Cannes 2023 Day 5: DiCaprio on the Stairs, Scorsese’s Shock, Animated Sweetness… 8 Moments You Shouldn’t Miss

The new Scorsese: the most popular project of the year

It was the most anticipated screening of this 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival: Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, presented out of competition. If festival-goers were already lined up on the Croisette with signs desperately seeking a seat for the session at the Grand Théâtre Lumiere, the situation was also tense for journalists who had access to the Debussy room for an early screening.

An hour earlier, the queue was already very long and some people did not hesitate to go straight to the line, hoping to win a few seats. The room was also a mess to walk in and have the best seat in front of the screen.

…and at the same time it was worth it

And we can say that Killers of the Flower Moon lived up to our expectations, because Martin Scorsese surprised us and took us through this dark and epic Western 3h26, inspired by real events and adapted from the book of the same name by David Grann, which looks back. On the murders of the Native Osage tribe in the 1920s.

The scene we have been waiting for for 2 years

Before the release of the first trailer, few images of Assassins of the Moon were released on the networks, except for the official visual of Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone, which also featured in our article and which was the only first look of the film. far away In the projection hall for journalists, the public even smiled a little when the film came to this part.

The Croisette lights up

In festival-goers’ memory, the Croisette has rarely been so full… and lit. Even climbing the “all-star” stage at the 75th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival last year didn’t attract fans. In tight lines and with rare impatience, thousands of festival-goers greeted rock stars Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and above all Leonardo DiCaprio at the foot of the stairs, winning with applause what will remain one of the greatest staircases ever.

Croissant comes to life

A long time ago, of course, when Shrek 2 went up against Old Boy at the Cannes Film Festival, under the eyes of president Quentin Tarantino. But animation is always mixed in, often for a special session for children. Like Le Petit Nicolas last year and Robot Dreams this year.

Blancanieves’ director, Spanish Pablo Berger, ditches the actual footage for a story of friendship (and loneliness) that sits at the crossroads of Zootopia and The Iron Giant, with references to The Wizard of Oz, a previous 9/ atmosphere. 11 New York and a catchy soundtrack.

You don’t have to be a kid to enjoy this vividly colored animation that makes us think about our past friendships and deserves more exposure. “I’m not in the contest, but maybe next time?”asked Pablo Berger in the preamble to the Thierry Fremaux session. Pleasure.

good plan (sequence)

Thanks to the recent opening of China’s borders, for the first time since the start of the Covid pandemic, some directors have been able to go to the Croisette. Like Wang Bing, author of Youth (contest). Or Shujun Wei, who presented his second film, Only the River Flows, at Un Certain Regard.

A rainy story (appropriately suited to the climate of Cannes) of a police investigation and an ideal criminal, who, despite his beautiful photo, remains beaten on the track, but with an application, for the first two thirds. Until the shock and the third act, which elevates the whole, with more suspense. And the virtuosity, the mesmerizing sequence shot that opens the piece and proves that you have to follow your director.

A wonderful morning

What could be more inspiring than starting your day listening to Cate Blanchett? Invited by Kering and her show Women In Motion, Blanchett threw in her hat as an actress, but primarily as a producer, to talk about her vision for the film industry.

Together with Coco Francine, who was also present at this conference, Cate Blanchett created the company Dirty Films, which aims to create projects that are close to their hearts and whose subjects or teams correspond to their vision of the future of cinema and series. Both of them especially collaborated in the series Mrs. An America whose uniqueness was created entirely by female filmmakers.

Recalling leaving that experience, Cate Blanchett said they quickly made a shortlist of 17 women who could direct the series. “Actually, working with women is easy. We feel the industry has just been lazyA conference with the elegance, intelligence and commitment of Cate Blanchett, who also spoke about the sexism that can reign in the industry.

“Black Rage Red Carpet”

“We, the filmmakers and film technicians, refuse the complicity of cinematography with aggressors and abusers.” It is with these words that the collective “Tapis rouge Colère noire” presents itself in social networks. Earlier this morning, the account shared photos of her collages on the streets of Cannes.