A year after competing for the Palme d’Or in Cannes with director Alicia Vikander and Jude Law’s The Queen’s Game, Karim Ainouz is back in official competition at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival with a new feature film, Very Different. shots.
Titled Motel Destino, this erotic thriller takes us to Ceará, on Brazil’s northeast coast, where the temperature is 30 degrees all year round. Every night at the Destino Motel, dangerous games of desire, power and violence take place in the shadows. One evening, the arrival of a young Heraldo breaks the rules of the motel.
Presented at the Cannes Film Festival on May 22, Motel Destino with the sound of Brazilian band Aviões do Forró, composed of director Karim Ainuz and actors Fabio Asuncão, flourished in a fantastic atmosphere. Nathalie Rocha and Iago Xavier, among others, were able to dance.
A hot neo-noir thriller that disappointed some
And the atmosphere was even more lively and cheerful after the screening of the film, which was greeted with a 12-minute standing ovation by the audience at the Grand Theater Lumière at the Palais des Festivals.
“Motel Destino,” the Palme d’Or-nominated Brazilian film directed by Karim Ainouz, received a standing ovation at Cannes after its premiere.
— Despite receiving a 12-minute standing ovation, Cear’s film was initially not well received by critics.
But is that a good sign? Reviews were pretty mixed on Motel Destino. If some people liked Karim Ainuz’s proposal, others were disappointed.
“MOTEL DESTINO: A tired, stylish, sweaty Brazilian neo-noir set in a seedy neon-bathed sex motel. The narrative beats are somewhat predictable, but the believable characters and the joy of queer identity elevate it.”
“Motel Destino review: Karim Ainouz’s corny neon-noir film stays fresh while it gets hot and heavy.”
“Motel Destino Review: Sex and Nihilism at Every Moment in Karim Ainouz’s Neon Clash of ‘Crash’ and ‘La Fèvre au Corps’.”
“Motel Destino Review: Karim Ainouz’s tropical film noir evokes a powerful atmosphere of warmth, desire, and menace, even as things fizzle out by the end.”
Karim Ainuz’s film “Motel Destino” does not have a release date yet.
The 77th Cannes Film Festival will be held from May 14 to 25.
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