SPOTLIGHT ON CANNES 2021: UN CERTAIN REGARD — FREDA —Gessica Généus

UN CERTAIN REGARD

FREDA

"Freda lives with her family in a popular neighborhood in Haiti. They survive with their little street food shop. The precariousness and violence of their daily life push them to do everything they can to escape their situation."

"Gessica Généus started acting at 17, playing in Barikad, by Richard Sénécal. She has collaborated with various Haitian and international film directors, including Raoul Peck (Moloch Tropical), Philippe Niang (Toussaint Louverture), Kareem Mortimer (Cargo)."

Andrea Arnold (The UK), Daniel Burman (Argentina), Elsa Zlyberstein (France), Michael Covino (U.S), Mounia Meddour (Algeria) — Un Certain Regard Jury 2021 © AFFIF

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SPOTLIGHT ON CANNES 2021: IN COMPETITION — TITANE —Julia Ducournau

TITANE

"TITANE: A metal, highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys often used in medical prostheses due to pronounced biocompatibility."

“Written by Julia Ducournau, the film opens on an airport where custom inspectors pick up a young man with a bruised face. He claims his name to be Adrien Legrand, a child who disappeared ten years ago. For Vincent, his father, this marks the end of a long nightmare and he brings him home. Simultaneously, a series of gruesome murders places the region under pressure. Alexia, model in a car showroom, has all the characteristics of the ideal victim.”

"Julia Ducournau is a French film director and screenwriter. She attended film school at La Fémis in Paris, where she studied screenwriting. In 2011, her short film JUNIOR won the Petit Rail d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Her first feature, the horror movie RAW, won the coveted FIPRESCI prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival."

Spike Lee © Jason Bell/Netflix - Jessica Hausner © DR - Kleber Mendonça Filho © Victor Jucá - Mati Diop © Lucas Charrier - Mylène Farmer © Marcel Hartmann - Song Kang-ho © DR- Mélanie Laurent © Marcel Hartmann - Maggie Gyllenhaal © Gareth Cattermole - Tahar Rahim © James Weston

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SPOTLIGHT ON CANNES 2021: IN COMPETITION — THE FRENCH DISPATCH —Wes Anderson

IN COMPETITION

THE FRENCH DISPATCH

"A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine.""

Wes Anderson is up to his old less than great tricks. It's more than doubtful that "The French Dispatch" will win the Palme but at least there's a place for silly entertainment in the Competition.

Spike Lee © Jason Bell/Netflix - Jessica Hausner © DR - Kleber Mendonça Filho © Victor Jucá - Mati Diop © Lucas Charrier - Mylène Farmer © Marcel Hartmann - Song Kang-ho © DR- Mélanie Laurent © Marcel Hartmann - Maggie Gyllenhaal © Gareth Cattermole - Tahar Rahim © James Weston

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