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SCREENINGS Sunday 19 May
DAY 6

FESTIVAL

Sunday 19 May

FESTIVAL Salle Du 60e Director: Lorcan Finnegan militant and necessary documentary revealing the
urgent and vital struggle for the recognition of
Casting: Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots
Sales: Memento Films International (MFI)
women’s rights.
(84 Rue D’Antibes, Fifth Floor)
Section: Day after screenings (In 8:45 11:30
Competition) THE LIGHTHOUSE (Premiere) LAND OF ASHES (Premiere)
8:30 Director: Diao Yinan USA, Canada, 110’, Horror. Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, France, 82’,
Theatre Croisette
THE WHISTLERS (Premiere) Casting: Hu Ge, Kwai Lun Mei, Liao Fan, Sales: A24 Films Drama.
Romania, France, Germany, 97’, Drama. Wan Qian Section: Directors’ Fortnight Miramar
Synopsis: The story of a gangster on the run who
Grand Théâtre Lumière (Ticket Required) eventually sacrifices himself to save his family and Director: Robert Eggers Sales: Totem Films
Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette) the woman he encounters along the way. Casting: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe (29 Rue Du Commandant André)
Section: In competition Next screening: 20 May, 15:30, Olympia 3 Synopsis: From Robert Eggers, the visionary Section: Critics’ Week (In Competition)
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu YOU DESERVE A LOVER (Premiere) filmmaker behind the modern horror masterpiece Director: Sofía Quirós Ubeda
Casting: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon The Witch, comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory Casting: Smachleen Gutiérrez, Humberto
tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and
Synopsis: Not everything is as it seems for Cristi, a France, 102’, Drama. mysterious New England island in the 1890s. Samuels, Kesha Brown, Hortensia Smith
police inspector in Bucharest who plays both sides Salle Buñuel Next screening: 20 May, 22:30, Arcades 1 Synopsis: Selva (13) lives in a Caribbean coastal
of the law. Enticed by the beautiful Gilda on a high- Sales: Wild Bunch town. After the sudden disappearance of her only
stakes heist, both will have to navigate the twists (5 Square Mérimée – 1er Étage) 10:30 motherly figure, Selva is the only one left to take
and turns of treachery and deception. Section: Critics’ Week (Special Screening) care of her grandfather, who doesn’t want to live
anymore. Between mysterious shadows and wild
LIBERTÉ (Premiere)
Next screening: 21 May, 17:30, Palais J Director: Hafsia Herzi Spain, France, 132’, Drama. games, she debates whether helping her
ON A MAGICAL NIGHT (Premiere) Synopsis: After Rémi’s infidelity, Lila, who loved Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening) grandfather achieve his desire, even though this
might mean going through her last moments of
France, 90’, Comedy. him more than anything, has a hard time dealing Sales: Films Boutique (G3) +04 92 993220 childhood alone.
Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening) with their break-up. One day, he announces that he Section: Un Certain Regard Next screening: 20 May, 08:30, Miramar
will travel alone to Bolivia to soul-search and try to
Sales: Charades understand his mistakes. There, he lets her know Director: Albert Serra
(3 Rond-Point Duboys D’Angers) that their love story is not over. Between discussions, Synopsis: 1774, shortly before the French THE ORPHANAGE (Premiere)
Section: Un Certain Regard seeking for comfort and encouragement from her Revolution, somewhere between Potsdam and Denmark, Germany, Afghanistan, France,
Director: Christophe Honore friends, and the madness of love, Lila loses herself. Berlin. Madame de Dumeval, the Duc de Tesis and Luxembourg, 90’, Drama.
Synopsis: After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides the Duc de Wand, libertines expelled from the Arcades 1
puritanical court of Louis XVI, seek the support of
to leave. She moves to the room 212 of the hotel VIVARIUM (Premiere) the legendary Duc de Walchen, German seducer and Sales: Luxbox (23 Rue Bivouac Napoléon)
opposite her marital home. From there, Maria can Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, 97’, Science- Section: Directors’ Fortnight
