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Cannes Film Festival · 2016

Cannes Film Festival 2016

Un Certain Regard

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17 films · 7 reviews

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After The Storm (Umi yori mo mada fukaku)

A writer tries to reconnect with his family.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2016; Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda; Writer: Hirokazu Kore-eda; Stars: Kirin Kiki, Hiroshi Abe, Rirî Furankî, Yôko Maki, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Satomi Kobayashi, Isao Hashizume, Taiyô Yoshizawa)

Apprentice

Prison drama about a young warden who befriends the jail's executioner.

(Country: France, Germany, Singapore; Year: 2016; Director: Boo Junfeng ; Writer: Boo Junfeng ; Stars: Wan Hanafi Su, Firdaus Rahman, Gerald Chew, Crispian Chan, Boon Pin Koh, Mastura Ahmad, Sean Tobin, Nickson Cheng, Ong Chao Hong)

Beyond The Mountains And Hills

No details are available yet regarding this follow up to The Band's Visit.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2016; Director: Eran Kolirin)

Captain Fantastic

Review preview for Captain Fantastic

Taken as a whole, however, the director is trying too hard, pushing this family so far into caricature that we lose sight of the story of grief that is underpinning the shenanigans.

Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
A dad who has raised his kids in the forest is forced to take them on a road trip.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Matt Ross; Writer: Matt Ross; Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Erin Moriarty, Missi Pyle, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn, Ann Dowd, Annalise Basso, Frank Langella, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Shree Crooks, Nicholas Hamilton, Richard Beal, Alan Humphrey, Ralph Smith) , Trailer

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Clash (Eshtebak)

Drama set in a crowded police truck holding pro and anti-Muslim Brotherhood members in the wake of a 2013 protest.

(Year: 2016; Director: Mohamed Diab; Writer: Khaled Diab, Mohamed Diab; Stars: Nelly Karim, Mohamed El Sebaii)

The Dancer

The story of the rivalry between Loie Fuller and Isadora Duncan.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2016; Director: Stéphanie Di Giusto; Writer: Stéphanie Di Giusto, Giovanni Lista, Sarah Thibau; Stars: Lily-Rose Melody Depp, Mélanie Thierry, Gaspard Ulliel, Louis Garrel, William Houston, Soko, François Damiens, David Bowles, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Petra Buckova, James Flynn, Frans Boyer, Charlie Morgan)

Dogs (Caini)

A man trying to offload his grandad's land discovers the patriarch was a local crime lord.

(Country: France, Romania, Bulgaria; Year: 2016; Director: Bogdan Mirica; Writer: Bogdan Mirica; Stars: Dragos Bucur, Gheorghe Visu, Vlad Ivanov, Costel Cascaval, Constantin Cojocaru, Raluca Aprodu, Catalin Paraschiv, Emilian Oprea, Valeri Yordanov, Ela Ionescu, Corneliu Cozmei, Caroline Bera, Miriam Marincea, Dumitru Stegarescu, Manol Gherusin)

The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki (Hymyilävi Mies)

Review preview for The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki

Kuosmanen constantly shifts perspective, asking us to view the situation from a different angle - and another place of emotional truth.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Finland, 1962. Boxer Olli Mäki is 26 years old and in love. Expected to win a bout against an American, but he would rather be with his girlfriend than train.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2016; Director: Juho Kuosmanen; Writer: Juho Kuosmanen, Mikko Myllylahti; Stars: Eero Milonoff, Joonas Saartamo, Oona Airola, Jarkko Lahti, Marko Wilskman, Juha Mäkinen, Tuomo Kemppainen, John Bosco Jr.)

Full review See: Karlovy Vary Festival report

Harmonium

Review preview for Harmonium

A beautifully crafted film.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
When a man who runs a workshop hires an old friend, trouble brews for his family.

(Country: Japan, France; Year: 2016; Director: Kôji Fukada; Writer: Kôji Fukada; Stars: Mariko Tsutsui, Tadanobu Asano, Kanji Furutachi)

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Hell Or High Water

Review preview for Hell Or High Water

The ‘bad guy’ really is the bank itself – or maybe the American Dream, a frothy notion that never had much currency here and is now bankrupt in the face of a recession.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A man and his ex-con brother hatch a plot to try to save their family farm.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: David Mackenzie; Writer: Taylor Sheridan; Stars: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Katy Mixon, Kevin Rankin, Dale Dickey, Gil Birmingham, Melanie Papalia, Buck Taylor, Debrianna Mansini, Lora Martinez-Cunningham, Amber Midthunder, Gregory Cruz, Dylan Kenin, Alma Sisneros)

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Inversion

As pollution levels rise a woman faces a difficult choice in Tehran.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2016; Director: Behnam Behzadi)

The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis (La Larga Noche De Francisco Sanctis)

A man faces a dilemma over whether to help to men wanted by the dictatorship.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2016; Director: Francisco Márquez, Andrea Testa; Stars: Rafael Federman, Valeria Lois, Laura Paredes, Romina Pinto, Marcelo Subiotto, Diego Velázquez)

Pericles The Black (Pericle Il Nero)

A mobster has a change of heart after falling for a woman.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Stefano Mordini; Writer: Giuseppe Ferrandino; Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Marina Foïs, Nissim Renard, Gigio Morra, Valentina Acca)

Personal Affairs (Omor Shakhsiya)

Debut film, details not yet known.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2016; Director: Maha Haj)

The Red Turtle (La Tortue Rouge)

Review preview for The Red Turtle

Some of the art is truly breathtaking, especially the star-filled skies, and the movement of the various animals we meet is beautifully observed.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The life of a castaway on a desert island.

(Country: France, Japan; Year: 2016; Director: Michael Dudok de Wit; Writer: Michael Dudok de Wit, Pascale Ferran; Stars: Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy)

Full review See: Michaël Dudok de Wit in conversation on The Red Turtle (La Tortue Rouge) and Studio Ghibli

The Student (Uchenik)

Review preview for The Student

Kirill Serebrennikov takes a fearless approach to filmmaking, unafraid of blending intellectual ideas with realistic settings.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A teenager becomes a religious zealot and mounts a campaign against his biology teacher.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2016; Director: Kirill Serebrennikov; Writer: Kirill Serebrennikov, based on the play by Marius von Mayenburg; Stars: Yuliya Aug, Viktoriya Isakova, Pyotr Skvortsov, Aleksandr Gorchilin, Aleksandra Revenko)

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The Transfiguration

Review preview for The Transfiguration

Don't be suckered in by the promises of bloodsucking.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Tale of love, loss and vampires.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Michael O'Shea; Writer: Michael O'Shea; Stars: Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine, Larry Fessenden, Aaron Moten, Danny Flaherty)

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