Cannes 2016: Film in Competition Part II
- Blair Loves @BlairLovesLP /@LauraPampin
- May 20, 2016
- 3 min read
Mal De Pierres Country: France, Belgium
Gabrielle comes from a small village in the South of France, at a time when her dream of true love is considered scandalous, and even a sign of insanity. Her parents marry her to Jose, an honest and loving Spanish farm worker who they think will make a respectable woman of her. Despite Jose's devotion to her, Gabrielle vows that she will never love Jose and lives like a prisoner bound by the constraints of conventional post-World War II society until the day she is sent away to a acure in the Alps to heal her kidney stones. There she meets Andre Sauvage, a dashing injured veteran of the Indochinese War, who rekindles the passion buried inside her. She promises they will run away together, and Andre seems to share her desire. Will anyone dare rob her of her right to follow her dreams?
Director: Nicole Garcia Script/Dialogue: Jacques Fieschi Cast: Marion Cotillard, Alex Brendemuhl, Victoire Du Bois.
Paterson Country: USA
Paterson is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey- they share the same name. every day, Paterson adheres to a simple routine: he drives his daily route, observing the city as it drifts across his windshield and overhearing fragments of a conversation swirling around him; he writes poetry into a notebook; he walks his dog; he stops in a bar and drinks exactly one beer; he goes home to his wife, Laura. By contrast, Laura's world is ever changing. New dreams come to her almost daily. Paterson loves Laura and she loves him. He supports her newfound ambitions; she champions his gift for poetry. The film quietly observes the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
Director/ Script: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani.
Personal Shoper Country: France
Maureen. mid-20s, has a job she hates: seeing to the wardrobe of a media celebrity. She couldn't find anything better to pay her stay in Paris. And wait. Wait for a sign from the spirit of her twin brother, who died a few months earlier. Until then, her life will stay on hold.
Director / Script: Olivier Assayas Cast: Kristen Stewart, Sigrid Bouaziz, Lars Eidinger, Anders Danielsen Lie, Pascal Rambert, Ty Olwin.
Rester Vertical Country: France
Filmmaker Leo is searching for the wolf in the south of France. During a scouting excursion he is seduced by Marie, a free-spirited and dynamic shepherdess. Nine moths later she gives birth to their child. Suffering from a post-natal depression and with no faith in Leo, who comes and goes without warning, Marie abandons both of them. Leo finds himself alone, with a baby to care for. It's not easy, but deep down, he loves it. Through a series of unexpected and unusual encounters, struggling to find inspiration for his next film, Leo will do whatever it takes to stay standing.
Director/ Script: Alain Guiraudie Cast: Damien Bonnard, Bsile Meilleurat, India Hair, Christian Bouillette, Laure Calamy.
Sieranevada Country: Romania
Three days after the terrorist attack on the offices of Parisian weekly Charlie Hebdo and forty days after the death of his father, Lary, a doctor in his forties is about to spend the Saturday at a fmily gathering to commemorate the deceased. But the ocassion does not go according to expectations. Forced to confront his fears and his past, to rethink the place he holds within the family, Lary finds himself constraint to tell his version of the truth.
Director / Script: Cristi Puiu Cast: Branescu Mimi, Marian Rale, Rolando Matsangos, Judith State, Dana Dogaru, Marin Grigore, Tatiana Iekel.
The Last Face Country: USA
The films centers around a love affair between Dr. Miguel Leon, a relief-aid doctor, and Dr. Wren Petersen, the director of an international aid organization. Set against the devastating backdrop of war-torn Liberia, Miguel and Wren must find a way to keep their relationship alive in extraordinary difficult conditions battling their mutual passion for the value of life matched by the intensity of their diametrically opposed opinions on how best to solve the conflict that surrounds them.
Director: Sean Penn Script: Erin Dignam Cast: Javier Bardem, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Charlize Theron, Jared Harris, Jean Reno.
The Neon Demon Country: USA, France, Denmark
When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will use any means necessary to get what she has in The Neon Demon the new horror thriller from Nicolas Winding Refn
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Script: Mary Laws, Polly Stenham Cast:Elle Fanning, Abbey Lee, Desmond Harrington, Christina Hendricks, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Karl Glusman, Keanu Reeves.
