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Cannes Film Festival · 2017

Cannes Film Festival 2017

Cannes Classics

Programme

27 films · 8 reviews

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All That Jazz

A choreographer tells his sordid life story.

(Country: US; Year: 1979; Director: Bob Fosse; Writer: Robert Alan Aurthur, Bob Fosse; Stars: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking, Cliff Gorman, Ben Vereen, Erzsebet Foldi, Michael Tolan, Max Wright, William LeMassena, Irene Kane, Deborah Geffner, Kathryn Doby, Anthony Holland, Robert Hitt)

Babatu (Babatu, Les Trois Conseils)

Three youngsters go in search of a trio of legendary chiefs in search of adventure.

(Country: Niger, France; Year: 1976; Director: Jean Rouch; Writer: Boubou Hama; Stars: Lam Dia, Diama, Oumarou Ganda, Mariama, Talou, Damouré Zika)

Ballad Of Narayama (Narayama Bushiko)

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Unquestionably one of the most beautiful films I have seen, every shot is designed, composed, lit and photographed to perfection.

Keith Hennessey Brown · 4.5 out of 5
A grandmother prepares for her last journey - to be taken to the mountains to die - but her son struggles to accept her fate.

(Country: Japan; Year: 1958; Director: Keisuke Kinoshita; Writer: Keisuke Kinoshita, based on the stories by Shichirô Fukazawa; Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yûko Mochizuki, Danko Ichikawa, Keiko Ogasawara, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yûnosuke Itô)

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The Battle Of The Rails (La bataille du rail)

The story of railroad workers who joined the French Resistance.

(Country: France; Year: 1946; Director: René Clément; Writer: René Clément, Colette Audry; Stars: Marcel Barnault, Jean Clarieux, Jean Daurand, Jacques Desagneaux, François Joux, Pierre Latour, Tony Laurent, Robert Le Ray, Pierre Lozach, Pierre Mindaist, Léon Pauléon, Fernand Rauzéna, Redon, Michel Salina, Max Woll)

Becoming Cary Grant

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An accomplished portrait that presents something much more human than we're used to in this context.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The star's own words are used to tell his life story.

(Country: US, UK, France; Year: 2016; Director: Mark Kidel; Writer: Mark Kidel, Nick Ware; Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Judy Balaban, David Thomson, Barbara Jaynes, Mark Glancy)

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Belle De Jour

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Couture by Yves Saint Laurent and lush photography drown us in luxurious chic.

Chris · 4 out of 5
Bunuel's story of a chaste housewife who gets a job in a brothel still has the power to shock after 40 years. Out now on re-release.

(Country: France/Italy; Year: 1967; Director: Luis Buñuel; Writer: Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carriere, Joseph Kessel; Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Genevieve Page, Pierre Clementi, Françoise Fabian, Macha Meril)

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Blow-Up

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For better or worse, Antonioni’s got his master stylist hat on here, even if it sometimes obscures his vision.

Antoni Konieczny · 3.5 out of 5
A fashion photographer believes he may have caught something sinister on camera.

(Country: UK, Italy, US; Year: 1966; Director: Michelangelo Antonioni; Writer: Michelangelo Antonioni, Julio Cortázar, Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond; Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings, John Castle, Jane Birkin, Gillian Hills, Peter Bowles, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Julian Chagrin, Claude Chagrin, Jeff Beck, Roy Beck, Susan Brodrick, Tsai Chin, Julio Cortázar)

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The Belgian's Road To Cannes (La Belge Histoire du festival de Cannes)

Documentary, road trip about Belgian films at Cannes over the past 70 years.

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2017; Director: Henri de Gerlache)

David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

Documentary about the film critic.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2017; Director: Sally Aitken)

The Earrings Of Madame De... (Diamond Earrings, Madame De)

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The earrings are an infuriatingly over-used plot device, with each reappearance becoming increasingly predictable.

Nicola Osborne · 3 out of 5
A countess sells her earrings, little realising the huge impact the move will have on her life.