scrutinise her apartment, her husband, her wedding. fiction. freethinker, lonely in a country where hypocrisy and Director: Shahrbanoo Sadat
false virtue reign. Their mission is to export
She wonders if she has made the right decision. Miramar libertinage, a philosophy of enlightenment founded Synopsis: In the late 1980s, 15-year-old Qodrat
Next screening: 20 May, 12:00, Palais K Sales: XYZ Films on the rejection of moral boundaries and authorities, lives in the streets of Kabul and sells cinema tickets
on the black market. He is a big Bollywood fan and
THE WILD GOOSE LAKE (Premiere) (Flamant Entrance, 2nd Floor) but moreover to find a safe place to pursue their he daydreams himself into some of his favorite
errant games, where the quest for pleasure no
China, 113’, Thriller. Section: Critics’ Week (In Competition) longer obeys laws other than those dictated by movie scenes. One day the Police bring him to the
unfulfilled desires. Soviet orphanage. But in Kabul the political situation
is changing. Qodrat and all the children want to
Next screening: 20 May, 19:00, Bazin defend their home.
11:00 12:00
THE BEST YEARS OF A LIFE (Premiere) THE BARE NECESSITY (Premiere)
France, 90’, Drama. France, 102’, Comedy.
Grand Théâtre Lumière (Press Screening) Theatre Croisette
Sales: Other Angle Pictures (Albatros Sales: Playtime (3 Square Mérimée)
Entrance, 2nd Floor) Section: Directors’ Fortnight
Section: Out of Competition Director: Erwan Le Duc
Director: Claude Lelouch Casting: Swann Arlaud, Maud Wyler,
Casting: Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Nicolas Maury, Fanny Ardant
Trintignant, Marianne Denicourt, Souad Synopsis: Pierre Perdrix has been enjoying an
Amidou, Antoine Sire, Monica Bellucci enchanted though restless existence since the
Synopsis: They knew each other long ago: a man enigmatic Juliette Webb burst into his life.
and a woman whose dazzling and unexpected Next screening: 22 May, 15:30, Riviera 1
romance captured in the now-iconic film,
revolutionised our understanding of love. Today, the 13:00
former race car driver seems lost in the pathways of
his memory. In order to help him, his son seeks out LUX ÆTERNA (Premiere)
the woman his father wasn’t able to cherish but France, 50’, Drama.
whom he constantly revisits in his thoughts and Salle Du 60e (Press Screening)
dreams. Anne reunites with Jean-Louis and their Sales: Wild Bunch
story picks up where they left it. (5 Square Mérimée – 1er Étage)
Next screening: 20 May, 17:30, Salle Du 60e
Section: Out of Competition (Midnight
QUE SEA LEY (Premiere) Screening)
Argentina, 85’, Documentary. Director: Gaspar Noe
Salle Du 60e (Press Screening) Synopsis: Two actresses, Béatrice Dalle and
Sales: Wild Bunch Charlotte Gainsbourg, are on a film set telling
(5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor) stories about witches – but that’s not all. Lux
Æterna is also an essay on cinema, the love of film,
Section: Out of Competition (Special and on-set hysterics. It’s a brilliant fast-paced
Screening) medium-length film for Gaspar Noé’s return – an
Director: Juan Solanas unexpected one until recently – to the Official
Synopsis: In Argentina, a woman dies every week Selection, for a film that the Selection Committee
as the result of illegal abortions. In 2018, for the watched at the last minute and which will be shown
seventh time, a motion supporting legal, secure and in a Midnight Screening as hyped as it is mysterious.
free abortion was presented to the National Next screening: 20 May, 13:15, Salle Du 60e
Congress of Argentina. The project provoked a fierce
debate, revealing a society divided more than ever A HIDDEN LIFE (Premiere)
between the pro-life and freedom to choose USA, Germany, 173’, Drama.
positions. Through an assemblage of passionate Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening)
testimonies, Let It Be Law documents the Sales: Mister Smith Entertainment
determination of women fighting bravely to secure
the right to physical self-determination, and bears (Rond Point Dubois D’Angers)
witness to their massive mobilisation in the streets Section: In competition
of Buenos Aires. Let It Be Law marks Juan Solanas’ Director: Terrence Malick
return to Cannes Official Selection– a powerful, Casting: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner,
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