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Cannes Film Festival · 2023

Cannes Film Festival 2023

Critics' Week

Programme

11 films · 4 reviews

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The (Ex)perience Of Love (Le Syndrome Des Amours Passées)

Review preview for The (Ex)perience Of Love

Instead of flooring the pedal and being a wild ride, the film stays within the speed limit.

Nikola Jovic · 3.5 out of 5
A couple who are unable to have children learn that because they suffer from Past Love Syndrome, the only solution is for them to sleep with all their exes again.

(Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2022; Director: Ann Sirot, Raphaël Balboni)

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Il Pleut Dans La Maison

Working odd jobs and stealing from tourists, teenage brothers left to their own devices support each other through a long, hot summer.

(Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2023; Director: Paloma Sermon-Daï; Writer: Paloma Sermon-Daï; Stars: Purdey Lombet, Makenzy Lombet, Louise Manteau, Donovan Nizet)

Lost Country

The sensorial, emotional and political formation of a boy born at the beginning of the Eighties in Tito's Yugoslavia, growing up in a Yugoslav Communist family as the political system around him radically changes.

(Country: France, Serbia, Luxembourg, Croatia; Year: 2023; Director: Vladimir Perisic; Writer: Vladimir Perisic, Alice Winocour; Stars: Boris Isakovic, Jasna Djuricic, Marija Skaricic, Jovan Ginic)

Àma Gloria

Review preview for Àma Gloria

One of the most moving portraits of childhood seen recently on the screen.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
Six-year-old Cléo loves her nanny Gloria more than anything. When Gloria must return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, the two must make the most of their last summer together.

(Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Marie Amachoukeli; Writer: Marie Amachoukeli, Pauline Guéna; Stars: Arnaud Rebotini)

Full review See: Àma Gloria director Marie Amachoukeli on her child's eye view of the world

No Love Lost (La Fille De Son père)

A young father must deal with the fact that his now-teenage daughter is ready to move forward and build her own life away from him.

(Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Erwan Le Duc; Writer: Erwan Le Duc; Stars: Maud Wyler, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Camille Rutherford, Céleste Brunnquell, Alexandre Steiger, Mercedes Dassy)

Power Alley (Levante)

A teenage volleyball champion finds her whole future in jeopardy after discovering that she's pregnant, and struggles to access an abortion.

(Country: Brazil, France, Ururguay; Year: 2023; Director: Lillah Halla)

The Rapture (Le Ravissement)

Lydia, a dedicated midwife, is in the middle of a break-up. At the time, her best friend Salomé tells her she is pregnant. One day, she comes across Milo - a one-night stand - as she is carrying her friend's baby in her arms.

(Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Iris Kaltenbäck; Writer: Iris Kaltenbäck; Stars: Hafsia Herzi, Alexis Manenti, Nina Meurisse, Younes Boucif)

Sleep (Jam)

A pregnant wife becomes worried about her husband's sleeping habits. What starts out as light sleep-talking soon escalates to unexpectedly grotesque behaviour. They consult a sleep clinic without success and as his nightmarish behaviour escalates, they desperately seek help from a shaman.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2023; Director: Jason Yu; Stars: Jung Yu-mi, Lee Sun-kyun)

Tiger Stripes

A carefree 11-year-old girl begins to experience horrifying physical changes to her body.

(Country: Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar; Year: 2023; Director: Amanda Nell Eu)

Vincent Must Die (Vincent Doit Mourir)

Review preview for Vincent Must Die

The writer-director team of Mathieu Neart and Stéphan Castang shows a repeated willingness to take risks which really elevate the film.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
Vincent finds himself under attack for no apparent reason overnight. When the phenomenon intensifies, he must run and change his way of life completely.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2023; Director: Stéphan Castang; Writer: Mathieu Naert; Stars: Karim Leklou, Vimala Pons, François Chattot, Karoline Rose Sun, Emmanuel Vérité)

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