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Cannes Film Festival · 2019

Cannes Film Festival 2019

Cannes Classics

Programme

28 films · 5 reviews

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125 Rue Montmartre

Trouble brews for a newspaper seller when he saves a drowning stranger.

(Country: France; Year: 1959; Director: Gilles Grangier; Writer: André Gillois, Michel Audiard, André Gillois, Gilles Grangier, Jacques Robert; Stars: Lino Ventura, Andréa Parisy, Robert Hirsch, Dora Doll, Jean Juillard, Pierre Collet, Lucien Raimbourg, Pierre Mirat, Alfred Adam, Jean Desailly, Marc Arian, Marcel Bernier, Christian Brocard, Henri Crémieux, Georges Demas)

Cinecittà - I mestieri del cinema Bernardo Bertolucci

The last interview with Bertolucci, who recalls his work.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2019; Director: Mario Sesti)

La Cité De La Peur (Le Film de les Nuls)

Cult comedy.

(Country: France; Year: 1994; Director: Alain Berbérian; Writer: Alain Chabat, Dominique Farrugia, Chantal Lauby; Stars: Chantal Lauby, Alain Chabat, Dominique Farrugia, Gérard Darmon, Sam Karmann, Patrick Lizana, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Eric Prat, Marc de Jonge, Valérie Lemercier, Tchéky Karyo, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Daniel Gélin, Eddy Mitchell, Hélène de Fougerolles)

Diary Of A Nurse (Hushi riji)

A nurse faces jealousy from her fiance and trouble at work when she goes to work in a remote part of the country.

(Country: China; Year: 1956; Director: Tao Jin; Stars: Wei Li, Jian Suhua, Huada Tang, Danfeng Wang, Wei Li, Jian Suhua, Huada Tang, Danfeng Wang)

The Doors

Review preview for The Doors

Stone emphasises the loss of innocence to an extent beyond credibility.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
Biopic of Jim Morrison and his Sixties iconic rock band.

(Country: US; Year: 1991; Director: Oliver Stone; Writer: J Randal Johnson, Oliver Stone; Stars: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Michael Madsen, Billy Idol, Kathleen Quinlan, Kevin Dillon, Michael Wincott)

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Easy Rider

Two bikers head on down to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Roaring down the highway, travelling light and sleeping rough, they encounter the jagged edges of a deeply divided country.

(Country: US; Year: 1969; Director: Dennis Hopper; Stars: Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson)

First Blood (Rambo: First Blood)

Review preview for First Blood

Stallone's energy and ambition knew no bounds in the Eighties.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
Sylvester Stallone in first Rambo movie.

(Country: US; Year: 1982; Director: Ted Kotcheff; Writer: Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim, Sylvester Stallone; Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett, Michael Talbott, Chris Mulkey, John McLiam, Alf Humphreys, David Caruso, David L. Crowley)

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Forman Vs Forman

Documentary about the director.

(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2019; Director: Helena Trestikova, Jakub Hejna)

The Golden Age (L'Age d'Or)

Surrealist film about a man and a woman whose attempts to consummate their passion hit problems.

(Country: France; Year: 1930; Director: Luis Buñuel; Writer: Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, Marquis de Sade; Stars: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst, Artigas, Lionel Salem, Germaine Noizet, Duchange, Bonaventura Ibáñez, Jean Aurenche, Jacques B. Brunius, Luis Buñuel, Jean Castanier, Juan Castañe, Pancho Cossío)

The Horse Thief (Dao ma zei)

A man struggles to look after his family without committing bad deeds.

(Country: China; Year: 1986; Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian, Peicheng Pan; Writer: Rui Zhang; Stars: Daiba, Jiji Dan, Drashi, Gaoba, Jamco Jayang, Rigzin Tseshang, Daiba, Jiji Dan, Drashi, Gaoba, Jamco Jayang, Rigzin Tseshang)

Kanal (They Loved Life)

One of Wajda’s first films, it asks us to bear witness to the activities of a group of resistance fighters in the last hours of their lives.