(Country: France/Italy; Year: 1953; Director: Max Ophuls; Writer: Marcel Achard, Max Ophuls, Annette Wademant, based on the novel by Louise de Vilmorin; Stars: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt, Jean Galland, Mireille Perrey, Paul Azaïs, Josselin, Hubert Noël, Lia Di Leo, Madeleine Barbulée)

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Filmworker

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Few voices are missing from this incredibly thorough piece of work.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Documentary about the working relationship between actor Leon Vitali and Stanley Kubrick.

(Year: 2017; Director: Tony Zierra)

Full review See: Whit Stillman in conversation on his Stanley Kubrick, Barcelona, The Last Days Of Disco, Eyes Wide Shut, and Barry Lyndon connection , Leon Vitali in conversation on Filmworker, Stanley Kubrick's love of animals, photography, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining twins , Leon Vitali in conversation on Filmworker

In The Realm Of The Senses (Ai No Korîda)

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Despite all the outrageous and mostly un-simulated activity, there is a real sensuality to the couple's contact, as well as a sad undertow to their sadistic influence upon each other.

David Graham · 4 out of 5
A man begins an affair with one of his servants.

(Country: Japan; Year: 1976; Director: Nagisa Ôshima; Writer: Nagisa Ôshima; Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri, Kanae Kobayashi, Taiji Tonoyama, Kyôji Kokonoe, Naomi Shiraishi, Komikichi Hori, Kikuhei Matsunoya, Akiko Koyama, Yuriko Azuma, Rei Minami, Machiko Aoki)

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Ila Ayn (Whither?, Vers l'inconnu)

A man abandons his family in a poor part of Lebanon and heads for Brazil, leaving his wife to struggle to raise their family. One day, a ragged old man arrives in the village...

(Country: Lebanon; Year: 1957; Director: Georges Nasser)

I Even Met Happy Gypsies

A married man falls for a younger woman.

(Country: Yugoslavia; Year: 1967; Director: Aleksandar Petrovic; Writer: Aleksandar Petrovic; Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Katarina, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Mija Aleksic, Gordana Jovanovic, Rahela Ferari, Stojan Decermic, Severin Bijelic, Janez Vrhovec, Milivoje Tomic, Djordje Pura, Branislav 'Ciga' Milenkovic, Bozidar Pavicevic-Longa, Zoran Longinovic, Milorad Jovanovic)

Jean Douchet, l'Enfant Agite

Documentary about the French director and film historian.

(Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Fabien Hagege, Guillaume Naimur, Vincent Haasar)

L'Atalante

A newly married couple struggle with their relationship aboard a ship.

(Country: France; Year: 1934; Director: Jean Vigo; Writer: Jean Guinée, Albert Riéra, Albert Riéra, Jean Vigo, Jean Vigo; Stars: Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre, Maurice Gilles, Raphaël Diligent, Claude Aveline, René Blech, Lou Bonin, Fanny Clar, Charles Dorat, Paul Grimault, Genya Lozinska, Gen Paul)

Lucía

The history of Cuba as illustrated by three episodes in the life of one woman, who is betrayed by the man she loves.

(Country: Cuba; Year: 1968; Director: Humberto Solas; Writer: Julio García Espinosa, Nelson Rodríguez, Humberto Solás; Stars: Raquel Revuelta, Eslinda Núñez, Adela Legrá, Eduardo Moure, Ramón Brito, Adolfo Llauradó, Idalia Anreus, Silvia Planas, Flora Lauten, Rogelio Blain, Maria Elena Molinet, Aramís Delgado, Teté Vergara, Flavio Calderín, Nelson Rodríguez)

Man Of Iron (Czlowiek z zelaza)

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A crucial historical document, but also a great film.

Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
At the height of the Solidarity movement, a Polish TV journalist is assigned by the government to undermine an independent trade union leader.

(Country: Poland; Year: 1981; Director: Andrzej Wajda; Writer: Aleksander Scibor-Rylski; Stars: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania)

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Merry-Go-Round

A young girl is prevented from marrying the young man she loves by her father who wants to wed her to an old, wealthy farmer. But her lover is ready to accept the challenge.

