from Cannes Luigi Noera - Weekend 14 e 15 May(DAYS 4/5) – Photo courtesy of the Festival de CannesOn this spring Saturday, Cannes compares ways of making cinema that are not only geographically opposite.
On one side Agassi by Korean Park Chan-wook . Years 30, during the Japanese colonization, uA young Korean woman (Sookee) she is hired as a waitress for a rich Japanese woman (Hideko), who lives as a recluse in a huge palace under the tyranny of her uncle. But Sookee and Hideko have secrets. With the help of a scammer who courts Hideko, has other plans for Hideko herself. After a captivating first part, the director gets lost in the maze of Count De Sade's practices.
On the other hand, the German film TONI ERDMANN Maren Ade. The story of Ines and the relationship with her father who splits into the joking Toni Erdmann . Cinematography with hilarious and grotesque implications but which discounts the slowness of camera movementsFor the side view In some perspectivetwo other film school comparisons were screened, on the one hand the American THE TRANSFIGURATION at Michael O'Shea – We are in Queens, New York. Milo is a teenager and his only refuge is the apartment he shares with his older brother where he spends his time watching vampire movies. The arrival of a new neighbor will lead him to discover new sensations. On the other hand, the Asian cinema of Japanese Koji Fukada that with its Fuchi NI Tatsu immerses us in the dark depths of the human mind. A particular noir that leaves no room. We are in a quiet Japanese suburb where Toshio and his wife Akie apparently lead a peaceful life with their daughter. A morning, an old friend of Toshio's arrives at his study after serving ten years in prison. From here unfolds a compelling narrative.
Always on Saturday for the independent review La Seimane de la Critique two Italian films have passed: let's start with the young director Alessandro Comodin with The Times will come soon. Pretentious film that cannot resolve the emotions that the director would like to communicate with the available means. The other and’ new film Paolo Virzì La Pazza Gioia which tells the story of the unlikely friendship of two pathologically insane women and their escape from the facility where they are hospitalized. They will enjoy an adventure in search of a little joy and a little’ of love in this open sky that is the world of crazy people “sane”. The film literally drove the Croisette crazy. While the other autonomous section, the Quinzaine presented Endless Poetry by Alejandro Jodorowsky An author's lyrical journey into the heart of the artistic and intellectual bohemians of the 40s and 50s, meeting Enrique Lihn, Stella Diaz Varin, Nicanor Parra and many other young and promising anonymous poets who will become the masters of modern Latin American literature. Immersed in this world of poetic experimentation, he lives with them as few before them had dared to do: sensually, really, madly.In the Out of Competition selection the film IT BFG by Steven Spielberg who combines the talents of three great storytellers: Roald Dahl, Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg to fit the British author's classic cinematic way. The incredible story of a little girl and the giant who will make him discover the wonders and dangers of the Land of Giants. Their meeting will change everything. Flanked by a true story. WRONG ELEMENTS di Jonathan Littell. Uganda 1989. The true story of the LRA rebel movement against the then government. A “army” that grows using more than 60.000 teenagers in 25 years. Geofrey, Nighty, Mike and Lapisa belong to these children, kidnapped at the age of 12 O 13 years. Today they are trying to find a normal life again, and return to the places that marked their stolen childhood. Both victims and perpetrators, witnesses and participants of abuses that overcome them, they are always the wrong elements that society has difficulty accepting.
As part of the Cannes Classics Review we would like to point out Ladies and gentlemen e
the timeless film A man and a woman of Leoluch both winners fifty years ago at Cannes. After the day on Saturday that saw one of the three Italians enthuse the croisette, Sunday, a French film and two films by the two directors are presented, which together with Jude Foster are the novelty of this edition. The first is the perfect apple tree ' Sore Stones by Nicole Garcia where Cotillard confirms herself as a great actress. In fact she masterfully plays Gabrielle who grew up in the petty agricultural bourgeoisie, where his dream is instead a passion that scandalizes the fellow villagers. Reluctantly she goes to marry Jose, a sharecropper who makes her a respectable woman. But she meets another great love André Sauvage who could help her lifelong dream. The other that comes from’ UK addresses the recurring theme in this edition: the relationship between parents and children. American Honey by director Andrea Arnold a road movie about a teenage Star (Sasha Lane), who leaves the dysfunctional family and joins a bunch of door-to-door magazine subscription vendors hanging around
for the Midwest of the United States. Star Finds her role among this group of young people, which also includes Jake (Shia LaBeouf), quickly adopting their lifestyle, punctuated by parties, small misdeeds and love stories. How Special Screenings will be screened THE NICE GUYS di Shane Black Los Angeles. Years 70 the two Holland March investigators (Gosling) and Jackson Healy (Crowe) they are investigating the alleged suicide of a starlet. At the debut with this duet it seems that they are the new Starsky and Hutch , even if the director about a possible series has glossed over.
Two excellent films were proposed for the Un Certain Regard review. dogs by Bogdan Mirica CRIME movie set in Ukraine. With ME’EVER LAHARIM VEHAGVAOT in Eran Kolirin from the life of an Israeli family the burning issues of Israeli society today are proposed.
For the Quinzaine autonomous review we saw the presentation of a great Depardieu and his latest film as an interpreter Tour de France by Rachid Djaïdani Far'Hook Story of a young rapper from 20 e. To avoid the worst he will take a trip with his producer Bilal's father Serge in the footsteps of the painter Joseph Vernet. The other film is an animation Ma vie de Courgette by Claude Barras Zucchini. While for La Seimane de la Critique the horror film GRAVE by Julia Ducournau. Justine is a veterinarian and vegetarian. But . . .
At the end of this great cinematic binge we await the passage of Loving by Jeff Nichols and the stan ovation tomorrow Robert De Niro.