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SCREENINGS

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21 TO 24 May

MEKTOUB, MY LOVE : INTERMEZZO Eric, Marie, Vincent, Isabelle, Antoine and the Casting: Isabelle Huppert, Brendan Gleeson, Until one night when a fire starts to devastate
(PREMIERE) kids hatch a plan to spring a surprise birthday Jérémie Renier, Marisa Tomei, Vinette Robinson, the region.
France, 240’, Drama. party on him there, the day after he arrives. It’s Ariyon Bakare, Pascal Greggory
Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening) an opportunity to catch up after drifting apart Synopsis: Frankie, a famous French actress, THE ROOM (Premiere)
over time and life’s ups-and downs. When the
Sales: Pathé Films (Ibis Entrance, 4a/E) children have grown, couples have parted, daily learns that she only has a few months to live. France, Belgium, Luxembourg, 100’, Horror.
Section: In competition lives have diverged, and everybody keeps telling For one final family vacation, she gathers Riviera 1
everyone together in Sintra, Portugal.
Director: Abdelatif Kechiche their little white lies, what remains of friendship? Sales: Elle Driver (7 La Croisette)
Synopsis: French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Section: Market
Kechiche returns to Cannes with the Intermezzo HOMEWARD (Premiere) Director: Christian Volckman
of Mektoub, My Love, six years after his Palme A HIDDEN LIFE (Premiere) Ukraine, 92’, Drama. Casting: Olga Kurylenko, Kevin Janssens
d’or with La Vie d’Adèle (Blue Is the Warmest USA, Germany, 173’, Drama. Palais J Synopsis: Kate and Matt are a young New York
Color). The groundwork for this saga storytelling Olympia 2 Sales: Wild Bunch couple in their thirties. He’s a struggling comic
and extraordinary portrait of French youth in the Sales: Mister Smith Entertainment (5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor) book artist, she’s tired of her job in a big law
90s was laid in his Canto Uno. (Rond Point Dubois D’Angers) Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) firm.
Section: Market (In competition) Director: Nariman Aliev
TALENT ADAMI & PRIX DECOUVERTE Director: Terrence Malick Casting: Akhtem Seitablaev LUX ÆTERNA (Premiere)
LEICA CINE DU COURT & PRIX CANAL Casting: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Michael Synopsis: Having lost his oldest son in the war France, 50’, Drama.
(PREMIERE) Nyqvist, Jürgen Prochnow, Martin Wuttke, between Russian and Ukraine, Mustafa resolves Olympia 1
Miramar Maria Simon, Franz Rogowski, Matthias to bring the boy’s body to the land of his birth: Sales: Wild Bunch
Sales: Semaine De La Critique Schoenaerts Crimea. Together, he and his younger son set out (5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor)
Section: Critics’ Week Synopsis: Based on real events, A Hidden Life is on a journey that will profoundly mark their Section: Market (Midnight Screenings)
the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, relationship.
22:15 who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War Director: Gaspar Noe
Synopsis: Two actresses, Béatrice Dalle and
II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced
with the threat of execution for treason, it is his 11:15
MEKTOUB, MY LOVE : INTERMEZZO unwavering faith and his love for his wife, Fani, Charlotte Gainsbourg, are on a film set telling
stories about witches – but that’s not all. Lux
(Premiere) and children that keeps his spirit alive. PARASITE (Premiere) Æterna is also an essay on cinema, the love of
France, 240’, Drama. Korea (South), 132’, Drama. film, and on-set hysterics. It’s a brilliant fast-
Salle Bazin (Press screening) ICE ON FIRE (Premiere) Palais K paced medium-length film for Gaspar Noé’s
Sales: Pathé Films (Ibis Entrance, 4a/E) 91’, Documentary. Sales: CJ Entertainment/CJ E&M Corporation return – an unexpected one until recently – to
Section: In competition Palais K (E19) the Official Selection, for a film that the Selection
Committee watched at the last minute and
Director: Abdelatif Kechiche Sales: Festival De Cannes Section: Market (In Competition) which will be shown in a Midnight Screening as
Synopsis: French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Section: Market (Special Screening) Director: Joon-Ho Bong hyped as it is mysterious.
Kechiche returns to Cannes with the Intermezzo Director: Leila Conners Casting: Kang-Ho Song, Sun-Kyun Lee, Yeo-
of Mektoub, My Love, six years after his Palme Jeong Cho, Woo-Shik Choi, So-Dam Park, Hyae-
d’or with La Vie d’Adèle (Blue Is the Warmest Synopsis: In 2007, Leila Conners screened The Jin Chang QUE SEA LEY (Premiere)
Color). The groundwork for this saga storytelling 11th Hour at Cannes, a hard-hitting Argentina, 85’, Documentary.
and extraordinary portrait of French youth in the documentary about climate change produced by 12:00 Palais J
90s was laid in his Canto Uno. Leonardo DiCaprio. The Festival screens conflict Sales: Wild Bunch
documentaries as part of a strong and proud (5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor)
tradition, like it also did with An Inconvenient
ALL ABOUT YVES (Premiere)
MARKET Truth by Davis Guggenheim, which won an France, 107’, Comedy. Section: Market (Special Screening)
Director: Juan Solanas
Oscar and earned Al Gore a Nobel Peace Prize.
