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DAY 8
Tuesday 21 May 2019

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SKY spiral of fantasy, causing amnesia to her. Theatre Croisette Casting: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe
Greece, France, 9’ Sales: Wild Bunch Synopsis: From Robert Eggers, the visionary
Director: Vasilis Kekatos LES SILENCES DE JOHNNY (Premiere) (5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor) filmmaker behind the modern horror
Casting: Nikolakis Zeginoglou, Ioko Ioannis France, 55’, Documentary. Section: Directors’ Fortnight masterpiece The Witch, comes this hypnotic and
Kotidis Salle Buñuel Director: Kirill Mikhanovsky hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on
Synopsis: Night, national road. Two Sales: Cannes Classics Casting: Chris Galust, Lauren ‘Lolo’ Spencer, a remote and mysterious New England island in
strangers meet for the first time at an old Section: Cannes Classics Maksim Stoyanov the 1890s.
gas station. One has stopped to gas up his Director: Pierre-William Glenn Synopsis: Vic, a hapless young Russian
American, drives a handicapped transportation 20:00
bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking Synopsis: Presented by les films du Phœnix in
the €22.50 he needs to get home, he will try coproduction with Ciné+. A personal and vehicle in Milwaukee.
to sell him the distance that separates them moving portrait of actor Johnny Hallyday by THE TRAITOR (Premiere)
from the sky. great cinematographer, director and friend of 17:00 Italy, 145’, Drama.
ALL INCLUSIVE Johnny’s Pierre-William Glenn. Olympia 1
Sales: The Match Factory
Finland, 15’ MEKTOUB, MY LOVE : INTERMEZZO (25 La Croisette) +33 6 43 63 46 73
(PREMIERE)
Director: Teemu Nikki ONCE IN TRUBCHEVSK (Premiere) Section: In competition
Casting: Lauri Maijala, Hannamaija Nikander Russia, 81’, Drama. France, 240’, Drama.
Synopsis: Kalervo has felt powerless all his Salle Bazin Salle Du 60e Director: Marco Bellocchio
life, unable to fight back, until Annukka a Sales: Loco Films Sales: Pathé Films (Ibis Entrance, 4a/E) Casting: Pierfrancesco Favino, Fausto Russo
woman who loves him gives Kalervo a life Section: Day after screenings (Un Certain Section: Day after screenings (In Competition) Alesi, Fernanda Candido, Nicola Cali, Luigi Lo
altering gift. Like with many of director Regard) Director: Abdelatif Kechiche Cascio, Fabrizio Ferracane
Nikki’s works, All Inclusive can be interpreted Director: Larissa Sadilova Synopsis: French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Synopsis: In the early 1980s, an all-out war
in many ways, but at the core it’s a film Synopsis: In a small town, nothing stays a Kechiche returns to Cannes with the Intermezzo rages between Sicilian mafia bosses. Tommaso
about power, love and change. secret. No matter how hard you try to hide of Mektoub, My Love, six years after his Palme Buscetta, a made man, flees to hide out in Brazil.
Back home in Italy, scores are being settled, and
INGEN LYSSNAR infidelities, the truth will come out sooner or d’or with La Vie d’Adèle (Blue Is the Warmest Buscetta’s allies are killed off one after another.
Color). The groundwork for this saga storytelling
Sweden, 14’ later. A decision then arises: to start a new life and extraordinary portrait of French youth in the
Director: Elin Övergaard together or to confess and hope for forgiveness. 90s was laid in his Canto Uno. 20:30
Casting: Cecilia Milocco, Kristoffer Appelquist This is the choice the protagonists are faced
Synopsis: The new refugee home for with. 18:15 CÉRÉMONIE DE CLÔTURE
children is being discussed at a public council Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening)
meeting. Two people standing on opposite ZOMBI CHILD (Premiere) SIBYL (Premiere) Section: Un Certain Regard
sides try to get heard. “Who Talks” raises France, 103’, Drama. France, 100’, Comedy.
questions about whose opinions actually Theatre Croisette
matter and what creates polarisation. Sales: Playtime (3 Square Mérimée) Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening) PROJECTION DU FILM PRIMÉ
Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette)
L’HEURE DE L’OURS Section: Directors’ Fortnight Section: In competition Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening)
Section: Un Certain Regard
France , 14’ Director: Bertrand Bonello Director: Justine Triet
Director: Agnès Patron Casting: Louise Labèque, Wislanda Louimat, Casting: Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos,
Synopsis: That very night, houses will burn. Katiana Milfort, Mackenson Bijou Gaspard Ulliel, Sandra Huller, Nils Schneider SICK, SICK, SICK (Premiere)
Men and women will tremble. Hordes of Synopsis: Haiti, 1962: A man is brought back Synopsis: Sibyl, a jaded psychotherapist, returns Brazil, France, Netherlands, 104’, First film.
