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(L8) +33 4 92 993314 Sales: SBS International clan down from the mountains and into the sophomore Mandy discovers that a series of
Section: Market (In cCmpetition) (Building Comoran 2, 1st Floor) world of men. After escaping terrible monsters cell-phone videos of her—half-dressed and
Director: Jessica Hausner Section: Market (In Competition) and defeating an evil duke, the bears and men semiconscious—have gone viral. Struggling to
Casting: Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano live together in peace – for a time. piece together what happened, reeling at how
Fox Dornelles quickly the normalcy of her life has been
Synopsis: Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated Casting: Barbara Colen, Sonia Braga, Udo Kier 16:30 upended, unsure about her friends’ attempts to
senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in Synopsis: A few years from now… Bacurau, a usher her back into their normal social routine,
developing new species. small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS and uneasy about her parents’ inclination to
loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be (PREMIERE)
13:30 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their France, 85’, Documentary. take action on her behalf, Mandy has to
navigate a landscape littered with others’ good
community has vanished from most maps.
TOMMASO (Premiere) Palais K intentions and find a way to heal from a wound
Sales: Pyramide International (J6)
Italy, 115’, Drama. 15:00 Section: Market (Special Screening) she can’t identify.
Olympia 1 Synopsis: Patricio Guzmán left Chile more than 18:30
Director: Patricio Guzmán
Sales: The Match Factory THE WHISTLERS (Premiere)
(25 La Croisette) +33 6 43 63 46 73 Romania, France, Germany, 97’, Drama. 40 years ago when the military dictatorship took THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL (Premiere)
Section: Market (Out of Competition) Olympia 2 over the democratically-elected government, but France, 80’, Animation.
Director: Ferrara Abel Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette) he never stopped thinking about a country, a Palais J
Casting: Willem Dafoe, Anna Ferrara, Cristina Section: Market (In Competition) culture, and a place on the map that he never Sales: Celluloid Dreams
forgot. After covering the North in Nostalgia for
Chiriac Director: Corneliu Porumboiu the Light and the South in The Pearl Button, his
Synopsis: the story of an American artist living Casting: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon shots get up-close with what he calls “the vast Section: Market (Un Certain Regard)
in Rome with his young European wife Nikki Synopsis: Not everything is as it seems for revealing backbone of Chile’s past and recent Director: Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-
and their three-year-old daughter, Dee Dee. A Cristi, a police inspector in Bucharest who plays history.” La Cordillera de los sueños is a visual Mévellec
work concerning imagination. both sides of the law. Embarked by the beautiful poem, an historical inquiry, a cinematographic Casting: Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud, Simon
Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will have to
Abkarian
13:45 navigate the twists and turns of treachery and essay, and magnificent personal exercise in soul- Synopsis: Kabul under Taliban rule. Two
searching
deception.
5B (Premiere) 17:00 neighbourhoods and two couples. One
conservative – Atiq and Mussarat have been
93’. 15:30 married for 20 years and are deeply engrained in
Palais J PROGRAMME DE L’AFTRS JOAN OF ARC (Premiere) the traditions of Afghan life. Atiq works as the
Sales: Festival De Cannes Australia, 90’, Animation. France, 133’, Historical. chief guard at the women’s prison. Mussarat is
Section: Market (Special Screening) Palais D Olympia 2 very ill and fights to remain a strong woman till
Director: Dan Krauss Sales: Cinéma Des Antipodes Sales: Luxbox (23 Rue Bivouac Napoléon) the very end. One modern – young and in love,
Synopsis: In the 1980s, only a number and Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) Zunaira and Mohsen are against all the same
letter were used to designate a ward at San Section: Market Director: Bruno Dumont traditions. Under the Talibans, they’ve both lost
Francisco General Hospital, the first in the 15:45 their jobs as lawyer and university teacher and
country to treat patients with AIDS. While a Casting: Lise Leplat Prudhomme have difficulties to make ends meet. They have
portion of society saw these patients as pariahs, Synopsis: In the 15th century, both France and
the male and female caregivers in 5B chose a THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE England stake a blood claim for the French to sell their few possessions to buy food. Yet
different route. This film is their story. Directed by GUSMÃO (PREMIERE) throne. Believing that God had chosen her, the they’re determined to maintain their modern
Dan Krauss, 5B is a film about a past that Brazil, 135’, Drama. young Joan leads the army of the King of France. values. One day, a stoning. Then an act of
questions our present. It will be distributed in Palais J When she is captured, the Church sends her for humiliation. Then a fight… and life takes an
the United States, all around the world, and in Sales: The Match Factory trial on charges of heresy. Refusing to accept the irrevocable turn. When the lives of these
France, which in October will be hosting the (25 La Croisette) +33 6 43 63 46 73 accusations, the graceful Joan of Arc will stay diametrically opposite couples become
world conference for all fund-raisers donating true to her mission. Bruno Dumont’s decision to intertwined, sacrifice becomes the price to pay
money over the next three years to fight HIV, Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) work with a 10-year-old actress re-injects this
tuberculosis, and malaria. Director: Aïnouz Karim heroine’s timeless cause and ideology with a for love.
