakishvili, Bachi Valishvili , United Kingdom, 102’, Drama.
Levan Gelbakhiani Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press screening)
Synopsis: A young dancer falls in love with his Sales: Wild Bunch (5 Square Mérimée – 1st
strongest rival in conservative Georgia.
Next screening: 17 May, 22:30, Arcades 1

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