Cannes Film Festival Update #3
Here are a few words about some more films that are in the main competition.
The Caiman
This film is Nanni Moretti's satire on the making of a movie about now deposed Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi. Even though the film is very steeped in Italian culture it appears that the message could be applied to any country (hint, hint). I loved Moretti's Caro Diaro and The Son's Room (which won the Palm D'or a few years ago) and I've read some nice things about this film. But I don't know if this film will win any awards. It might but then again it might not.
Light in the Dusk
This is the third in Aki Kaurismaki's "loser" trilogy. I saw both Drifting Clouds and The Man Without a Past and thought that they were both wonderful (Man won Grand Prixe at Cannes and was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar). This film is about a lonely man who, through no fault of his own, finds nothing but bad luck. The film has not been well received and it is highly unlikely that it will win anything.
Flandres
Bruno Dumont is back at Cannes with his latest offering. A few years ago he won the Grand Prixe for his intense film L'Humanite. This film is about young farmers who are called to war in a nameless desert. Dumont tends to use unknown or non professional actors in his films and this one is no exception. The response to this film has been okay but I don't see it winning anything. But I could be wrong because sometimes the jury picks films that no one would expect to win.
Babel
This is Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's highly anticipated follow up to 21 Grams. Like that film and Amores Perroes this film contains several intertwining stories. This time the film is set in Morocco, California, Mexico and Japan. It stars Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Gael Garcia Bernal and many unknown actors. As with all of Inarritu's films the script was written by Guillermo Arriaga (he won for Best Screenplay at last year's Cannes for The Three Burials). The film sounds great and I am very much looking forward to seeing it. Many critics have praised this film and it is a top contender for the Palm D'or. However, I have also read that a number of critics thought that it was contrived. So, at this point nothing is definite as there are still quite a number of films to be screened.
The Caiman
This film is Nanni Moretti's satire on the making of a movie about now deposed Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi. Even though the film is very steeped in Italian culture it appears that the message could be applied to any country (hint, hint). I loved Moretti's Caro Diaro and The Son's Room (which won the Palm D'or a few years ago) and I've read some nice things about this film. But I don't know if this film will win any awards. It might but then again it might not.
Light in the Dusk
This is the third in Aki Kaurismaki's "loser" trilogy. I saw both Drifting Clouds and The Man Without a Past and thought that they were both wonderful (Man won Grand Prixe at Cannes and was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar). This film is about a lonely man who, through no fault of his own, finds nothing but bad luck. The film has not been well received and it is highly unlikely that it will win anything.
Flandres
Bruno Dumont is back at Cannes with his latest offering. A few years ago he won the Grand Prixe for his intense film L'Humanite. This film is about young farmers who are called to war in a nameless desert. Dumont tends to use unknown or non professional actors in his films and this one is no exception. The response to this film has been okay but I don't see it winning anything. But I could be wrong because sometimes the jury picks films that no one would expect to win.
Babel
This is Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's highly anticipated follow up to 21 Grams. Like that film and Amores Perroes this film contains several intertwining stories. This time the film is set in Morocco, California, Mexico and Japan. It stars Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Gael Garcia Bernal and many unknown actors. As with all of Inarritu's films the script was written by Guillermo Arriaga (he won for Best Screenplay at last year's Cannes for The Three Burials). The film sounds great and I am very much looking forward to seeing it. Many critics have praised this film and it is a top contender for the Palm D'or. However, I have also read that a number of critics thought that it was contrived. So, at this point nothing is definite as there are still quite a number of films to be screened.
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