Cannes 2023: 8 films to rediscover to get you in the mood on the Croisette!

Today, the world of cinema meets in Cannes for the opening of the famous festival’s 76th edition. It always features a diverse set of films, from critically acclaimed directors to new faces in the film industry. It presents the most intriguing and innovative films from around the world and awards the Palme d’Or to a specific film: an award that is usually enough to cement a film forever in cinema history.

The owner of the Palme d’Or is often controversial and controversial. Often this is what creates the salt and charm of the festival. As is often the case, the winners of the Palme d’Or are films that are unanimously praised by critics and moviegoers and become instant cult classics.

The list of Palme d’Or winners is often diverse, which makes auteur cinema proud. There are award-winning films from all walks of life. In this way, many filmmakers have been identified, allowing talents such as Claude Lelouch, Quentin Tarantino or Steven Soderbergh to become the main authors of the industry.

Due to this 76th edition, the streaming platform MUBI invites its subscribers to (re)discover some of the films that have marked the history of the festival.

Films that won the Palme d’Or

• loveDirected by Michael Haneke in 2012

Georges and Anna are from October, they are cultured people, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day Anna suffers a small stroke. When he leaves the hospital and returns home, he is paralyzed on one side. The love that unites this elderly couple will be tested. With Jean-Louis Trinignan, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert (May 17)

• Peeling, discipline trainingA short film directed by Jane Campion in 1982

On the village road, in the car. A father behind the wheel orders his son to stop throwing orange peels out of the car window. But the little boy doesn’t listen. Suddenly, a man stops his car… with Tim Pye, Katie Pye, Ben Martin (May 18)

• Uncle Boone, who remembers his past lifeDirected by Apichatpong Weerasethakul in 2010

The magical apparitions of his dead wife and his long-lost son confirm to Uncle Bunmi that his end is near. In his apiary, surrounded by his family, he then recalls his past life. With his family, he crosses the jungle to a cave on top of a hill, the homeland of his first life. Of this first life Uncle Bunmy remembers nothing, whether it was animal or vegetable, man or woman; But he now knows that he is ready to face death with peace. With Thanapat Saisaimar, Jenjira Pongpa, Sakda Kaewbuade (May 21)

• The Ballad of NarayamaDirected by Shohei Imamura in 1983

Orin, an old woman from the Shinshu Mountains, reaches the fatal age of seventy. According to custom, he has to go to the top of Narayama to be taken to death. The wisdom of the old woman will already have a chance to be revealed. With Sumiko Sakamoto, Ken Ogata, Takeho Aki (May 23)

Films presented at Cannes

• Good timeDirected by Joshua and Benny Safdie and presented at Cannes Film Festival 2017

A heist that goes wrong… Connie manages to escape, but her brother Nick is arrested. When Connie tries to post bail to free her brother, she’s left with one more option: deportation. Then begins a long night of adrenaline in the slums of New York. With Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Buddy Durres (May 19)

• NahidDirected by Ida Panahande and winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in the Uncertain Regard category in 2015.

Nahid, a young divorcee, lives alone with her 10-year-old son in a small town on the shores of the Caspian Sea. According to Iranian tradition, custody of the child rests with the father, but the latter has agreed to hand it over to his ex-wife on the condition that she does not remarry. Nahid’s meeting with a new man who loves her passionately and wants to marry her will change her life as a woman and a mother. with Sare Bayat, Pejman Bazegh, Navid Mohammadzadeh (May 22)

• Picasso’s secretDirected by Henri-Georges Clouzot and winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1956.

This unique film shows the artist and genius Pablo Picasso in full creativity. Inspired by him, the artist writes several works under the eye of the director Henri-Georges Clouzot’s camera. With Pablo Picasso, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Claude Renoir (May 24)

• hersDirected by Park Chan-wook and presented at Cannes Film Festival 2016

Korea. 1930s, during Japanese colonization. A young woman (Suki) is hired as a servant to a wealthy Japanese woman (Hideko) who lives in a huge mansion under the thumb of her tyrannical uncle. But Sookie has a secret. With the help of a crook posing as a Japanese count, they have other plans for Hideko… Starring Kim Min-hee, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha (May 26)

All these movies can be found on MUBI.