He most important film festival on the planet presents the films from its official selection. The Cannes Film Festival will celebrate its 77th edition from May 14 to 25 seeking to take the pulse of the global production of auteur cinema and dazzle with the brilliance of the stars that will walk the Cannes red carpet.
The Jury of the official competition that will decide who wins the Palme d’Or this year will be chaired by Greta Gerwig. During the eleven days of the festival, they will have to judge the new works of filmmakers such as David Cronenberg, Andrea Arnold, Yorgos Lanthimos, Paolo Sorrentino, Jia Zhangke, Miguel Gomes either Paul Schrader, among others like Megalopolis, the ambitious work of science fiction that raised Francis Ford Coppola.
The live shows that will be at the Cannes Festival
The directors Francis Ford Coppola, David Cronenberg and Yorgos Lanthimos will compete for the top award at the Cannes Film Festival next month. Coppola will bring his passion project “Megalópolis” to the competitionstarring Adam Driver, while Lanthimos joins Emma Stone after the success of “Poor Things” with “Kinds of Kindness”and Cronenberg will attract horror fans again with “The Shrouds”, starring Vincent Cassel.
He Last year was difficult in Hollywood, since strikes by actors and scriptwriters forced filming and post-production to be paralyzed for months, leaving gaps in the 2024 film calendar.
Other directors who will present their new films in the competition are the Italian Paolo Sorrentino with “Parthenope”set in Naples, the erotic thriller “Motel Destination”, from the Brazilian Karim Ainouz, and the French Jacques Audiard with “Emilia Pérez”a musical set in the environment of a Mexican drug cartel starring Selena Gómez.
Movies that are inspired by real people
Several films are inspired by real people, such as “Limonov – The Ballad”, by the Russian exile Kirill Serebrennikov, about the late Russian dissident and writer Eduard Limonov. With “The Apprentice”, Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi, known for “Holy Spider,” examines the early years of Donald Trump as a real estate magnate, with Sebastian Stan, famous for his superhero films, in the role of the former US president.
AND “Rumors”, an out-of-competition black comedy, featuring Cate Blanchett in the skin of the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenin a meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) that goes awry.
The return of great Chinese directors
He festival director, Thierry Fremauxexplained to reporters that This year will see the return of several Chinese directors renowned after four years of absence due to the COVID pandemic. Among themJia Zhangke, Cannes veteranwill participate in the main competition with “Caught by the Tide”, and “She Has No Name”, by Peter Chan, will be screened out of competition.
The festival will kick off on a light note with the previously announced opening film “The second act”, a French comedy directed by Quentin Dupieux and starring Lea Seydoux. Following the resounding success of “Barbie” last summer, American director Greta Gerwig will head this year’s jury.
Besides, Hollywood legend George Lucas will parade down the Croisette in Cannes this year to receive the honorary Palme d’Or.
The 2024 festival It will be held from May 14 to 25.
Source: Ambito
