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Cannes Film Festival · 2013

Cannes Film Festival 2013

Directors' Fortnight

Programme

21 films · 10 reviews

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Above The Hill (A Strange Course Of Events)

(Country: France, Israel; Year: 2013; Director: Raphaël Nadjari; Stars: Uri Pepper, Moni Moshonov, Michaela Eshet )

After The Night (Après La Nuit)

A drug dealer from the creole slums of Lisbon gets out of prison desperate for cash.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Basil Da Cunha)

Eligible for the Caméra d’Or

Les Apaches (Apaches)

Review preview for Les Apaches

Peretti lets his violence resonate, keeping it mostly offscreen but letting it echo ominously in the animalistic tendencies of the teens.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A casual theft leads to trouble for a group of young friends.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Thierry de Peretti; Writer: Benjamin Baroche, Thierry de Peretti; Stars: Aziz El Hadachi, François-Joseph Cullioli, Hamza Mezziani, Maryne Cayon, Joseph-Marie Ebrard)

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Eligible for the Caméra d’Or

Blue Ruin

Review preview for Blue Ruin

Visually arresting, impressively taut and enjoyably idiosyncratic.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Unexpected news transforms an easy-going vagrant into a man bent on revenge.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Jeremy Saulnier; Writer: Jeremy Saulnier; Stars: Devin Ratray, Eve Plumb, Amy Hargreaves, David W Thompson, Bonnie Johnson)

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The Congress (Le congrès)

An ageing actress gets more than she bargains for when she accepts one last job.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Ari Folman; Writer: Ari Folman, Stanislaw Lem; Stars: Robin Wright, Paul Giamatti, Harvey Keitel, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Frances Fisher, Danny Huston, Sami Gayle, Michael Landes, Michael Stahl-David, Don McManus, Christopher B. Duncan, Cooper Thornton, Ed Corbin, Kevin Thompson, Matthew Wolf)

The Dance Of Reality (La Danza De La Realidad)

Review preview for The Dance Of Reality

Brontis really does steal the show, offering a multi-layered, sensitive performance that begs the question why we haven't seen more of him over the years.

David Graham · 4 out of 5
The director looks back at his childhood in Chile.

(Country: Chile; Year: 2013; Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky; Writer: Alejandro Jodorowsky; Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Axel Jodorowsky, Adan Jodorowsky)

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La Fille Du 14 Juillet

A young man becomes determined to find and seduce a woman he met briefly at the Louvre, but nothing goes to plan.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Antonin Peretjatko; Writer: Antonin Peretjatko; Stars: Vimala Pons, Vincent Macaigne, Marie-Lorna Vaconsin)

Eligible for the Caméra d’Or

Henri

A widowed restaurant owner who keeps to himself forms an unexpected connection with a young mentally disabled woman.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Yolande Moreau; Stars: Pippo Delbonno, Candy Ming, Lio, Jackie Berroyer)

Ilo Ilo

Review preview for Ilo Ilo

Ilo Ilo is a quietly assured first feature that marks the director out as a bright new talent.

Owen Van Spall · 4.5 out of 5
A family struggles to deal with the impact of the financial crisis.

(Country: Singapore; Year: 2013; Director: Anthony Chen; Stars: Yeo Yann Yann, Chen Tianwen, Angeli Bayani, Koh Jia Ler)

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Eligible for the Caméra d’Or

Jodorowsky's Dune

Review preview for Jodorowsky's Dune

Jodorowsky, amazingly vigorous at 84, is never anything less than captivating, funny, and passionate when on screen.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
A documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky's failed attempt to adapt Frank Herbert's famous science fition novel Dune for the big screen.

(Country: US, France, Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Frank Pavich; Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky)

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Last Days On Mars (The Animator)

Review preview for Last Days On Mars

A stunning doom-laden score manages to imbue even underwhelming moments with a sense of both unease and unexpected pathos.

David Graham · 3 out of 5
Astronauts working on Mars gradually fall prey to a mysterious force.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Ruairi Robinson; Writer: Clive Dawson, based on the short story by Sydney J Bounds; Stars: Liev Schreiber, Romola Garai, Olivia Williams, Tom Cullen)

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Eligible for the Caméra d’Or

L'Escale

A group of Iranian refugees shelter in a Greek apartment where they are waiting for the forged papers that will enable them to settle elsewhere in Europe.

(Year: 2013; Director: Kaveh Bakhtiari)

Eligible for the Caméra d’Or

Me, Myself And Mum (Les Garçons Et Guillaume, À Table!)

Review preview for Me, Myself And Mum

It’s a crowd-pleaser and only the most stern of hearts and minds could fail to be seduced by its charm and the incredible persona of Gallienne.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
A comedy of misunderstandings.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2013; Director: Guillaume Gallienne; Writer: Guillaume Gallienne; Stars: Françoise Fabian, Guillaume Gallienne, Yves Jacques, André Marcon, Nanou Garcia, Yvon Back)

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Eligible for the Caméra d’Or

Magic Magic

Review preview for Magic Magic

Worth seeing for the performances but ultimately confusion reigns.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
A young American starts to unravel on a trip to Chile.

(Country: US, Chile; Year: 2013; Director: Sebastián Silva; Writer: Sebastián Silva; Stars: Michael Cera, Juno Temple, Emily Browning, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Augustín Silva)

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On The Job

A hitman thriller.

(Country: Phillipines; Year: 2013; Director: Erik Matti; Writer: Erik Matti; Stars: Joel Torre, Gerald Anderson, Piolo Pascual)

The Selfish Giant

Review preview for The Selfish Giant

Apart from Mike Eley's lustrous, lyrical cinematography, The Selfish Giant is also elevated by the central performances of Chapman and Thomas.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
Roughly based on the Oscar Wilde parable, this is a tale of jealousy between two boys vying for the favour of a scrap merchant.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Clio Barnard; Writer: Clio Barnard, based on the short story by Oscar Wilde; Stars: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Steve Evets, Lorraine Ashbourne, Siobhan Finneran, Rebecca Manley, Elliott Tittensor)

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The Summer Of The Flying Fish (El Verano De Los Peces Voladores)

(Country: France, Chile; Year: 2013; Director: Marcela Said; Writer: Marcela Said Cares, Julio Rojas)

Eligible for the Caméra d’Or

Tip Top

Two police officers investigate the death of a informant.

(Country: Luxembourg, France, Belgium; Year: 2013; Director: Serge Bozon; Writer: Odile Barski, Serge Bozon, Axelle Ropert; Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Samy Naceri, François Damiens, Sandrine Kiberlain)

Ugly

An alcoholic teams up with her estranged husband when their child is kidnapped.

(Country: India; Year: 2013; Director: Anurag Kashyap; Stars: Ronit Roy, Vineet Sharma, Rahul Bhatt, Tejaswini Kolhapure)

A Voyager

An autobiographical film by the great documentarian.

(Year: 2013; Director: Marcel Ophüls)

We Are What We Are

Review preview for We Are What We Are

Ambyr Childers conveys the pressure the world-weary Iris is under brilliantly, while Julia Garner shines as the otherworldly Rose.

David Graham · 4 out of 5
A cannibal family faces an uncertain future following a bereavement.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Jim Mickle; Writer: Nick Damici, Jim Mickle; Stars: Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell, Kelly McGillis)

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