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Cannes Film Festival · 2023

Cannes Film Festival 2023

Special Screenings

Programme

5 films · 2 reviews

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Anselm (Das Rauschen Der Zeit)

A poetic look at the works and thoughts of Anselm Kiefer. A film about painters and sculptors, with and about an artist, his works and his background.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Wim Wenders)

Man In Black

A lengthy exhibition piece in which the Chinese composer Wang Xilin, exiled in Germany, reflects on episodes in his life.

(Year: 2023; Director: Wang Bing; Stars: Wang Xilin)

Marguerite's Theorem (Le Théorème De Marguerite)

Review preview for Marguerite's Theorem

Something’s gotta give, so much is clear.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 3 out of 5
The life of a maths genius shifts after she makes a mistake.

(Country: France, Switzerland; Year: 2023; Director: Anna Novion; Writer: Agnès Feuvre, Marie-Stéphane Imbert, Mathieu Robin; Stars: Ella Rumpf, Jean-Pierre Daroussin, Clotilde Courau, Julien Frison, Sonia Bonny)

Full review

Occupied City

A documentary about Amsterdam under Nazi occupation during World War II, between the years 1940 and 1945.

(Country: UK, Netherlands; Year: 2023; Director: Steve McQueen; Writer: Bianca Stigter)

Pictures Of Ghosts (Retratos Fantasmas)

Review preview for Pictures Of Ghosts

These are the nooks and crannies where the ghosts still hang out, whistling in the dark, eager to haunt anew a crowd.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
A portrait of the city of Recife, re-envisioned in its 20th Century glory through the remains of the cinema palaces which were central to its busy social milieu.

(Year: 2023; Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho)

Full review See: Kleber Mendonça Filho in conversation on Pictures Of Ghosts, the films of Agnès Varda, Manoel de Oliveira and Martin Scorsese