(Country: Hungary; Year: 1955; Director: Zoltán Fábri; Writer: Zoltán Fábri, László Nádasy, Imre Sarkadi; Stars: Mari Töröcsik, Imre Soós, Ádám Szirtes, Béla Barsi, Manyi Kiss, Gyula Bakos, Antal Farkas, József Juhász, Flóra Kádár, Ervin Kibédi, Mária Kovács, László Kozák, János Makláry, László Misoga, Piri Peéry)

Native Son

Heavily censored upon its initial American release, French director Pierre Chenal’s provocative adaptation of Richard Wright’s controversial bestseller has been fully restored to its original 104-minute running time.

(Country: US, Argentina; Year: 1951; Director: Pierre Chenal; Writer: Pierre Chenal, Richard Wright; Stars: Richard Wright, Gloria Madison, Willa Pearl Curtis, Nicholas Joy, Ruth Robert, Charles Cane, George D. Green, Jean Wallace, George Rigaud, Leslie Straugh, Lidia Alves, Charles Simmonds, Ned Campbell, Don Dean, Cecile Lezard)

Oh, Sun (Soleil O)

A Mauritanian encounters little but prejudice when he tries to build a better life for himself in Paris.

(Country: France, Mauritania; Year: 1970; Director: Med Hondo; Writer: Med Hondo; Stars: Robert Liensol, Théo Légitimus, Gabriel Glissant, Mabousso Lo, Bernard Fresson, Gilles Ségal, Yane Barry, Greg Germain, Armand Meffre)

Paparazzi

Looking at the relationship between starlet Brigitte Bardot and the photographers trying to snap her.

(Country: France; Year: 1963; Director: Jacques Rozier; Writer: Jacques Rozier; Stars: Michel Piccoli, Jean Lescot, David Tonelli, Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Luc Godard, Fritz Lang, Jack Palance)

The Quince Tree Sun (El Sol Del Membrillo, Dream Of Light)

Artist Antonio Lopez painstakingly tries to paint a quince tree.

(Country: Spain; Year: 1992; Director: Víctor Erice; Writer: Víctor Erice, Antonio López; Stars: Antonio López, María Moreno, Enrique Gran, María López, Carmen López, Elisa Ruiz, José Carretero, Amalia Avia, Lucio Muñoz, Esperanza Parada, Julio López Hernández, Fan Xiao Ming, Yan Sheng Dong, Janusz Pietrzkiak, Marek Domagala)

A River Runs Through It

The story of two brothers growing up in Montana with a shared love of fishing.

(Country: US; Year: 1992; Director: Robert Redford; Writer: Norman Maclean, Richard Friedenberg; Stars: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Lloyd, Edie McClurg, Stephen Shellen, Vann Gravage, Nicole Burdette, Susan Traylor, Michael Cudlitz, Rob Cox, Buck Simmonds, Fred Oakland, David Creamer)

Siege (Matzor)

A war widow comes under pressure to become a hero.

(Country: Israel; Year: 1969; Director: Gilberto Tofano; Writer: Dahn Ben Amotz, Gilberto Tofano; Stars: Eran Agmon, Gila Almagor, Yael Aviv, Dahn Ben Amotz, Yehoram Gaon, Omna Goldstein, Anni Grian, Micha Kagan, Raviv Oren, Amir Orion, Baruch Sadeh, Uri Sharoni)

The Wages Of Fear

Four men are hired to transport a dangerous nitroglycerine shipment.

(Country: France, Italy; Year: 1953; Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot; Writer: Georges Arnaud, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi; Stars: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, Peter van Eyck, Véra Clouzot, William Tubbs, Darío Moreno, Jo Dest, Antonio Centa, Luis De Lima, Grégoire Gromoff, Joseph Palau-Fabre, Faustini, Seguna, Darling Légitimus)

The Way (Yol, The Road)

A portrait of Turkey in the wake of the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.

(Country: Turkey, Switzerland, France; Year: 1982; Director: Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney; Writer: Yilmaz Güney; Stars: Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün, Meral Orhonsay, Necmettin Çobanoglu, Semra Uçar, Hikmet Çelik, Sevda Aktolga, Tuncay Akça, Hale Akinli, Turgut Savas, Hikmet Tasdemir, Engin Çelik, Osman Bardakçi, Enver Güney)