American director Quentin Tarantino will present “a surprise film” at the Quinzaine des cinéastes

Quentin Tarantino will be on the Croisette. The American filmmaker will present on May 25 “a surprise movie” and will evoke “his counter-history of cinema” during a meeting at the Quinzaine des cinéastes, of which he is the guest, announces a press release published Thursday, April 20. “This outstanding and generous cinephile is at home at the Fortnight”continue the organizers of this parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival, who promise a “atmosphere ‘rockabilly’ on closing day”. The 55th edition of the Quinzaine des cinéastes will be held from May 17 to 26.

Waiting for “The Movie Critic”

“In 1969, at Cannes, the Directors’ Fortnight was born [rebaptisée depuis l’année dernière Quinzaine des cinéastes], counter-programming of free works from all walks of life. In 1969, in California, a new generation of filmmakers rose up against old Hollywood. Quentin Tarantino has just delivered a fascinating analysis of it in a critical essay on 1970s cinema.underlines the press release of the Fortnight.

His book, Cinema Speculation (Flammarion), was at the heart of a recent “master class” which took place at the end of March at Grand Rex in Paris. Quentin Tarantino then revealed the title of his next film, The Movie Critic, whose filming should start in early fall 2023, reported franceinfo Culture. His tenth feature film and “perhaps the last since he always said he would stop after ten films, the two Kill Bill counting as one”.