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Edição:
Renata de Almeida e Leon Cakoff
Competition selects notables; Parallel sections bet on firsr-timers.
The parallel sections in ‘Un Certain Regard’, ‘Quinzaine des Realizateurs’ and ‘Semaine Internationale de la Critique’, are, as always, betting on surprises and revelations – a total of 25 first films that will compete for the ‘Camera d’Or’ Prize. The hunting season has begun for those on the look-out – in the thousands, counting journalists and film professionals doing the rounds of the Cannes cinemas May 17 through 28.
‘Un Certain Regard’ opens with the film in episodes “Paris, je t’Aime” – a collective effort on the Paris arrondissement, the districts and sub-districts of Paris, with short love stories, each film five minutes long directed by Alfonso Cuarón (México), Gurinder Chadha (Índia), Gus Van Sant (EUA), Isabelle Coixet (Espanha), Joel & Ethan Coen (EUA), Nobuhiro Suwa (Japão), Alexander Payne (EUA), Oliver Schmitz (África do Sul), Richard LaGravenese (EUA), Tom Tykwer (Alemanha), Vincenzo Natali (Itália), Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas (Brasil), Wes Craven (EUA), with French directors Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Sylvain Chomet, Gérard Depardieu and Bruno Podalydès.
The oldest parallel section at the Cannes Festival - International Critics’
Week – is being held for the 45th time and is proud to have discovered
film makers such as Ken Loach, Wong Kar Wai, Bernardo Bertolucci, and François
Ozon. The selection invariably turns up with first or second films by new directors.
International Critic’s Week has “Les Amitiès Maléfiques/
Poison Friends”, a second film by French director Emmanuel Bourdieu –
a psychological terror film where two friends can not escape from dominance
by a friend. Of the 14 features selected, six are first-timer films, amongst
these, “Sonhos de Peixe”, by Kirill Kikhanovsky, American, of Russian
descent, filmed in the Brazilian Northeast. The film focuses on a love threesome
in a lobster fishing community. The young fisherman risking his life in 30-meter
dives, has two compensations at the end of a day’s work, namely, a soap
opera that shows him what it is like to be young in the big cities in Brazil
and Ana, his passion – until the day a friend returns with news from the
big city. The selection brings the Critic’s Week to a close and can be
accessed at the following address:
http://www.semainedelacritique.com.
The Director´s Fortnight opens with “Princess”, by Anders
Morgenthaler, a Danish animated film for adults with all of the features of
the absurd. A missionary abandons his vicarage to avenge the death of a sister
who, after a career as a renowned actress in porn films, drowns out her decadence
in drugs. In addition to these, the Fortnight’s selection will present
another eight features by first-timer directors competing for the ‘Camera
d’Or’. The complete selection for the Director’s Fortnight
may be verified at:
http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com.
Translation into English: Clare Elizabeth Charity ( clarecharity@uol.com.br )
For further information:
www.festival-cannes.org