The AlloCiné team is at the Cannes Film Festival to share with you the moments of life that also accompany the emotions offered on the screens of this 76th edition. Here is what we should remember from May 23.
Jenny from Blackpink
She was the star of the day, the Twittos only had eyes for her, it was Jen, the singer of the K-pop group Blackpink, who was on the red carpet!
The other members of the group (Lisa, Jisoo and Rose) weren’t there, but Jenny was there for news that was personal to her! He plays a talented dancer in the TV series The Idol, several episodes of which were edited out of competition on the Croisette. The series will be released on June 5 on HBO France as part of Prime Video’s Warner Pass.
Laughter at oppression
Terrestrial Verses has added an irresistible slice of dark humor to Debussy Hall! Laughter erupted at this risque concept, amused (not cried) by the absurdity of life in Tehran under the current political regime. Recall that Iran lives under a theocracy and rules have been put in place that say you can’t give your child a name that isn’t “national”, leading to a surreal discussion between a young father and a government official. The film is divided into ten skits, shot in static shots, and if some moments are very funny, disrespect and denunciation are clearly part of it! sigh
The beloved meeting hoped every year
In Cannes today there was sun, red steps, projections… and the famous meeting “Coup de coeur and Revelation”! It was actress Ella Rumpf who made our day with her simplicity, kindness and humility during our video interview. On the Festival Terrace at the Palace, he was all smiles, eloquent when it came to talking about his characters, more reserved when it came to his own personality.
And yet he has something to say, someone who made himself known in Grave and among fans of the series before the fascinating Theorem de Marguerite (Special Screenings) appeared, proving his eclectic and educated selection. Coming out of the filmed meeting, where we were given bonus time (which is an exception!), the cameraman and the journalist were under a spell and continued to talk about his career and how it was beautifully presented.
An ode to Chinese youth
A fortnight of fresh wind comes to us from Singapore with Anthony Chen’s Winter in Yangji, featured in the Un Certain Regard selection. The director, a 2013 Ilo Ilo Golden Camera, rushes a trio of misfits—an introverted financial whiz from China, an energetic Korean tour guide, and a sweet Korean bad boy cook—on a 48-hour road trip. Chinese winter. Liters of alcohol, motorcycle trips, nightclub parties… and sadness. Because under the madness sometimes there are tears and the desire to end it. The filmmaker came up with and made his film in haste with the Chinese youth he wanted to honor.
among the stars
To represent Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, a large part of the cast traveled to the Croisette, which led to Hollywood stunts bigger than Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fortune or Assassins of Flowers. Martin Scorsese.
From left: Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright, Rupert Friend, Rita Wilson and husband Tom Hanks, Alexandre Desplat, Bryan Cranston, Maya Hawke, Wes Anderson, Adrien Brody, Scarlett Johansson, Damien Bonnard, Matt Dillon, Steve Jackay, Stephen Park, Ryan, Hope Davies, Thierry Fremaux. Asteroid City is represented in the competition for the prestigious Palme d’Or.
Virgin Air’s incredible first Cannes Film Festival
Ahead of the Cannes premiere of Love and the Woods on Tuesday, May 23, we caught up with actress Virginie Efira and director Valerie Donzel to discuss this intense drama, in theaters this Wednesday. But at the beginning of the interview, in a lighter register, we asked what memories they kept of the first Cannes Film Festival. And Virgin Air is incredible.
“I live in Molenbeek, Brussels, I’m on the street with my girlfriend Annabelle, and someone stops us and asks if we want to make movies, which is pretty rare in Molenbeek, I can tell you!”– says the actor with a laugh. “He tells me he’s friends with Jean-Claude Van Damme, long story short… I ended up with guys who are pretty good at fight scenes. I, in the film, was playing something incredible, it was impossible. Then they tell me that they have to go and look for financing in Cannes. Funding we never found! We were camping nearby, and at parties I was inexplicably trying to get it everywhere!” (laughs)
Tears of joy!
Tears, joy, pride, endurance… and stocks. The emotion was real in Debussy’s room yesterday. and went beyond the boundaries of cinema. To the applause (for several wonderful minutes) of the festival-goers who attended the presentation of the film in the Un Certain Regard section, the two members of Crajo, the indigenous people of the Cerrado (Brazilian savannah region), celebrated their way of life. and their resistance to the violence of “civilization”. From La Fleur de Buriti (Crowra) by Joao Salavisa and René Nader Mesora (Le Chant de la forêt) emerges an oral narrative that moves between three eras of the history of this indigenous land. A naturalistic, poetic, mystical and political experience that echoes chef Raoni Metuktir’s arrival in Cannes a few days ago to denounce the destruction of the Amazon forests.
See you tomorrow for new favorites, instant and felt!
Source: Allocine
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