Twelve years later as the alarm bells are still Lerins 1 Synopsis: In Argentina, a woman dies every
multiplying all around the world (and more!), Sales: Le Pacte (M21) week as the result of illegal abortions. In 2018,
23/05/2019 Leila Conners and Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up Section: Market (Directors’ Fortnight) for the seventh time, a motion supporting legal,
Director: Benoît Forgeard
secure and free abortion was presented to the
again on the same topic to make a film with an
9:30 eloquent title: Ice on Fire. Casting: William Lebghil, Doria Tillier National Congress of Argentina. The project
Synopsis: Jerem decides to settle at his
provoked a fierce debate, revealing a society
There, he meets So, a mysterious investigator
BEANPOLE (Premiere) 10:00 grandma’s place to compose his first album. divided more than ever between the pro-life and
freedom to choose positions. Through an
Russia, 134’, Drama. OUR DEFEATS working on behalf of the startup Digital Cool. assemblage of passionate testimonies, Let It Be
Palais I France, 94’, Documentary. Next screening: 24 May, 11:00, Theatre Law documents the determination of women
Sales: Wild Bunch Lerins 1 Croisette fighting bravely to secure the right to physical
(5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor) Sales: Doc & Film International (L12) self-determination, and bears witness to their
massive mobilisation in the streets of Buenos
Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) Section: Market JUST RETIRED (Premiere) Aires. Let It Be Law marks Juan Solanas’ return
Director: Kantemir Balagov Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot France, Comedy. to Cannes Official Selection– a powerful,
Casting: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Synopsis: Nowadays in France, a group of Lerins 2 militant and necessary documentary revealing
Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov, teenagers re-enact iconic films from the 1968 Sales: SND - Groupe M6 (42 Rue Des Serbes) the urgent and vital struggle for the recognition
Konstantin Balakirev, Ksenia Kutepova, Olga era. Section: Market of women’s rights.
Dragunova Director: Fabrice Bracq
Synopsis: The sprawling city that just survived PARTICLES (Premiere) Casting: Michèle Laroque, Tierry Lhermitte ATLANTICS (Premiere)
the war and the long siege looks like a France, Switzerland, 98’, Drama. Synopsis: Marilou and Philippe are finally
terminally ill person. Lerins 2 retired! They cannot wait to move to Portugal. France, Senegal, Belgium, 105’, Drama.
Riviera 2
Sales: Les Films Du Losange (G1) At least, they will have time for themselves. Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette)
LITTLE WHITE LIES 2 (Premiere) Section: Market (Directors’ Fortnight)
France, 135’, Drama. Director: Blaise Harrison FIRE WILL COME (Premiere) Section: Market (In Competition)
Riviera 1 Casting: Thomas Daloz, Néa Lueders, Salvatore France, Luxembourg, Spain, 75’, Drama. Director: Mati Diop
Sales: Europacorp Ferro, Emma Josserand, Léo Couilfort, Nicolas Palais I Casting: Mama Sané, Amadou Am, Ibrahima
Section: Market Marcant Sales: Pyramide International (J6) Traoré
Synopsis: Along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-
Director: Guillaume Canet Synopsis: At the foot of the Jura Mountains, Pa, Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a
Casting: Marion Cotillard, François Cluzet, aged 17, and his gang of friends are in their last Director: Oliver Laxe suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with
Gilles Lellouche, Laurent Lafitte, Benoit year at high school. Casting: Amador Arias, Benedicta Sanchez, Souleiman, a young construction worker.
Magimel, Pascale Arbillot, Esther Clementine Inazio Abrao
Baert, Valérie Bonneton, José Garcia FRANKIE (Premiere) Synopsis: Amador Coro has been condemned 13:00
Synopsis: Academy Award-winner Marion France, Portugal, 98’, Drama.
Cotillard leads a fabulous cast in Guillaume for having provoked a fire. When he gets out of LITTLE JOE (Premiere)
Canet’s sparkling follow-up to his powerful Olympia 1 prison, nobody is waiting for him. He returns to
generational comedy Little White Lies. Sales: Sbs International his home town, a small village hidden in the Austria, Germany, United Kingdom, 105’,
Preoccupied and on the verge of depression, (Building Comoran 2, 1st Floor) mountains of rural Galicia, to live with his Drama.
Max takes off for a long weekend alone in his Section: Market (In Competition) mother, Benedicta, and their three cows. Life Olympia 2
house at Cap Ferret, on France’s Atlantic coast. Director: Ira Sachs goes by slowly, following the rhythm of nature. Sales: Coproduction Office (Paris)
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