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Cannes Film Festival · 2018

Cannes Film Festival 2018

Directors' Fortnight

Programme

29 films · 6 reviews

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Amin

(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Philippe Faucon; Writer: Philippe Faucon, Mustapha Kharmoudi, Yasmina Nini-Faucon; Stars: Ouidad Elma, Fantine Harduin, Emmanuelle Devos, Loubna Abidar, Moustapha Mbengue, Ouidad Elma, Fantine Harduin, Emmanuelle Devos, Loubna Abidar, Moustapha Mbengue)

Basses

(Year: 2018; Director: Félix Imbert)

Short

Birds Of Passage (Pajaros De Verano)

Review preview for Birds Of Passage

The rituals set in motion at the start, also tune us into the wavelength of portent, so that a heron's feet on a rug or the sound of locusts carry at least as much threat as the site of a loaded gun.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Story of a family who become involved with the drugs trade.

(Country: Colombia, Denmark; Year: 2018; Director: Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra; Writer: Maria Camila Arias, Jacques Toulemonde Vidal; Stars: Carmiña Martínez, José Acosta, Natalia Reyes, Jhon Narváez, Greider Meza, José Vicente, Juan Bautista Martínez, Miguel Viera, Sergio Coen, Aslenis Márquez, José Naider, Yanker Díaz, Víctor Montero, Joaquín Ramón, Jorge Lascarro)

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Opening night

Buy Me A Gun (Cómprame Un Revólver)

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2018; Director: Julio Hernández Cordón; Writer: Julio Hernández Cordón)

Carmen And Lola

(Country: Spain; Year: 2018; Director: Arantxa Echevarria; Writer: Arantxa Echevarria; Stars: Moreno Borja, Rafaela León, Zaira Morales, Rosy Rodriguez, Carolina Yuste, Moreno Borja, Rafaela León, Zaira Morales, Rosy Rodriguez, Carolina Yuste)

Climax

(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Gaspar Noé; Writer: Gaspar Noé)

Dear Son

Story of parents and their troubled son.

(Country: Tunisia, Belgium, France; Year: 2018; Director: Mohamed Ben Attia; Writer: Mohamed Ben Attia; Stars: Imen Cherif, Mohamed Dhrif, Zakaria Ben Ayyed, Mouna Mejri, Imen Cherif, Mohamed Dhrif, Zakaria Ben Ayyed, Mouna Mejri)

Las Cruces

(Year: 2018; Director: Nicolas Boone)

Short

Leave No Trace

Review preview for Leave No Trace

One thing I particularly enjoyed was that it balances its study of Will with an exploration of Tom’s coming of age, while never making Will’s decision to drop out morally clear-cut.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
A father and daughter find themselves searching for a place to call their own after their off-the-grid lives are discovered by the authorities.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Debra Granik; Writer: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini; Stars: Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Jeff Korber, Dale Dickey)

Full review

The Load (Teret)

Review preview for The Load

Glavonic, who has a background in documentary, has crafted a moody and broody piece, built less on onscreen incident than the oppressive atmosphere and offscreen imaginings.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A truck driver is tasked with transporting mysterious cargo across a scorched landscape from Kosovo to Belgrade during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

(Country: Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar; Year: 2018; Director: Ognjen Glavonic; Writer: Ognjen Glavonic; Stars: Leon Lucev, Pavle Cemerikic, Tamara Krcunovic, Ivan Lucev, Igor Bencina, Kosta Bekric, Novak Bilbija, Tadija Calukovic, Branislav Ciric, Radoje Cupic, Mateja Dimitrijevic, Olga Dimitrijevic, Sara Dinic, Milos Gasevic, Marko Grba Singh)

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Los Silencios

Nuria, Fabio and their mother Amparo arrive in a small island in the middle of Amazonia, at the border of Brazil, Colombia and Peru. They ran away from the Colombian armed conflict in which their father disappeared. One day, he reappears in their new house. T

(Year: 2018; Director: Beatriz Seigner)

La Lotta

(Year: 2018; Director: Marco Bellocchio)

Short

Lucia's Grace (Troppa Grazia)

Review preview for Lucia's Grace

If only Zanasi and co had put a little more faith in the psychological elements of the screenplay rather than worshipping at the altar of cheap laughs.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
When a surveyor has a vision of the Virgin Mary, she is inspired to try to build a church on land marked for commercial development, sparking conflict.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2018; Director: Gianni Zanasi; Writer: Federica Pontremoli, Gianni Zanasi; Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Giuseppe Battiston, Valerio Mastandrea, Hadas Yaron, Carlotta Natoli, Vincent Papa, Alba Rohrwacher, Giuseppe Battiston, Valerio Mastandrea, Hadas Yaron, Carlotta Natoli, Vincent Papa)

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Closing night

Mandy

Review preview for Mandy

The film only lives up to about 80% of the promise whereas I wanted 150%.

Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
Pacific Northwest. 1983. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their haven is savagely destroyed by a cult, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance.

