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Cannes Film Festival · 2013

Cannes Film Festival 2013

Critics' Selection

Programme

10 films · 5 reviews

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Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Review preview for Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Lowery's nostalgia works because it is so sincere and does not question America's fascination with Bonnie and Clyde as an excuse for bad deeds.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
Love story about an escaped outlaw and the wife who waits for him.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: David Lowery; Writer: David Lowery; Stars: Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Keith Carradine, Nate Parker, Charles Baker, Heather Kafka, Kentucker Audley, Robert Longstreet)

Full review See: David Lowery interview about Ain't Them Bodies Saints , Sundance 2013: Capsule reviews of Ain't Them Bodies Saints, The East and Stoker

Special screening

Le Démantèlment

A father sells his beloved farm to help his daughter, in the city, avoid homelessness.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Sébastien Pilote; Stars: Gabriel Arcand, Sophie Desmarais, Gilles Renaud, Lucie Laurier, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Dominique Leduc)

Competition

For Those In Peril

Review preview for For Those In Peril

Falls just shy of a state of perfection.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
The lone survivor of a shipwreck, blamed for it for superstitious reasons, refuses to believe his fellow sailors are dead and sets out to find them.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Paul Wright; Writer: Paul Wright; Stars: George MacKay, Kate Dickie, Brian McCardie, Conor McCarron)

Full review

Competition

Los Dueños

Social satire.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2013; Director: Agustin Toscano, Ezequiel Radusky)

Competition

The Lunchbox (Dabba)

Review preview for The Lunchbox

Sheer unadulterated pleasure often comes from the most unexpected quarters.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
A mistakenly delivered lunchbox sparks romance between two lonely people.

(Country: India; Year: 2013; Director: Ritesh Batra; Writer: Ritesh Batra; Stars: Irrfan Khan, Bharati Achrekar, Nimrat Kaur, Denzil Smith)

Full review

Competition

The Major

Rushing to see his wife give birth, the Major accidentally knocks down and kills a boy. He is torn over whether or not to confess to the crime and thereby leave his wife and child alone.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2012; Director: Yuri Bykov; Stars: Denis Shvedov)

Competition

Nos Héros Sont Morts Ce Soir

Two professional wrestlers try to reverse who plays the good guy and who plays the bad guy in a story that develops into a taut thriller.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: David Perrault; Writer: David Perrault; Stars: Denis Ménochet, Jean-Pierre Martins, Constance Dollé, Philippe Nahon)

Competition

Salvo

Review preview for Salvo

Saleh Bakri is superb in the central role, at first chilling, then lurching between brutality and incongruous tenderness.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Life changes for a professional assassin because of a witness.

(Country: Italy, France; Year: 2013; Director: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza; Writer: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza; Stars: Saleh Bakri, Sara Serraiocco, Luigi Lo Cascio, Redouane Behache)

Full review See: Interview with Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia about Salvo

Competition

Suzanne

The close relationship between two sisters and their widowed father becomes complicated when one of them falls pregnant.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Katell Quillévéré; Stars: Sara Forestier, Adèle Haenel, François Damiens)

Opener. Special screening

You And The Night (Les Rencontres D'Après Minuit)

Review preview for You And The Night

It's bold, impetuous and willing to bite off far more than it can chew. One doesn't see enough of this sort of thing these days.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A couple prepare to welcome guests for the evening but the atmosphere is tense.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Yann Gonzalez; Writer: Yann Gonzalez; Stars: Kate Moran, Niels Schneider, Nicolas Maury, Eric Cantona, Fabienne Babe, Alain Delon Jr.)

Full review See: Interview with Yann Gonzlez about You And The Night

Special screening