(Cannes) Our special correspondent on the Croisette reports on the latest news from the Cannes Film Festival.
Netflix gets its hands on May-December
According to what the American specialized newspapers report, Netflix would have acquired the exploitation rights of May-December for the sum of 11 million dollars. Todd Haynes’ ‘melodramatic comedy’, starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, is a festival-goer favorite. It tells the story of an actress who meets the woman whose romance with a minor 20 years ago inspired the biographical drama she is about to star in. Todd Haynes also took advantage of his visit to Cannes to announce his next project. This is a gay romance set in the 1930s starring Joaquin Phoenix. The actor also insisted with the filmmaker for a very frank approach, even if the feature film is prohibited for those under 17 in the United States.
Anatomy of a fall will be released in Quebec
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Filmmaker Justine Triet and actress Sandra Hüller lent themselves to a photo shoot the day after the screening ofAnatomy of a fall.
The American distribution company Neon has acquired the exploitation rights toAnatomy of a fall, the excellent film by Justine Triet, also in the running for the Palme d’Or. According variety, the court drama has been buzzing with buyers since its presentation on Sunday. Although no figures were revealed, it is indicated that the approach of Neon, which acquired the rights for the whole of North America, would have been “aggressive”. Starring the remarkable Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud and Samuel Theis, this forensic drama takes the form of a thrilling investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fatal fall of a man who fell from a window on the upper floor of the chalet of winter he occupied not far from Grenoble. Added to the circumstances of what could be an accident as well as suicide or murder is the ruthless dissection of a couple’s relationship. Entract Films will relay Anatomy of a fall in Quebec.
A film about fake news rather than eating disorders
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Mia Wasikowska and director Jessica Hausner. Club Zero is in the running for the Palme d’Or.
During a press conference held on the sidelines of the presentation, in official competition, of Club Zero, Jessica Hausner said that the subject of her feature film – very disturbing – goes beyond the theme of eating disorders. “It’s more in relation to something that comes down to faith,” she said. It seemed interesting to me to explore how an idea spreads out of nowhere. Fake news and strange ideas that can be found on the internet can radicalize people. ” In Club Zero, Mia Wasikowska plays a private school nutrition teacher who trains her students to eat as little as possible and manipulates them like a cult. Remember that the Austrian filmmaker’s previous film, LittleJoe, won Emily Beecham the Best Actress Award. Back on the charts this year?