(Country: Poland; Year: 1957; Director: Andrzej Wajda; Writer: Jerzy Stefan Stawinski, Jerzy Stefan Stawinski; Stars: Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski, Tadeusz Gwiazdowski, Stanislaw Mikulski, Emil Karewicz, Vladek Sheybal, Teresa Berezowska, Zofia Lindorf, Janina Jablonowska)

Los Olvidados (The Young And The Damned)

Violence in the slums of Mexico City.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 1950; Director: Luis Buñuel; Writer: Luis Alcoriza, Max Aub, Luis Buñuel, Juan Larrea, Pedro de Urdimalas; Stars: Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán, Alfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Alma Delia Fuentes, Francisco Jambrina, Jesús Navarro, Efraín Arauz, Sergio Villarreal, Jorge Pérez, Javier Amézcua, Mário Ramírez, Ernesto Alonso, Victorio Blanco, Rubén Campos)

Loves Of A Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky)

A factory manager persuades the army to send men to the area, to boost the morale of his young female workers, deprived of male company since the local boys have been conscripted.

(Country: Czechoslovakia; Year: 1965; Director: Milos Forman; Writer: Milos Forman, Milos Forman, Jaroslav Papousek, Jaroslav Papousek, Ivan Passer, Ivan Passer, Václav Sasek; Stars: Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt, Vladimír Mensík, Ivan Kheil, Jirí Hrubý, Milada Jezková, Josef Sebánek, Josef Kolb, Marie Salacová, Jana Novaková, Jarka Crkalová, Tána Zelinková, Zdena Lorencová, Jan Vostrcil, Antonín Blazejovský)

Making Waves: The Art Of Cinematic Sound

Review preview for Making Waves: The Art Of Cinematic Sound

The direction is workmanlike but well edited.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Explores the impact of movie sound through insight from cinema’s biggest directors and their go-to sonic collaborators.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Midge Costin; Writer: Bobette Buster; Stars: Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, Walter Murch, Ben Burtt, Gary Rydstrom, Ioan Allen, Richard L. Anderson, Karen Baker Landers, Bobbi Banks, Richard Beggs, Anna Behlmer, Mark Berger, Ryan Coogler, Sofia Coppola, Dane A Davis, Peter J. Devlin, Teri E Dorman, Teresa Eckton)

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Miracle In Milan (Miracolo a Milano)

Review preview for Miracle In Milan

Special effects are obviously dated, but their quaintness only adds to the film's charm.

George Williamson · 3.5 out of 5
An allegorical neorealist fantasy examining social dynamics in post-war Italy.

(Country: Italy; Year: 1950; Director: Vittorio De Sica; Writer: Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Mario Chiari, Adolfo Franci; Stars: Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabo, Brunella Bovo, Anna Carena, Alba Arnova)

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Moulin Rouge

Fictionalised drama about the later years of Tolouse Lautrec.

(Country: UK; Year: 1952; Director: John Huston; Writer: Pierre La Mure, Anthony Veiller, John Huston; Stars: José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon, Claude Nollier, Katherine Kath, Muriel Smith, Mary Clare, Walter Crisham, Harold Kasket, Georges Lannes, Lee Montague, Maureen Swanson, Tutte Lemkow, Jill Bennett, Theodore Bikel)

Nazarín

A priest is hated by everyone... except the local prostitute.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 1958; Director: Luis Buñuel; Writer: Julio Alejandro, Luis Buñuel, Benito Pérez Galdós, Emilio Carballido; Stars: Marga López, Francisco Rabal, Rita Macedo, Ignacio López Tarso, Ofelia Guilmáin, Luis Aceves Castañeda, Noé Murayama, Rosenda Monteros, Jesús Fernández, Ada Carrasco, Antonio Bravo, Aurora Molina, David Reynoso, Efraín Arauz, Manuel Arvide)

La Passione Di Anna Magnani

The story of actress Anna Magnani told via archive footage.

(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Enrico Cerasuolo)

Plogoff, Des Pierres Contre Des Fusils

Documentary about objections to a nuclear power plant.

(Country: France; Year: 1980; Director: Nicole Le Garrec; Stars: Nicole Le Garrec, Daniel Yonnet, Nicole Le Garrec, Daniel Yonnet)

Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze)

An Army deserter tries anything and everything to survive a German prison camp.