children will come together and howl as they from the dead only to be sent to the living hell to her first passion: writing. But her newest Olympia 8
dance alone on the ashes like wild bears. It of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, at patient Margot, a troubled up-and-coming Sales: Alpha Violet (E18)
only takes one cry to awaken them all from the prestigious Légion d’honneur boarding actress, proves to be a source of inspiration that Section: Directors’ Fortnight
their slumber! school, a Haitian girl confesses an old family is far too tempting. Director: Alice Furtado
secret to a group of new friends - never
BUTTERFLIES imagining that this strange tale will convince a 19:30 Casting: Luiza Kosovski, Juan Paiva, Nahuel
Pérez Biscayart,
Israel, France, 8’ heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable. Synopsis: Silvia and Artur’s teenage-romance
Director: Yona Rozenkier starts abruptly, and ends up all of sudden when
Casting: Yoel Rozenkier, Avraham Selektar, 16:15 SIBYL (Premiere) Artur dies. Silvia gets sick and her days turn into
Varda Ben Hur France, 100’, Comedy. dark. Her mourning becomes an obsessive quest
Synopsis: Another Sunday in April. A Kibbutz IT MUST BE HEAVEN (Premiere) Grand Théâtre Lumière (Ticket Required) to bring him back to life.
in the north of Israel. A natural phenomenon. France, Canada, Turkey, 97’, Black comedy. Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette)
A family on an impromptu ride, maybe the Salle Bazin (Press Screening) Section: In competition 21:30
last one. Sales: Wild Bunch Director: Justine Triet
MONSTRE DIEU/MONSTER GOD (5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor) Casting: Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos, LES PATRIOTES
Argentina, 10’ Section: In competition Gaspard Ulliel, Sandra Huller, Nils Schneider 138’.
Synopsis: Sibyl, a jaded psychotherapist, returns
Director: Agustina San Martín Director: Elia Suleiman to her first passion: writing. But her newest Plage Macé
Casting: Camila Dobrusky, Emilio Vodanovich, Casting: Elia Suleiman patient Margot, a troubled up-and-coming Section: Cinéma de la plage
Mariali Rubio, Isabella Rapazzo Synopsis: Elia Suleiman, the central character actress, proves to be a source of inspiration that Director: Eric Rochant
Synopsis: God is now a Power Plant. On a and narrator, escapes from Palestine seeking an is far too tempting. Casting: Yvan Attal, Richard Masu, Yossi Banai,
misty night cows escape, a child is chosen, alternative homeland, only to realise that Nancy Allen, Bernard Le Coq, Allen Garfield,
and a girl tries to find freedom. Palestine is always there, just behind him. SIBYL (Premiere) Sandrine Kiberlain, Maurice Bénichou,
WHITE ECHO 16:30 France, 100’, Comedy. Emmanuelle Devos, Hippolyte Girardot,
USA, 15’ Salle Bazin (Press Screening) Christine Pascal, Jean-François Stévenin, André
Director: Chloë Sevigny IT MUST BE HEAVEN (Premiere) Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette) Engel, Élizabeth Macocco, Dan Toren, Ezra Kafri,
Casting: Kate Lyn Sheil, Eleonore Hendricks, France, Canada, Turkey, 97’, Black comedy. Section: In competition Rami Danon, Roger Mirmont, Myriem Roussel,
Sheila Vand, Alison Sudol, Hailey Benton Gates, Grand Théâtre Lumière (Press Screening) Director: Justine Triet Makram Khoury, Éva Darlan, Beata Nilska, John
Safi Kamau Goodman, Nicole Quinn Sales: Wild Bunch Casting: Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos, P. Ryan
Synopsis: A story of a young woman, Carla, (5 Square Mérimée – 1sr floor) Gaspard Ulliel, Sandra Huller, Nils Schneider
and her relationship with her inner power. Section: In competition Synopsis: Sibyl, a jaded psychotherapist, returns THE GANGSTER, THE COP, THE DEVIL
Carla’s mystical beliefs are a metaphor for to her first passion: writing. But her newest Korea (South), 109’, Crime.
the talents and powers we think we possess, Director: Elia Suleiman patient Margot, a troubled up-and-coming Salle Du 60e
how we garner them, what we do with Casting: Elia Suleiman actress, proves to be a source of inspiration that Sales: K-Movie Entertainment (G17)
them, how we share them and how we use Synopsis: Elia Suleiman, the central character is far too tempting. Section: Day after screenings (Midnight
them to influence others. and narrator, escapes from Palestine seeking an
alternative homeland, only to realise that Screenings)
THE NAP Palestine is always there, just behind him. THE LIGHTHOUSE (Premiere) Director: Won-Tae Lee
Argentina, 15’ USA, Canada, 110’, Horror. Casting: Don Lee, Moo-Yeol Kim, Seong-Gyu
Director: Federico Luis Tachella 16:45 Theatre Croisette Kim
Casting: Graciela Ninio, Rita Pauls, Yonathan Sales: A24 Films Synopsis: In Cheonan, a serial murder case
Toledo, Jacqueline Golbert GIVE ME LIBERTY (Premiere) Section: Directors’ Fortnight takes place, but the case becomes more and
Synopsis: A girl wraps her grandmother in a USA, 111’, Drama. Director: Robert Eggers more of a mystery. Only Tae-suk, a cop,

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