To say that the festival is not political, no sense
Just before tonight’s start of one of the most prestigious film festivals, now 78. Cannes Festival, Helped with an exceptional star -studded occupation, more than 380 personalities in world cinema recalled current political developments. « We cannot remain silent while genocide is happening in Gaza, » they wrote in an open letter and condemned the death of a 25-year-old Fatime Hasuna, Palestinian photojournalists at the heart of a documentary Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk. The film will be premiered on Thursday, and a young photojournalist died a month earlier in an air attack on Gaza.
Among the signatories of a letter published in a French newspaper Liberation and the American magazine Varietythey are Ralph Fienneswho starred in an outstanding movie about Holocaust Schindler’s listplayers Susan Sarandon, Richard Gere, Mark Ruffalo and Javier BardemSpanish director and screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar and British director of Jewish descent Jonathan Glazerwho is with the drama about Auschwitz Interesting area won an Oscar, Ruben Östlundthe president of the jury in Cannes and the director of one of the winning films at the Taisto Festival, A triangle of sadness, And also Israeli director Nadav Lapid.
Really condemn!
Palestinian photojournalist who documented the war in Gaza for 18 months and heroic documentary of the 60-year-old Iranian director Sepideh Farsi has experienced the fate of many of her countrymen. Together with ten relatives, she died in an air attack on a family home in North Gaza, just a day after the movie was Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk (Place a soul on your palm and walk) announced on the ACID parallel festival program, which promotes the distribution of independent films. The director also urged the organizers of the Cannes Festival, who will host many celebrities in the next 12 days and present the film production of some exceptional creators, to clearly condemn the attacks on the devastated Palestinian territory. « It is necessary to make a real statement, » she stressed for AFP. « To say that the festival is not political, it makes no sense. »
As initially published by the organizers, the statement is to be signed by the president of this year’s jury, french actress Juliette Binochebut her spokeswoman rejected this statement, her name was not among the published in the newspaper Liberation.
The Cannes Festival, which will pay much more attention to the films about the consequences of the war in Ukraine (as many as three productions, including two documentaries in which Ukrainian President Zelenski performs), will start tonight with a romantic home director. Amélie Bonin Partir Un Jour.
There are 22 films in the competition, including the work of established masters such as Americans Wes anderson (he will introduce himself with a movie The Phoenician Scheme) and Richard Linklater (Nouvelle Vague), also an Iranian director Jafar Panachi (Un Simple Accident) and Norway Joachim Trier (Valeur sentimentale). Among the names in the Golden Palm Game for Best Film We find Ukrainian Sergei Loznica with a historical drama Two ProseCutorsFrench Julie Ducournau, who returns to the festival with a movie Alpha and Scotting Lynne Ramsay with black comedy Die my love.
Premiere of the last mission impossible
While the winner of the competition program will have to wait until May 24, when the festival ends,, as usual, he has been a well -known winner of the Golden Palm. The Lifetime Achievement Award will be tonight almost five decades after s Taxi driver Martin Scorsese already celebrated in Cannes, handed over to the legendary Robert de Niru. In justification, they cite not only his outstanding acting achievements with films from Hunter to deer up with Oscars Award -winning roles in Botri II. and Raging bullbut also the co -founding of the Tribeca Festival.
De Niro is definitely part of the star band coming to the Asour Coast this year. Tom Cruise It represents another one, the last film from the franchise Mission impossibleSpike Lee Thriller Highest 2 Lowest by Denzel Washington In the lead role, the guests also cite Quentina Tarantino, who is expected to lead one of the lectures. Of course, it is worth mentioning at least Halle Berry, Albo Rohrwacher and Jeremy Strongsitting together with Juliette Binoche in the jury.
The festival began right on the day the court in Paris Gerardo Depardieuu sentenced to sexual assault on a woman four years ago, while shooting a movie Water Volts Verts. One of the Cannes winners also agreed in the register of sex offenders.