(Country: Italy; Year: 1975; Director: Lina Wertmüller; Writer: Lina Wertmüller; Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore, Piero Di Iorio, Enzo Vitale, Roberto Herlitzka, Lucio Amelio, Ermelinda De Felice, Bianca D'Origlia, Francesca Marciano, Mario Conti, Barbara Valmorin, Emilio Salvatore, Aristide Caporale)

The Shining

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A masterpiece of horror cinema, it features a bleak atmosphere, striking visuals, frenzied performances, and an utterly unshakable, creeping sense of dread.

James Gracey · 5 out of 5
After moving his family to a remote hotel with a troubled past, a writer gradually loses his mind.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 1980; Director: Stanley Kubrick; Writer: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson, based on the novel by Stephen King; Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd, Joe Turkel)

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Les Silences De Johnny

Portrait of the actor Johnny Hallyday by his friend.

(Year: 2019; Director: Pierre-William Glenn)

Toni

Drama about an Italian migrant who moves to Provence.

(Country: France; Year: 1934; Director: Jean Renoir; Writer: Jean Renoir, Jacques Levert, Carl Einstein; Stars: Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván, Édouard Delmont, Max Dalban, Jenny Hélia, Michel Kovachevitch, Andrex, Paul Bozzi, Vincent Florio, Jacques Levert, Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván, Édouard Delmont, Max Dalban, Jenny Hélia)

Twenty Years Of African Cinema (Caméra d'Afrique, African Cinema: Filming Against All Odds)

Documentary of two decades of African film.

(Country: Tunisia, France; Year: 1983; Director: Férid Boughedir; Writer: Férid Boughedir)

The White Caravan (Tetri karavani)

Against a rugged landscape and the forces of nature, a group of shepherds, led by the experienced Martia, move their flock to winter pastures. Martia's son, Gela meets Maria, a fisher girl. They fall in love. But his obsession with living in the city ultimately prevails.

(Country: Soviet Union; Year: 1964; Director: Tamaz Meliava, Eldar Shengelaia; Writer: Merab Eliozishvili; Stars: Imedo Kakhiani, Ariadna Shengelaia, Giorgi Kikadze, Spartak Bagashvili, N. Kalapidini, Merab Eliozishvili, Kote Toloraia, Dodo Abashidze, Gogutsa Kuprashvili, Ioseb Taralashvili, Valentin Donguzashvili, A. Abovian, V. Bochorishvili, G. Isaeva, G. Khulordava)

The White Snake Enchantress (Hakujaden, Panda And The Magic Serpent)

The first colour anime feature film.

(Country: Japan; Year: 1958; Director: Taiji Yabushita; Writer: Shin Uehara, Taiji Yabushita, Seiichi Yashiro; Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Mariko Miyagi, Virginia Blackman, Lisa Lu, George Matsui, Jodie McDowell, Sara Meric, Marvin Miller, Bob Neuman, Miiko Taka, Fernando Tejada, Mel Welles, Hisaya Morishige, Mariko Miyagi, Virginia Blackman)

The Witness (A tanu)

Faced with severe food shortages and trying to save his large family from starvation, the simple dike keeper József Pelikán has no other option but to kill his pig, which he has saved from collectivisation but when word gets out he becomes embroiled in political intrigue

(Country: Hungary; Year: 1969; Director: Péter Bacsó; Writer: Péter Bacsó, János Ujhelyi; Stars: Ferenc Kállai, Lajos Öze, Béla Both, Zoltán Fábri, Lili Monori, Károly Bicskey, György Kézdy, József Horváth, Róbert Rátonyi, György Bálint, Pál Bánó, Mária Dudás, Tibor Fehér, Károly Garamszegi, György Györffy)

The Woman Who Dared (Le Ciel Est à Vous)

In a provincial town, the wife of an aviator-turned-garage mechanic becomes obsessed with flying.

(Country: France; Year: 1943; Director: Jean Grémillon; Stars: Madeleine Renaud, Charles Vanel, Jean Debucourt, Raymonde Vernay, Léonce Corne, Raoul Marco)