By Martin Leduc
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May 7, 24 at 9:04 p.m.
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From veterans like Richard Gere and Meryl Streep to rising stars Barry Keoghan and Anya Taylor-Joy: all generations of stars will meet on May 14 at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, an edition in the shadow of the #MeToo movement in France by actress Judith Godrèche.
The world of cinema comes together until May 25 for an edition marked, once again, by a strong presence of the Hollywood industry, two months before the Paris Olympics.
Megalopolis45 years later Apocalypse Now
After Martin Scorsese and Harrison Ford last year, one of the most anticipated events is the competitive presentation of Megalopolis by Francis Ford Coppola, 45 years after the shock AApocalypse Nowhis second Palme d’Or.
This feature film with Adam Driver, of which a first trailer was unveiled on Saturday, promises to be a work of science fiction with wild ambition, a testamentary film in the making for 40 years and which has swallowed up part of the fortune of the godfather of cinema.
Coppola will rub shoulders with other representatives of the greatest hours of American cinema: George Lucas, the creator of Star Warswho will receive an honorary Palme d’Or, just like actress Meryl Streep.
Hollywood’s young guard is also expected: Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi, noticed in Saltburneach in a film in competition, or Margaret Qualley.
As for the big show, George Miller will make the engines of the Mad Max with Furiosaa prequel to his post-apocalyptic film series.
Judith Godrèche and “Me Too”
Seven years after the start of #MeToo, the subject remains on everyone’s minds, in the United States, where one of Harvey Weinstein’s convictions has just been annulled, as in France, between the trial of Gérard Depardieu in October and the freedom of speech movement relaunched by Judith Godrèche.
The actress, who has become the spearhead of the movement in France since she accused two figures of auteur cinema, Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, of rape, will present “Me Too”, the short film on May 15. 17-minute film she made on the subject of sexual violence.
The festival, which indicated in a press release that it wishes with this screening to “make these testimonies resonate”, is preparing for an edition under the sign of the liberation of speech.
Among the hundred films presented in all sections, 22 are in competition for the Palme d’Or, won last year by Frenchwoman Justine Triet with Anatomy of a fall.
The jury will be chaired by the American Greta Gerwig, 40 years old, the first director to exceed a billion dollars in revenue with “Barbie”.
At his side, Omar Sy or the Native American actress Lily Gladstone, revealed a year ago in Cannes in Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese.
In competition, regulars like Jacques Audiard, with an unexpected musical comedy in Spanish in the world of drug traffickers, or David Cronenberg. Emma Stone reconnects with her favorite director Yorgos Lanthimos, after her Oscar win for Poor Creatures.
Donald Trump and Limonov
As often, the Croisette will resonate with world news, particularly in competition, with a fiction about the young Donald Trump (The Apprentice) and the adaptation of Limonov by Emmanuel Carrère signed by exiled Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov.
Passing through the questions about the arrival of the Iranian Mohammed Rasoulof, in the running for the Palme but regularly prevented from traveling by the mullahs’ regime.
The cinema industry will also continue to question the impact of artificial intelligence and new technologies on creation, six months after a historic strike in Hollywood, and as the Festival inaugurates a virtual reality (VR) competition ).
Bringing together tens of thousands of festival-goers and global stars, Cannes will also be a security rehearsal for the authorities, two months before the Olympic Games.
The festivities will be launched Tuesday evening by actress Camille Cottin, before the opening film, The Second Act by Quentin Dupieux, with Léa Seydoux, which is released in theaters at the same time.
Upcoming disruptions?
Under the extremely rare threat of a strike by a collective of film festival workers, Under the screens the waste, who deplores the growing precariousness of these professions. His appeal does not call into question the festival but could “disrupt” it, according to one of its spokespersons.
Cannes organizers opened the door to dialogue on Tuesday, recommending “bringing together all the festivals concerned, institutions and social partners around the table”.
Source: © 2024 AFP
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