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Cannes Film Festival · 2013

Cannes Film Festival 2013

Un Certain Regard

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15 films · 8 reviews

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Anonymous

Film shot secretly and then smuggled out of Iran.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2013; Director: Mohammad Rasoulof)

As I Lay Dying

Review preview for As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying looks and sounds great, and offers many individual moments of heightened intensity.

Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
The death of a family matriarch and her loved ones' efforts to have her buried according to her wishes.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: James Franco; Writer: James Franco, Matt Rager, based on the book by William Faulkner; Stars: mes Franco, Logan Marshall-Green, Beth Grant, Tim Blake Nelson, Ahna O'Reilly, Jim Parrack, Brady Parmenter, Danny McBride)

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Bastards (Les Salauds)

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The precision of Claire Denis' perplexities, the ardent blows that fire at the heart and the head, are unequaled in her film Bastards (Les Salauds).

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
A vengeful man sets out to find out about the businessman who caused his family's ruin.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Claire Denis; Writer: Jean-Pol Fargeau, Claire Denis; Stars: Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni, Julie Bataille, Michel Subor, Lola Créton, Alex Descas, Grégoire Colin, Florence Loiret Caille)

Full review See: Interview with Vincent Lindon about his career , Claire Denis in conversation on Bastards

The Bling Ring

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The Bling Ring cuts through the vapid foam to the vapid core to ask questions about morality, responsibility and where desolate idleness may lead.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
A group of teenage fans monitors celebrities' activities over the internet in order to rob their homes.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Sofia Coppola; Writer: Sofia Coppola; Stars: Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Claire Julien, Taissa Farmiga, Georgia Rock, Leslie Mann, Carlos Miranda, Gavin Rossdale, Stacy Edwards, G. Mac Brown, Marc Coppola, Janet Song, Annie Fitzgerald, Lorenzo Hunt)

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Opener

Bends

An affluent Hong Kong woman gets to know her mainland chauffeur.

(Country: China; Year: 2013; Director: Flora Lau)

Death March

A story of the fall of Bataan.

(Country: Phillipines; Year: 2013; Director: Adolfo Alix Jr; Stars: Sid Lucero, Zanjoe Marudo, Sam Milby, Jacky Woo)

Fruitvale Station

Review preview for Fruitvale Station

The film takes an even-handed view of its main protagonist, illustrating faults on both sides of the divide.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
The true story of Oscar Grant, who set out one day to try and bcome a better person and ended up in a shocking encounter at Fruitvale station.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Ryan Coogler; Writer: Ryan Coogler; Stars: Michael B Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray, Ahna O'Reilly, Ariana Neal, Keenan Coogler, Trestin George, Joey Oglesby, Michael James, Marjorie Crump-Shears, Destiny Ekwueme, Bianca Rodriguez III, Julian Keyes)

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The Golden Dream (La Jaula De Oro)

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A flowing, lyrical film, at times startlingly beautiful, The Golden Dream hypnotises the viewer with its constant movement, its unceasing rhythm.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A group of Guatemalan teenagers tries to make it to the US.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2013; Director: Diego Quemada-Diez; Writer: Diego Quemada-Diez, Lucia Carreras, Gibrán Portela; Stars: Carlos Chajon, Rodolfo Domínguez, Brandon López, Karen Martínez)

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Grand Central

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Although the actors acquit themselves with some distinction the performances cannot quite disguise the one dimensional aspect of the characters.

Richard Mowe · 2 out of 5
A complex romance set against the backdrop of the nuclear power industry.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Rebecca Zlotowski; Writer: Gaëlle Macé, Rebecca Zlotowski; Stars: Léa Seydoux, Tahar Rahim, Denis Ménochet)

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Honey (Miele)

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Although other films have dealt with the subject of euthanasia none so far has looked at the emotional difficulties of the perpetrator.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
A woman devoted to promoting euthanasia encounters a man with an invisible malaise.

(Country: Italy, France; Year: 2013; Director: Valeria Golino; Writer: Valeria Golino, based on the book by Angela Del Fabbro.; Stars: Jasmine Trinca, Carlo Cecchi, Libero De Rienzo)

Full review See: Jasmine Trinca talks about Honey (Miele) , Interview with Valeria Golino about Honey (Miele)

L'image Manquante

A poetic exploration of the dislocation caused by war.

(Country: Cambodia; Year: 2013; Director: Rithy Panh)

Norte, The End Of History (Norte, Hangganan Ng Kasaysayan)

The commission of a crime changes three lives forever.

(Country: Phillipines; Year: 2013; Director: Lav Diaz)

Omar

Three childhood friends and a young woman find their relaonships destroyed by the pressures of the Palestinian struggle.

(Year: 2013; Director: Hany Abu-Assad; Stars: Waleed Zuaiter, Adam Bakri, Samer Bisharat, Eyad Hourani, Leem Lubany)

Sarah Préfère La Course

Moving to the big city puts a strain on a young couple's relationship.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Chloé Robichaud; Writer: Chloé Robichaud; Stars: Hélène Florent, Sophie Desmarais, Micheline Lanctôt, Geneviève Boivin-Roussy)

Stranger By The Lake (L'Inconnu Du Lac)

Review preview for Stranger By The Lake

The investigation has a surreal aspect to it that stretches credulity while the final resolution seems unsatisfactorily far-fetched.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
After a shocking incident takes place at a cruising spot, a young man is caught in the throes of a dangerous passion.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Alain Guiraudie; Writer: Alain Guiraudie; Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte, Mathieu Vervisch, Gilbert Traina, Emmanuel Daumas, Sébastien Badachaoui, Gilles Guérin, François-Renaud Labarthe, Claude Bellelle, Slawomir Cieminski, Jean-Marie Crémier, Bernard Delavaux, Bernard German)

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