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SCREENINGS

FESTIVAL

Friday 17 May

16:45 an intimate storyline, made of symbols, ges-
tures and images. Moving between Rome and
LITTLE JOE (Premiere) New York, the movie narrates the strength of a
blood relationship between two women who
Austria, Germany, United Kingdom, 105’, have come to a day of reckoning with them-
Drama. selves, through a diachronic and introspective
Salle Bazin (Press Screening) overview.
Sales: Coproduction Office (Paris) Next screening: 19 May, 16:00, Gray 1
(L8) +33 4 92 993314 18:15
Section: In competition
Director: Jessica Hausner THE WHITE CARAVAN (Premiere)
Casting: Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Georgia, 97’, Drama.
Fox Salle Buñuel
Synopsis: Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated Sales: Cannes Classics
senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged Section: Cannes Classics
in developing new species. . Director: Eldar Shengelaia, Tamaz Meliava
BEANPOLE (Premiere) Synopsis: Presented by Georgian National Film
Russia, 134’, Drama. Center. 4K Scan from 35mm, digital restoration
(colour, grading, stabilisation). Restoration
Salle Du 60e financed by the Georgian National Film Center,
Sales: Wild Bunch the restoration made by National Archives of
(5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor) Georgia.
Section: Day after screenings (Un Certain 19:30
Regard)
Director: Kantemir Balagov PAIN AND GLORY (Premiere)
Casting: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Spain, 112’, Drama.
Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov, Grand Théâtre Lumière (Ticket Required)
Konstantin Balakirev, Ksenia Kutepova, Olga Sales: Filmnation Entertainment Llc
Dragunova Section: In competition
Synopsis: The sprawling city that just survived Director: Pedro Almodóvar
the war and the long siege looks like a Casting: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas
terminally ill person. Synopsis: Pain and Glory tells of a series of re-
Next screening: 19 May, 09:30, Olympia 8 encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a
17:15 film director in physical decline. .
Next screening: 18 May, 08:30, Salle Du 60e
I LOST MY BODY (Premiere) PAIN AND GLORY (Premiere)
France, 110’, Animation. Spain, 112’, Drama.
Miramar Salle Bazin (Press screening)
Sales: Charades (3 Rond-Point Duboys Sales: Filmnation Entertainment Llc
D’Angers) Section: In competition
Section: Critics’ Week Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Director: Jérémy Clapin Casting: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas
Synopsis: A cut-off hand escapes from a
dissection lab with one crucial goal: to get back Synopsis: Pain and Glory tells of a series of re-
encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a
to its body. As it scrambles through the pitfalls film director in physical decline. .
of Paris, it remembers its life with the young
man it was once attached to… until they met 19:45
Gabrielle.
Next screening: 18 May, 08:30, Miramar THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS
(Premiere)
17:30 France, 85’.

PAIN AND GLORY (Premiere) Salle Du 60e
Spain, 112’, Drama. Sales: Pyramide International (J6)
Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening) Section: Out of Competition (Special
Sales: Filmnation Entertainment Llc Screening)
Section: In competition Director: Patricio Guzmán
Director: Pedro Almodóvar Synopsis: Patricio Guzmán left Chile more
than 40 years ago when the military
Casting: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas dictatorship took over the democratically-
Synopsis: Pain and Glory tells of a series of re- elected government, but he never stopped
encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a thinking about a country, a culture, and a place
film director in physical decline. . on the map that he never forgot. After covering
17:45 the North in Nostalgia for the Light and the
South in The Pearl Button, his shots get
THE STAGGERING GIRL (Premiere) up-close with what he calls “the vast revealing
Italy, 37’, Drama. backbone of Chile’s past and recent history.” La
Cordillera de los sueños is a visual poem, an
Theatre Croisette historical inquiry, a cinematographic essay, and
Sales: Rai Com (A8) magnificent personal exercise in soul-searching
Section: Directors’ Fortnight (Special Next screening: 19 May, 09:30, Riviera 2
Screening)
Director: Luca Guadagnino ZOMBI CHILD (Premiere)
Synopsis: The cinematographic language and France, 103’, Drama.
the language of couture simultaneously follow Theatre Croisette

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