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Karl Glusman is the male star of “Love”, the new film by Gaspar Noé
For Glusman the film is likely to mark a breakthrough. He is currently rotating with Nicolas Winding Refn the horror film “The Neon Demon”, before he will be still be seen in Roland Emmerich’s drama “Stonewall” about the uprising in the Christopher Street. Until the two films come to the movies, but Glusman likely once regarded as the man who laid the permissive festival appearance in recent years. Michael Fassbender will gladly cede him the title safe.
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director Emmanuelle Bercot (r.) With “La tête haute” star Catherine Deneuve
When it comes to the presence of directors, one must in Cannes traditionally low rise in the archives: Only once in his now 68-year history, a film directed by a woman has opened the festival in 1987 was the ” Un homme amoureux “by Diane Kurys. 2015 now follows last “La tête haute” by the French actress and director Emmanuelle Bercot . “The choice fell on this film, like the face of the rules for the opening ceremony seem surprising,” festival director Thierry Fremaux said. “This reflects our commitment to open the festival with a different kind of film that is courageous and moving at the same time.”
Normally Cannes attaches great importance to a glamorous start with A-celebrities on the red carpet. If need be, also with American blockbuster goods. As long as directors but not big budgets and big stars are entrusted, which has excluded their films from the prestigious opening space. The fact that the festival organizers now deviates from the blockbuster principle and a social drama has selected a young criminals in the French provinces, shows that here deeper rethinking has taken place.
The second woman to win the Palme d’Or to Jane Campion, Bercot can not be: “La tête haute” is screening out of competition.
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Natalie Portman shows her directorial debut “A Tale of Love and Darkness” in Cannes
If already director, then please also actress: How Emmanuelle Bercot which incidentally also plays the lead role in the competition film “Mon Roi” is also Natalie Portman now double track road. The Oscar winner (“Black Swan”) shows in Cannes in a special screening her directorial debut “A Tale of Love and Darkness”. The screenplay for the autobiographical novel by Amos Oz has written Portman himself, turned, the native Jerusalemite Portman film completely in Hebrew. They also can be seen in the role of Oz’s mother Fania. If “A Tale of Love and Darkness” so much flopping as the directorial debut of Hollywood colleague Ryan Gosling in the past year on the Croisette, Portman therefore could not fail to take this very personally.
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Netflix program director Ted Sarandos will talk about new hire models
Many industry experts had “Beasts of No Nation”, the new film by “True Detective” director Cary Fukunaga, suspected in the competition. But the drama on African child soldiers appears nowhere in the official program. Wants Is it because that the streaming service Netflix has secured the distribution rights and the film parallel to the theatrical release as video on demand (VoD) to bring out?
In the US, the controversy over a possible competition between cinema and VoD already in full swing. The four largest cinema chains have already announced, “Beasts of No Nation” to boycott, since the Netflix deal with over the traditional 90-day span between theatrical and VOD Start. Perfect timing so for Netflix program director Ted Sarandos to talk in Cannes on new distribution channels and its effect on the financing and production of films.
Sarandos which occurs mainly on TV conferences and festivals else seems to a controversial debate on Netflix ‘forays to be prepared in the film industry. “We are delighted to be during these turbulent times in Cannes and look forward to an open and entertaining discussion of our industry,” he can announce in advance.
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The French-Canadian Denis Villeneuve shows “Sicario” competition
“I am extremely touched to be part of the festival this year,” the French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve has said, when it became known that his thriller “Sicario” had been chosen for the competition. . “I did not think that he will be made the most of the time they call you at the last minute and tell you: ‘Sorry, we do not take your film.’ Then you cry. ”
That here an Oscar nominated director (“The woman who sings”, 2010) speaks, one would hardly think possible, however modest occurs Villeneuve on. In fact, he has since his directorial debut, “The 32nd August on Earth” (1998) very slow pre-works in the international festival team. But since the double whammy “Prisoners” and “Enemy” 2013 Villeneuve is one of the major critics darlings, which still studio bosses and stars trust: Next, he should turn the sequel to “Blade Runner”.
Before Villeneuve is still his Cannes debut with “Sicario”. Emily Blunt stars as an FBI agent who is to bring the Mexican drug cartel boss of a basis. Who knows “Prisoners” says: What like Hollywood mass-produced sounds, can become a grueling psychodrama with surprising complexity under Villeneuve’s fine annoying Director. But whether it is sufficient for a prize at Cannes? That Villeneuve represented alongside the two palm-winners Todd Haynes and Gus van Sant North America in the competition, is always a great honor for the shy Québecois.
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Forest Whitaker is represented twice as a producer in Cannes
From the snowy Utah at the sunny Croisette: Many sellers of US indie cinema celebrate until its premiere at the Sundance Festival, before being presented in Cannes the world audience. This is what happened last year with the acclaimed police violence drama “Fruitvale Station” and it is this year with “Dope” and “Songs My Brothers Taught Me” happen, both of which are run in low series “Directors’ Fortnight”.
What “Fruitvale station” “dope” and “Songs” but still have in common: they are all of Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (“The Last King of Scotland”) produced. Whitaker is indeed still as an actor well in business, but with his production company Significant Productions he seems promote real heart projects. “Songs” is the feature film debut of Chinese descent director Chloe Zhao, playing in a reserve in South Dakota. The comedy “Dope” by African American writer and director Rick Famuyiwa three black teenagers who are drawn by mistake in a large drug store, is even the closing film of the “Quinzaine”.
Since Whitaker is the narrator of “Dope”, but it is still too early to say that one recognizes it his best films that he only shows up in the credits.
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