Cannes Film Festival · 2019
18 films · 12 reviews
Touzani has no time for throwing a pity party for these women, she shows instead that they deserve our admiration rather than our sympathy.
(Country: Morocco, France, Belgium; Year: 2019; Director: Maryam Touzani; Writer: Maryam Touzani; Stars: Lubna Azabal, Nisrin Erradi, Douae Belkhaouda, Aziz Hattab, Hasna Tamtaoui)
The evocation of 1945 Leningrad is brilliantly captured with crumbling buildings and over-crowed trams but too often the dramatic set pieces fail to register
(Country: Russia; Year: 2019; Director: Kantemir Balagov; Writer: Kantemir Balagov; Stars: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Timofey Glazkov, Andrei Bykov)
(Country: France, Italy; Year: 2019; Director: Lorenzo Mattotti; Writer: Thomas Bidegain, Dino Buzzati, Jean-Luc Fromental, Lorenzo Mattotti; Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Arthur Dupont, Jean-Claude Carrière, Thomas Bidegain, Thierry Hancisse, Leïla Bekhti, Arthur Dupont, Jean-Claude Carrière, Thomas Bidegain, Thierry Hancisse)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2019; Director: Monia Chokri; Writer: Monia Chokri; Stars: Evelyne Brochu, Magalie Lépine Blondeau, Sasson Gabai, Niels Schneider, Kimberly Laferriere)
Havard's sullen features and emotional distance set the tone for the film so that even the tiniest spark of excitement has real power.
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Annie Silverstein; Writer: Annie Silverstein, Johnny McAllister, Josh Melrod; Stars: Rob Morgan, Amber Havard, Yolonda Ross, Keira Bennett, Karla Garbelotto, Troy Anthony Hogan, Peggy Schott, Lee Stringer, Keeli Wheeler, James Schuler, Rob Morgan, Amber Havard, Yolonda Ross, Keira Bennett, Karla Garbelotto)
The acutely caught observational humour is what gives The Climb its motor.
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Michael Angelo Covino; Writer: Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin; Stars: Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Zina Wilde, Talia Balsam, Gayle Rankin, George Wendt, Judith Godrèche)
(Country: Ukraine; Year: 2019; Director: Nariman Aliev; Writer: Nariman Aliev, Marysia Nikitiuk; Stars: Akhtem Seitablaev)
In terms of basic plotting, there might not seem to be much here, but emotions crackle beneath the surface and the mood burns deep.
(Country: Spain, France, Luxembourg; Year: 2019; Director: Oliver Laxe; Writer: Santiago Fillol, Oliver Laxe; Stars: Santiago Fillol, Oliver Laxe)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2019; Director: Karim Aïnouz; Writer: Murilo Hauser, based on the book by Martha Batalha; Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Carol Duarte, Gregório Duvivier)
The whole film adheres to the director’s credo that simple story-telling does not mean a lack of depth or subtlety, or roughness around the edges.
(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Bruno Dumont; Writer: Bruno Dumont, based on the plays by Charles Péguy; Stars: Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Jean-Francois Causeret, Daniel Dienne, Fabien Fenet, Robert Hanicotte, Yves Habert, Fabrice Luchini, Christophe)
Serra turns to period pieces not out of nostalgia, but quite the contrary, to provoke and dismantle - a grotesque imagery looking to alter the often sublime portrayal of such figures.
(Country: France, Portugal, Spain, Germany; Year: 2019; Director: Albert Serra; Writer: Albert Serra; Stars: Helmut Berger, Marc Susini, Iliana Zabeth) , Trailer
(Country: China; Year: 2019; Director: Feng Zu; Stars: Minghao Chen, Lu Huang, Yu Tian)
Unflinching in its horrific subject matter and challenging in its construction.
(Country: Taiwan; Year: 2019; Director: Midi Z; Writer: Midi Z; Stars: Wu Ke-Xi, Vivian Sung, Kimi Hsia, Chang Li-Ang, Cheng Jen-Shuo)
(Country: Russia; Year: 2019; Director: Larissa Sadilova)
Deliciously and deliberately theatrical
(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Christophe Honoré; Writer: Christophe Honoré; Stars: Carole Bouquet, Chiara Mastroianni, Camille Cottin, Vincent Lacoste, Benjamin Biolay)
Engages with an energetic and angry vitality as well as authenticity.
(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Mounia Meddour; Writer: Fadette Drouard, Mounia Meddour; Stars: Lyna Khoudri, Shirine Boutella, Amira Hilda Douaouda, Yasin Houicha, Zahra Manel Doumandji, Marwan Zeghbib, Aida Ghechoud, Meriem Medjkrane, Samir El Hakim, Amine Mentseur, Khaled Benaïssa, Abderrahmane Boudia, Malek Ghellamat, Lina Boudraa, Slimane Bourdous)
Danielle Lessovitz’s first feature exudes a quiet confidence in her material.
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Danielle Lessovitz; Writer: Danielle Lessovitz; Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom, McCaul Lombardi)
Visually arresting and emotionally engaging.
(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec; Writer: Zabou Breitman, based on the book by Yasmina Khadra; Stars: Hiam Abbass, Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud, Simon Abkarian)
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