Casting: Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler, Fernanda
14:00 Montenegro modernity that highlights both the tragic female Canada, 117’, Comedy.
A BROTHER’S LOVE (Premiere)
condition and the incredible fervor, strength and
Synopsis: Rio de Janeiro, 1950. Euridice, 18 and
BLINDSPOT (Premiere) Guida, 20, are two inseparable sisters. They live freedom women show when shackled by Palais K
societies and archaic virile orders that belittle
France, 104’, Drama. at home, and each has a dream: becoming a and alienate them. Sales: Seville International
renowned pianist, or finding true love.
Palais C (Albatros Entrance, 5th Floor)
Sales: Doc & Film International (L12) 16:00 17:45 Section: Market (Un Certain Regard)
Section: Market (ACID) Director: Monia Chokri
Director: Pierre Trividic, Patrick Mario Bernard SORRY WE MISSED YOU (Premiere) PAPICHA (Premiere) Casting: Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Patrick Hivon,
Casting: Jean-Christophe Folly, Golshifteh United Kingdom, 102’, Drama. Algeria, France, Belgium, Qatar, 105’, Drama. Sasson Gabai, Évelyne Brochu, Mani
Farahani, Isabelle Carré, Sami Ameziane, Peter Olympia 1 Palais I Soleymanlou, Micheline Bernard, Magalie
Bonke, Tella Kpomahou, Charles Berberian Sales: Wild Bunch Sales: Jour2fete Sales (D8) Lépine Blondeau
Synopsis: Dominick always had the power to (5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor) Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) Synopsis: Sophia, an unemployed academic, is
turn invisible but he chose to keep it secret and Director: Mounia Meddour forced to change the way she thinks and lives
barely used it. One day, his ability to control it Section: Market (In Competition) her life when Karim, her beloved brother, falls in
gets out of his hands, throwing his life and loves Director: Ken Loach Casting: Lyna Khoudri, Shirine Boutella, Hilda love.
into turmoil. Casting: Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood Daouada, Yasin Houicha, Nadia Kaci
Synopsis: Ricky and his family have been Synopsis: Algeria, 1990s. Nedjma, an 18-year- 22:30
fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the old student passionate about fashion design
PORT AUTHORITY (Premiere) 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian
OH MERCY (Premiere)
USA, 94’, Drama. back some independence appears with a shiny Civil War to keep her from experiencing a France, 19’, Drama.
Palais I new van and the chance to run a franchise as a normal life and going out at night with her
Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette) self-employed delivery driver. friend Wassila. Olympia 1
Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) Sales: Wild Bunch
(5 Square Mérimée – 1er Étage)
Director: Danielle Lessovitz THE BEARS’ FAMOUS INVASION 18:00
Casting: Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom, (PREMIERE) Section: In competition (In competition)
Mccaul Lombardi France, Italy, 80’, Animation. SHARE (Premiere) Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Synopsis: A transgender love story set in New Palais I USA, 89’, Drama. Casting: Léa Seydoux, Sara Forestier, Roschdy
York’s underground ballroom culture. Sales: Pathé Films (Ibis Entrance, 4a/E) Olympia 1 Zem, Antoine Reinartz
Synopsis: Christmas night in Roubaix. Police
Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) Sales: HBO (Home Box Office) chief Daoud roams the city. Burn out cars, violent
BACURAU (Premiere) Director: Lorenzo Mattotti Section: Market (Special Screening) altercations… In the face of poverty, deception
Brazil, France, 132’, Thriller. Synopsis: To find his long lost son and food to Director: Pippa Bianco and distress, Daoud knows who is lying and
Palais K survive the winter, the great bear king leads his Synopsis: After a night of partying, high-school who is telling the truth. .
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