Fifteen years the Croisette has been waiting for his return. Francis Ford Coppola returns to the Croisette this Thursday, May 16, to present, in competition, his new film, “Megalopolis”. We also talk about Ukraine, Corsica or the posthumous film by Sophie Filières with Agnès Jaoui. We rewind this Thursday on the Croisette.
From veterans like Richard Gere and Meryl Streep to rising stars Barry Keoghan and Anya Taylor-Joy: all generations of stars come together at the Cannes Film Festival. The proof in images and in summary of this Thursday, May 16.
The Croisette in fashion Megalopolis
It is undoubtedly the most anticipated film of the Cannes Film Festival, 45 years after its Palme d’Or for Apocalypse NowFrancis Ford Coppola is seeking a 3rd trophy with Megalopolis, extraordinary film with a testamentary flavor which swallowed up part of his fortune.
This feature film with Adam Driver is like a work of science fiction with crazy ambition, film
testament in the making for 40 years and which swallowed up part of the fortune of the godfather of cinema.
The music of Godfather rang out when the Hollywood legend posed in front of the photographers, on the arm of his granddaughter Romy Mars, daughter of filmmaker Sofia Coppola.
The 85-year-old American director is playing big with this project which has still not found a distributor in the United States.
The first images from the film:
For autograph hunters, a busy day:
In the competition too
After the presentation of the first two films in the running for the Palme d’Or, Rough diamondby Agathe Riedinger, and The young woman with the needleby Magnus von Horn, then Megalopolisthe British Andrea Arnold presents Bird.
This is a film with strong social dimensions. At 12, Bailey lived with his brother Hunter and his father Bug, who raised them alone in a squat in north Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for them and Bailey, approaching puberty, seeks attention and adventure elsewhere. details the synopsis.
The posthumous film by Sophie Filières with Agnès Jaoui
My life, my face, the posthumous film by director Sophie Filières who died in July 2023, tells, between torment and lightness, “the story of a woman trying to get well”, said Agnès Jaoui, who plays him on screen, on Wednesday.
The film presented at the opening of the Filmmakers’ Fortnight is partly a self-portrait of Sophie Filières who was not ill when she wrote it but very ill during filming, explained her daughter, Agathe Bonitzer.
The director died at 58.
Judith Godrèche and women with their hands on their mouths, symbol of the silence imposed on victims of sexual violence
Their hands in front of their mouths, symbol of the silence imposed on victims of sexual violence. This Thursday morning, the actresses and extras of “Me Too”, the short film directed by Judith Godrèche, the actress turned director, took a symbolic photo on the steps of the Palais des Festivals.
The Ukrainian Sergei Loznitsa and the absurdity of war
The figure of Ukrainian cinema Sergei Loznitsa returned to Cannes this Thursday, with his documentary Invasionchronicle “compassionate“of the absurd, of the violence of a Ukraine plunged into war for more than two years.
This film with its panoramic dimension is a “ode to Ukraine“, underlines the filmmaker who explains having started it in February 2022 “out of a sense of duty.”
It gets stuck
“It took me 50 minutes to get in!” On the accredited professionals side, there was anger this Thursday. To access the Palais des Festivals, where the Film Market, screenings, press conferences take place, but also where many media and partners have their offices, you have to show your credentials.
Badge at the same time, for security reasons, bags are searched, equipment suitcases too, bottles thrown away… Rules worthy of an airport, which ensure the tranquility of the place, but cause long queues to wait at certain times…
“In her image”: the unpublished portrait of a photographer during the years of lead in Corsica
The Corsican director brought Jérôme Ferrari’s novel to the screen. In this film presented at the Filmmakers’ Fortnight, we follow Antonia, a Corsican photographer who works without passion for “Corse-Matin”
while searching for his place in the life of Pascal (Louis Starace), an independentist engaged in the clandestine struggle, and the meaning of his own existence cut short in a car accident.
France 3 Corsica met him.
Your evening in Cannes
Many private parties like every day are organized.
Pierre Garnier, the winner of the Star Academy, is performing for example this Thursday, May 16 on a famous private beach. Passing along the Croisette, it is always possible to hear the concerts on the beaches. Fans take note!
Your Friday on the Croisette
This Friday, the following screenings are expected:
- Trei kilometri pana la capatul lumii (three kilometers to the end of the world) by Emanuel Parvu (3 p.m. climb)
- Kinds of kindness by Yorgos Lanthimos with Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe at 6 p.m.
- Oh, Canada by Paul Schrader – 10 p.m. climb announced as very glamorous with RRichard Gere,Umy Thurman and Jacob Elordi.
Note a distinguished guest for the midnight session: Nicolas Cage who plays in The Surfer Lorcan Finnegan. Did you know that the actor is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola ? The circle is closed for today and for tomorrow.