FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: WILD GOOSE LAKE —DIANO YINAN

The story of a gangster on the run who eventually sacrifices himself to save his family and the woman he encounters along the way.

"Wild Goose Lake" screens in Competition for the Palme d'Or. 

"Wild Goose Lake" is Chinese director, screenwriter, actor Diao Yinan's third directorial effort behind "Uniform" (2003), "Night Train" (which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2007), and "Black Coal, Thin Ice" (Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. 2014).

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FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: THE CLIMB —MICHAEL ANGELO COVINO

"A look at the friendship between two guys that spans over many years." "The Climb" screens in Un Certain Regard.

"Michael Angelo Covino is an actor and producer, known for Kicks (2016), Hunter Gatherer(2016) and Keep in Touch (2015)."

"Three things I really like in no particular order are tree houses, pizza bagels, and telling stories. Now that I think about it those three go really well together. I also love lakes, and I don't roll on shabbos." —Michael Angelo Covino

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FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: ADAM —MARYAM TOUZANI

Abla, a widow and mother to a 10-year-old girl, struggles to survive and give her child the best possible future. After the death of her husband, she starts a home-based business from her kitchen, which opens up on the street through a metal shutter. Everyday, she makes and sells homemade bread and all types of traditional Moroccan pastries. Closed-off from life, leading an existence devoid of happiness and taking refuge in her work, Abla has become old before her time.

Unable to manifest love towards her child, she has replaced tenderness with pragmatism. When Samia, a young woman who is heavily pregnant knocks on her door, seeking shelter and overwhelmed by the weight of her burden of giving birth to a child without a father, Alba is unaware that this chance encounter will change her forever.

Moroccan actor/writer/director Maryam Touzani's debut feature will premiere in Cannes's Un Certain Regard section. Seek out Babil Ayouch's "Razzia" (2017) to see Maryam Touzani in a leading role in a film she co-wrote. 

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