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SCREENINGS

FESTIVAL & MARKET

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21 TO 24 May

their slumber! Director: Bas Devos
FESTIVAL Section: In Competition BUTTERFLIES Synopsis: After a long day at work, 58-year-old
Khadija falls asleep on the last subway train.
THE VAN
Israel, France, 8’

France, Albania, 15’ Director: Yona Rozenkier When she wakes up at the end of the line, she
has no choice but to make her way home on
Director: Erenik Beqiri Casting: Yoel Rozenkier, Avraham Selektar, foot. On her nocturnal journey she finds herself
24/05/2019 Casting: Phénix Brossard, Arben Bajraktaraj, Varda Ben Hur compelled to ask for and give help to the other
Synopsis: Another Sunday in April. A Kibbutz
Afrim Muçaj, Lulzim Zeqja
inhabitants of the night.
8:30 Synopsis: The Van finally stops, the doors in the north of Israel. A natural phenomenon. 13:00
A family on an impromptu ride, maybe the
open and the Son comes out alive. A few
MEKTOUB, MY LOVE : INTERMEZZO more fights and he will be able to pay his last one.
(Premiere) way out of Albania, and hopefully, take his MONSTRE DIEU/MONSTER GOD THE TRAITOR (Premiere)
France, 240’, Drama. Father with him. Argentina, 10’ Italy, 145’, Drama.
Grand Théâtre Lumière (Ticket Required) ANNA Director: Agustina San Martín Grand Théâtre Lumière (Ticket Required)
Sales: Pathé Films (Ibis Entrance, 4a/E) Ukraine, United Kingdom, Israel, 15’ Casting: Camila Dobrusky, Emilio Vodanovich, Sales: The Match Factory
Section: In competition Director: Dekel Berenson Mariali Rubio, Isabella Rapazzo (25 La Croisette) +33 6 43 63 46 73
Director: Abdelatif Kechiche Casting: Svetlana Barandich, Anastasia Synopsis: God is now a Power Plant. On a Section: In competition
Synopsis: Vyazovskaya, Eric Gilliatt, Liana Khobelia, Alina misty night cows escape, a child is chosen, Director: Marco Bellocchio
French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche Chornodub, Istan Rozumny and a girl tries to find freedom. Casting: Pierfrancesco Favino, Fausto Russo
returns to Cannes with the Intermezzo of Synopsis: Anna, a middle-aged single WHITE ECHO Alesi, Fernanda Candido, Nicola Cali, Luigi Lo
Mektoub, My Love, six years after his Palme d’or mother, lives in a small industrial town in USA, 15’ Cascio, Fabrizio Ferracane
with La Vie d’Adèle (Blue Is the Warmest Color). war-torn Eastern Ukraine. Despite not having Synopsis: In the early 1980s, an all-out war
The groundwork for this saga storytelling and been out for years, she is lured by a radio Director: Chloë Sevigny rages between Sicilian mafia bosses. Tommaso
extraordinary portrait of French youth in the 90s advertisement to attend a party of foreign Casting: Kate Lyn Sheil, Eleonore Hendricks, Buscetta, a made man, flees to hide out in Brazil.
was laid in his Canto Uno. men who are touring the country, searching Sheila Vand, Alison Sudol, Hailey Benton Gates, Back home in Italy, scores are being settled, and
for love. Safi Kamau Goodman, Nicole Quinn Buscetta’s allies are killed off one after another.
THE TRAITOR (Premiere) LE GRAND SAUT Synopsis: A story of a young woman, Carla,
Italy, 145’, Drama. France, 12’ and her relationship with her inner power. 14:00
Carla’s mystical beliefs are a metaphor for
Salle Du 60e Director: Vanessa Dumont, Nicolas Davenel the talents and powers we think we possess,
Sales: The Match Factory Casting: Alain Demaria how we garner them, what we do with COURTS MÉTRAGES
(25 La Croisette) +33 6 43 63 46 73 Synopsis: At 22, Alain is already a living them, how we share them and how we use 147’.
Section: Day after screenings (In Competition) legend in Marseille. Of all the young divers them to influence others. Salle Du 60e
Director: Marco Bellocchio who jump from the Corniche, he is the only THE NAP Section: In Competition
Casting: Pierfrancesco Favino, Fausto Russo one to dive head and neck forward “to break Argentina, 15’
Alesi, Fernanda Candido, Nicola Cali, Luigi Lo the water”. If the jump allows him to control Director: Federico Luis Tachella COURTS MÉTRAGES
Cascio, Fabrizio Ferracane his impulses, he knows that he will not be Casting: Graciela Ninio, Rita Pauls, Yonathan 147’.
Synopsis: In the early 1980s, an all-out war able to brave forever the fear of heights. Salle Du 60e
rages between Sicilian mafia bosses. Tommaso THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE Toledo, Jacqueline Golbert Section: In Competition
Buscetta, a made man, flees to hide out in Brazil. Synopsis: A girl wraps her grandmother in a
Back home in Italy, scores are being settled, and SKY spiral of fantasy, causing amnesia to her.
Buscetta’s allies are killed off one after another. Greece, France, 9’ ALL ABOUT YVES (Premiere) COURTS MÉTRAGES/SHORT FILMS
Director: Vasilis Kekatos
(167)
8:45 Casting: Nikolakis Zeginoglou, Ioko Ioannis France, 107’, Comedy. Salle Du 60e
Kotidis
DEERSKIN (Premiere) Synopsis: Night, national road. Two Theatre Croisette Section: In Competition
Sales: Le Pacte (M21)
THE VAN

