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Cannes Film Festival · 2024

Cannes Film Festival 2024

Un Certain Regard

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19 films · 10 reviews

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Black Dog

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Visually, Guan never puts a frame wrong, whether he’s setting up a physical comedy set-piece, idly incorporating a solar eclipse or letting the dogs steal a scene.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A man forges a bond with a dog after returning to his hometown following a spell in prison.

(Country: China; Year: 2024; Director: Guan Hu; Writer: Ge Rui , Guan Hu; Stars: Jia Zhangke, Eddie Peng, Liya Tong, Little Xin)

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The Damned (Les Damnes)

Drama about a volunteer troop of soldiers during the American Civil War.

(Year: 2024; Director: Roberto Minervini; Writer: Roberto Minervini)

Dog On Trial (Le Proces Du Chien)

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Dosch uses the true story to make wider observations about the often fraught relationships between humans and animals.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
A young lawyer tries to save a dog from capital punishment.

(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Laetitia Dosch; Writer: Anne-Sophie Bailly, Laetitia Dosch; Stars: Laetitia Dosch, Anabela Moreira, Anne Dorval, François Damiens, Pierre Deladonchamps, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Christian Dustour)

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Flow (Straume)

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Cat’s viewpoint predominates, and Zilbalodis has an acute understanding of how the world looks from its point of view, of what catches its attention and how its body follows instinctively.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
An animated adventure about a group of animals who must work together to survive a catastrophe in a post-human world.

(Country: Latvia, Belgium, France; Year: 2024; Director: Gints Zilbalodis; Writer: Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza, Ron Dyens)

Full review See: Gints Zilbalodis on Latvia’s Oscar submission Flow, Hayao Miyazaki and fairy tales

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

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You've seen it all before, but that's its strength. That cranked footage, those desperate eyes, the obscuring sand.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
Prequel about the young Furiosa, who is snatched by a biker gang.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2024; Director: George Miller; Writer: George Miller, Nick Lathouris; Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Charlee Fraser, Tom Burke, Nathan Jones, Angus Sampson, Lachy Hulme, Alyla Browne, Daniel Webber, Nat Buchanan, Goran D. Kleut, Spencer Connelly, David Collins, Ian Roberts, Matuse)

Full review See: Furiosa director George Miller on the joys of technology, creating legends and eternal curiosity

Holy Cow! (Vingt Dieux!)

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The action is pacy but that doesn’t mean Courvoisier skims the surface.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
After the sudden death of his father an 18-year-old finds himself looking after his sister... and changing his life.

(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Louise Courvoisier; Writer: Louise Courvoisier, Théo Abadie; Stars: Clément Faveau, Maïwène Barthelemy, Luna Garret, Mathis Bertrand, Dimitry Baudry) , Trailer

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The Kingdom (Le Royaume)

Father and daughter relationship drama set on Corsica in the Nineties.

(Director: Julien Colonna)

My Sunshine (Boku No Ohisama)

Drama centring on two kids with opposing personalities who become a figure-skating pair.

(Year: 2024; Director: Hiroshi Okuyama)

Niki

Niki de Saint Phalle biopic.

(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Céline Sallette; Writer: Céline Sallette; Stars: Charlotte Le Bon, John Robinson, Damien Bonnard, Judith Chemla, Quentin Dolmaire, Radu Mihaileanu, Jesse Guttridge, Virgile Bramly, Léo Dussollier, Marie Zabukovec, Éric Pucheu, Hugo Brunswick, Alain Fromager, Xavier de Guillebon, Grégoire Monsaingeon)

Norah

A teacher is inspired by a young woman he meets in a remote village, while he inspires her to change her life.

(Country: Saudi Arabia; Year: 2023; Director: Tawfik Alzaidi; Writer: Tawfik Alzaidi, Stephen Strachan; Stars: Yagoub Alfarhan, Maria Bahrawi, Abdullah Al-Sadhan, Aixa Kay, Saleemriaz)

On Becoming A Guinea Fowl

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Nyoni expertly controls her narrative so that it glides effortlessly between the reality of the funeral preparations to the more surreal psychological trauma Shula is working through.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Absurdist drama sees family secrets gradually revealed during the preparations for a funeral.

(Country: UK, Zambia, Ireland; Year: 2024; Director: Rungano Nyoni; Writer: Rungano Nyoni; Stars: Susan Chardy, Roy Chisha, Blessings Bhamjee, Chungu Bwalya, Maggie Mulubwa, Benson Mumba, Henry B.J. Phiri, Elizabeth Chisela, Doris Naulapwa, Mary Mulabo, Norah Mwansa, Hildah Mwanza, Febby Lungu, Gillian Sakala, Carol Natasha Mwale)

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Santosh

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Writer/director Sandhya Suri - who has a documentary background - is keen to show that everyone plays their part in the prejudices and corruption of the legal system.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Sandhya Suri; Writer: Sandhya Suri; Stars: Shahana Goswami, Sanjay Bishnoi)

Full review See: Interview with Sandhya Suri about Santosh

September Says

Sisters July and September are thick as thieves, though very different. Their dynamic is a concern to their single mum, Sheela. Tension among the three women builds when they take refuge in an old holiday home in Ireland.

(Year: 2024; Director: Ariane Labed)

The Shameless

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Bojanov draws not only a sensitive portrait of the bond between the two women but also exposes the dyn.amics of a deeply conservative and religious society

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
Love story between two women who face a struggle against a patriarchal society.

(Country: India, Bulgaria; Year: 2024; Director: Konstantin Bojanov; Writer: Konstantin Bojanov; Stars: Anasuya Sengupta, Omara Shetty, Auroshikha Dey, Rohit Kokate, Koran Bhivagade, Tanmay Dhanania, Mita Vasisht)

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Souleymane's Story (L'Histoire de Souleymane, The Story of Souleymane)

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There is a feeling of being in a constant movement, with cars and buildings whizzing by as Souleymane is rushing through the city, either riding his bike, or running from one type of public transport to the next.

Nikola Jovic · 3 out of 5
Two days in the life of a bike delivery guy who is trying to get asylum.

(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Boris Lojkine; Writer: Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut; Stars: Abou Sangare, Nina Meurisse, Alpha Oumar Sow Emmanuel Yovanie, Younoussa Diallo)

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Viet and Nam

Nam and Việt are coal miners, working 300 meters below ground, where danger awaits, darkness prevails. Nam doesn’t want his future to continue with coal and hires someone to smuggle him to the western world.

(Year: 2024; Director: Truong Minh Quý)

The Village Next To Paradise

In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them.

(Country: France, Austria; Year: 2024; Director: Mo Harawe; Writer: Mo Harawe; Stars: Axmen Cali Faarax, Canab Axmed Ibraahin, Ahmed Mohamoud Salleban)

When The Light Breaks

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Beyond the dark loneliness of grief, is the soft light of a shared mourning.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.

(Country: Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France; Year: 2024; Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Writer: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Stars: Elín Hall, Katla Njálsdóttir, Mikael Kaaber, Ágúst Wigum, Gunnar Hrafn Kristjánsson, Baldur Einarsson)

Full review See: Interview with Elín Hall about When The Light Breaks

Who Let The Dog Bite? (Le Proces Du Chien)

A young lawyer tries to save a dog from being destroyed.

(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Laetitia Dosch; Writer: Anne-Sophie Bailly, Laetitia Dosch; Stars: Laetitia Dosch, François Damiens, Anabela Moreira, Anne Dorval, Pierre Deladonchamps, Anouk Grinberg, Bouli Lanners, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Christian Dustour)