As every year, suspense is in order for the revelation of the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival. For this 75th Cannes Film Festival, the big names in cinema are once again at the rendezvous, from David Cronenberg to the Dardenne brothers, via Michel Hazanavicius or Baz Luhrmann. About 50 films were presented among more than 2,000 films submitted, reports France Info . And only twenty will be able to run for the Palme d’Or. Last year, as a reminder, it was Julia Ducournau, audacious director of Severewho scooped the sacred prize for Titanium. This Thursday, April 14, the 75th Cannes Film Festival unveiled its official selection.
This year, David Cronenberg, James Gray, Park Chan-wook, Kelly Reichardt, George Miller and Baz Luhrmann, among many others, naturally hope to see their work awarded. And the actors in the cast of the latter are probably eager to walk the steps of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. This prestigious place will again see renowned international and French stars this year. Among them, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart and Viggo Mortensen – in the cast of Cronenberg’s film LFuture Crimes –, Michelle Williams and John Magaro for Show-Up of Kelly Reichardt or Anthony Hopkins and Anne Hathaway surrounding James Gray for Armageddon Time. A glamorous parterre.
Michel Hazanavicius, zombies and Romain Duris to open the Festival
As a regular at the Cannes Film Festival, Arnaud Desplechin will present Sibling, with the most international French actress Marion Cotillard. Woody Harrelson (for Ruben Ostlund’s film The Square) and Oscar winner Michel Hazanavicius, presenting Z (like Z), the opening film of this edition, with Romain Duris, Matilda Lutz and his wife Berenice Bejo are also expected at Cannes this year. We also expect the long-awaited Elvis, by Baz Luhrmann with Tom Hanks and the young Austin Butler, companion in the life of Kaia Gerber. Finally, Tom Cruise, for Top Gun: Maverick by Joseph Kosinski and Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba for Three Thousand Years of Longing by George Miller could also claim a coronation. Also expected is the great South Korean director Park Chan-wook with Haeojil Gyeolsim.