France, 77’, Black comedy. strangers meet for the first time at an old Section: Directors’ Fortnight France, Albania, 15’
Theatre Croisette gas station. One has stopped to gas up his Director: Benoît Forgeard Director: Erenik Beqiri
bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking
Sales: WTfilms the €22.50 he needs to get home, he will try Casting: William Lebghil, Doria Tillier Casting: Phénix Brossard, Arben Bajraktaraj,
(32 Rue Des Serbes (B), 6th Floor) to sell him the distance that separates them Synopsis: Jerem decides to settle at his Afrim Muçaj, Lulzim Zeqja
Section: Directors’ Fortnight from the sky. grandma’s place to compose his first album. Synopsis: The Van finally stops, the doors
Director: Quentin Dupieux There, he meets So, a mysterious investigator open and the Son comes out alive. A few
Casting: Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel ALL INCLUSIVE working on behalf of the startup Digital Cool. more fights and he will be able to pay his
Synopsis: A man leaves everything behind to Finland, 15’ way out of Albania, and hopefully, take his
buy the jacket of his dreams. But his obsession Director: Teemu Nikki 11:30 Father with him.
with his 100% deerskin jacket will push him into Casting: Lauri Maijala, Hannamaija Nikander
a bloody spiral. Synopsis: Kalervo has felt powerless all his SUMMER OF CHANGSHA (Premiere) ANNA
life, unable to fight back, until Annukka a China, 120’, Thriller. Ukraine, United Kingdom, Israel, 15’
10:00 woman who loves him gives Kalervo a life Salle Du 60e Director: Dekel Berenson
altering gift. Like with many of director Sales: Indie Sales Casting: Svetlana Barandich, Anastasia
THE TRAITOR (Premiere) Nikki’s works, All Inclusive can be interpreted (2 Rue Bivouac Napoléon, 5th Fl.) Vyazovskaya, Eric Gilliatt, Liana Khobelia, Alina
Italy, 145’, Drama. in many ways, but at the core it’s a film Section: Day after screenings (Un Certain Chornodub, Istan Rozumny
Palais K about power, love and change. Regard) Synopsis: Anna, a middle-aged single
Sales: The Match Factory INGEN LYSSNAR Director: Zu Feng mother, lives in a small industrial town in
(25 La Croisette) +33 6 43 63 46 73 Sweden, 14’ Casting: Zu Feng, Huang Lu war-torn Eastern Ukraine. Despite not having
Section: In competition Director: Elin Övergaard Synopsis: China, nowadays, in the city of been out for years, she is lured by a radio
Director: Marco Bellocchio Casting: Cecilia Milocco, Kristoffer Appelquist Changsha. A Bin is a police detective. During the advertisement to attend a party of foreign
men who are touring the country, searching
Casting: Pierfrancesco Favino, Fausto Russo Synopsis: The new refugee home for investigation of a bizarre murder case, he meets for love.
Alesi, Fernanda Candido, Nicola Cali, Luigi Lo children is being discussed at a public council Li Xue, a surgeon. As they get to know each
Cascio, Fabrizio Ferracane meeting. Two people standing on opposite other, A Bin happens to be more and more LE GRAND SAUT
Synopsis: In the early 1980s, an all-out war sides try to get heard. “Who Talks” raises attracted to this mysterious woman, while both France, 12’
rages between Sicilian mafia bosses. Tommaso questions about whose opinions actually are struggling with their own love stories and Director: Vanessa Dumont, Nicolas Davenel
Buscetta, a made man, flees to hide out in Brazil. matter and what creates polarisation. sins. Could a love affair help them find Casting: Alain Demaria
Back home in Italy, scores are being settled, and L’HEURE DE L’OURS redemption? Synopsis: At 22, Alain is already a living
Buscetta’s allies are killed off one after another. France , 14’ legend in Marseille. Of all the young divers
GHOST TROPIC (Premiere)
11:00 Director: Agnès Patron Belgium, 85’, Drama. who jump from the Corniche, he is the only
one to dive head and neck forward “to break
Synopsis: That very night, houses will burn.
Men and women will tremble. Hordes of Olympia 8 the water”. If the jump allows him to control
COURTS MÉTRAGES/SHORT FILMS children will come together and howl as they Sales: Quinzaine Des Realisateurs / Directors’ his impulses, he knows that he will not be
(167) dance alone on the ashes like wild bears. It Fortnight able to brave forever the fear of heights.
Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening) only takes one cry to awaken them all from Section: Directors’ Fortnight THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE

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