If we handed over the Palme de la classe, Tilda Swinton would be well placed on the prize list. The actress, seen in
The French Dispatch
by Wes Anderson, also presented the haunting
Memoria
by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Always impeccably dressed, the actress shared her admiration for the Thai director, gold webbed in 2010 for
Uncle Boonmee
, who directs it alongside Jeanne Balibar. She plays a woman haunted by a strange noise in this sound and visual poem shot in Colombia. “I spoke cinema Spanish and had an experience that corresponded to the captivating universe of the film,” she said. The actress then enjoyed the honor of receiving the Palm Dog for
The Souvenir Part 2
by Joanna Hogg (Directors' Fortnight film).
She proudly sported one of the trophy collars and promised to hand them over to her three dogs who are her partners in the film.
Caleb Landry Jones, total revelation
We had seen him in small roles at Jim Jarmusch, Jordan Peele, Sean Baker, Brandon Cronenberg, Martin McDonagh and David Lynch… but Caleb Landry Jones gives the full measure of his talent in
Nitram
by Australian Justin Kurzel.
At 31, the American actor plays a very very unbalanced young man in this brilliant thriller inspired by a news item that traumatized Australia in 1996.
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“Being in Cannes seems strange to me to defend a man there that many consider to be a monster, even if I took care not to embody him thus, he confessed to
20 Minutes
.
I hope that the public will not hate me too much… ”He can be reassured, we like him a lot and it is not at all impossible that the jury also appreciates him as he is amazing in this difficult role. .
Blanche Gardin is talking into the headset
She is hilarious Blanche Gardin in
France
by Bruno Dumont.
This tragicomic charge of journalists who are just as publicized as their subjects allows her to compose the role of assistant to an information star played by Léa Seydoux.
After regretting the absence of her partner held away from Cannes by the Covid-19, the actress teased her director.
“I had the impression of being Bruno Dumont's puppet because he directs the actors by speaking to them through an earpiece,” she said at a press conference.
We sometimes have the impression of being a piece of decor on his set, but I love him because he delivers a critique of society that is never judgmental.
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Nabil Ayouch raps and does good
The film
Haut et fort
by Nabil Ayouch is one of our favorites for this 2021 edition. A rap teacher in a popular district of Casablanca teaches his students to express their frustrations in music.
“Rap is a wonderful weapon for young people.
It is a way of describing what she is going through and what she is feeling, ”he told the press conference.
This joyful, serious and optimistic film introduces a host of young dynamic actors and gives faith in the future.
This film is so invigorating that it should also win over the jury.
Kirill with us!
Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov (
Leto
) was unable to come to the Croisette to present
Petrov's Fever
.
He was not allowed to leave Russia.
However, he is present, badged on many bags and clothes, to prove that festival-goers do not forget him and that they continue to dream of seeing him come, in person, to pick up a prize on Saturday night.
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Le Fil de Cannes (9/10): Jacques Audiard, Mathieu Amalric and Noémie Merlant echoing on the Croisette
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Le Fil de Cannes (8/10): Valérie Lemercier, Gilles Lellouche and Asghar Farhadi echoing on the Croisette
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