(Country: Belgium, US; Year: 2018; Director: Panos Cosmatos; Writer: Panos Cosmatos, Aaron Stewart-Ahn; Stars: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Bill Duke, Richard Brake, Ned Dennehy, Olwen Fouere, Hayley Saywell)

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Mirai (Mirai Ma Petite Soeur)

Review preview for Mirai

Thumbs up here for graphics that are colourful, inventive and always interesting.

Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
A spoiled boy has to cope with the arrival of a new baby sister - and much more.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2018; Director: Mamoru Hosoda; Writer: Mamoru Hosoda; Stars: Haru Kuroki, Moka Kamishiraishi, Gen Hoshino, Kôji Yakusho, Kumiko Asô, Mitsuo Yoshihara, Yoshiko Miyazaki, John Cho, Crispin Freeman, Masaharu Fukuyama, Victoria Grace, Rebecca Hall, Tasuku Hatanaka, Kaede Hondo, Matsunojo Kanda)

Full review

The Night Of The Plastic Bags (La Nuit Des Sacs Plastique)

(Year: 2018; Director: Gabriel Harel)

Short

The Orphan (O Orfão)

(Year: 2018; Director: Carolina Markowicz)

Short

Our Song To War

(Year: 2018; Director: Juanita Onzaga)

Short

Petra

(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2018; Director: Jaime Rosales; Writer: Michel Gaztambide, Clara Roquet, Jaime Rosales; Stars: Bárbara Lennie, Alex Brendemühl, Joan Botey, Marisa Paredes, Petra Martínez, Carme Pla, Oriol Pla, Chema del Barco, Natalie Madueño, Bárbara Lennie, Alex Brendemühl, Joan Botey, Marisa Paredes, Petra Martínez, Carme Pla)

The Pluto Moment (Ming wang xing shi ke)

(Country: China; Year: 2018; Director: Ming Zhang; Writer: Yuxi Gong, Ming Zhang; Stars: Miya Muqi, Hailu Qin, Xuebing Wang, Meihuizi Zeng, Dan Liu, Jiawen Li, Ping Yi, Xinran Li, Daqian Yi, Miya Muqi, Hailu Qin, Xuebing Wang, Meihuizi Zeng, Dan Liu, Jiawen Li)

Samouni Road

Documentary charts a family before, during and after a tragic event.

(Year: 2018; Director: Stefano Savona)

Skip Day

Documentary about a Florida school where the day after prom is 'skip day', where kids miss lessons in favour of hanging out on the shoreline.

(Year: 2018; Director: Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas)

Short

The Snatch Thief (El Motoarrebatador)

(Country: Argentina, Uruguay; Year: 2018; Director: Agustín Toscano; Writer: Agustín Toscano; Stars: Sergio Prina, Liliana Juarez, Leon Zelarayan, Daniel Elías, Camila Plaate, Pilar Benitez Vivart, Mirella Pascual)

The Song (La Chanson)

(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Tiphaine Raffier)

Short

The Subject (Le Sujet)

An artist-clinician, animation filmmaker, performs an autopsy on what seems to be a human body.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2018; Director: Patrick Bouchard)

Short

To The Ends Of The World (Les Confins Du Monde)

Indochina-wars set drama about a young French soldier on a mission.

(Year: 2018; Director: Guillaume Nicloux; Writer: Jérôme Beaujour, Guillaume Nicloux; Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Kevin Janssens, Guillaume Gouix, Jonathan Couzinié, Lang Khê Tran, Anthony Paliotti, Vi Minh Paul, Gérard Depardieu, Kevin Janssens, Guillaume Gouix, Jonathan Couzinié, Lang Khê Tran, Anthony Paliotti, Vi Minh Paul)

Treat Me Like Fire (Joueurs)

(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Marie Monge; Writer: Romain Compingt, Julien Guetta, Marie Monge; Stars: Tahar Rahim, Stacy Martin, Bruno Wolkowitch, Karim Leklou, Marie Denarnaud, Jean-Michel Correia, Henri-Noël Tabary, Jonathan Couzinié, Roman Kossowski, Alassana Traore, Djemel Barek, Yun Lai, Caroline Piette, Tahar Rahim, Stacy Martin)

The Trouble With You (En Liberté!)

A widow finds her life thrown into turmoil when she comes to realise that her police chief spouse wasn't quite the hero she thought.

(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Pierre Salvadori; Writer: Benjamin Charbit, Benoît Graffin, Pierre Salvadori; Stars: Adèle Haenel, Pio Marmaï, Audrey Tautou, Vincent Elbaz, Damien Bonnard, Hocine Choutri, Christophe Tek, Octave Bossuet, Norbert Ferrer, Emmy Stevenin, Martin Pautard, Adèle Haenel, Pio Marmaï, Audrey Tautou, Vincent Elbaz)

The World Is Yours (Le monde ou rien, Le Monde Est à Toi)

(Year: 2018; Director: Romain Gavras; Writer: Karim Boukercha, Noé Debré, Romain Gavras; Stars: Karim Leklou, Vincent Cassel, Isabelle Adjani, François Damiens, Oulaya Amamra, Philippe Katerine, Michael John Treanor, Norbert Ferrer, Gabby Rose, Yun-Ping He, Karim Leklou, Vincent Cassel, Isabelle Adjani, François Damiens, Oulaya Amamra)