Today’s event: The Iranian filmmaker arrived in Cannes
Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, who has just clandestinely fled Iran, arrived at the Cannes Film Festival where he is due to present his film in competition for the Palme d’Or on Friday.
The director made his first public appearance there, after having managed to clandestinely flee the mullahs’ regime. A great voice of Iranian cinema who has continued to defy censorship, Mohammad Rasoulof has not set foot in Cannes since 2017 and the Un Certain Regard prize for A man of integrity, which addressed the issue of corruption. In 2020, he was prevented from leaving Iran to receive his Golden Bear in Berlin for The devil does not existon the death penalty.
His new film Wild fig tree seeds promises to further disturb those in power, telling the story of an investigating judge gradually sinking into paranoia, at a time when huge demonstrations break out in the capital Tehran.
Sentence of the day:
“ “There have been so many years of abusive sexual relations in cinema, of abuse of power, that we need to do a sort of historical act of reparation. » »
Karim Aïnou presents in Cannes Motel Destinoone of the most erotic films in the race for the Palme d’Or, with numerous sex scenes shot with the help of an intimacy coordinator, a job increasingly common in cinema.
The 58-year-old director is delighted to have called on this profession, responsible for helping with the filming of sex or nudity scenes while respecting the actors. “I’ve directed about ten sex scenes in my career, and I’m very comfortable with that. It is our priority that actors are safe, protected, comfortable and involved in the process,” he explained.
Film of the day: “L’Amour ouf” by Gilles Lellouche
Six years after the popular success of Great BathGilles Lellouche is propelled into the race for the Palme d’Or with Love phew. “I’m very stressed because it’s very new, I’ve never been in competition in my life, it’s my second film on my own, I’m overjoyed but I’m afraid,” the director confided before the climb of the steps.
The film by the French actor and director brings together on screen two audience favorites, François Civil and Adèle Exarchopoulos. The film takes place in the 1980s in the north of France, and tells the love story between Jackie and Clotaire. “I wanted to make a film which was a little bit devoid of cynicism, which was a poetic, loving impulse… The time of innocence rediscovered. I kind of wanted that, big lyrical movements thwarted by big movements of violence like a heartbeat, flesh and blood,” explained Gilles Lellouche.
At 51, the man who began his career by directing short films burst into the competition alongside cinema legends, such as Francis Ford Coppola, and regulars like Jacques Audiard.
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Photo of the day: A Belmondo in Cannes
Victor Belmondo follows in the footsteps of his illustrious grandfather, Jean-Paul Belmondo. Aged 30, the French actor continues his career in cinema and presents this Thursday, the new film by Gaël Morel Live, die, be reborn.
Dressed by the Fendi label, Victor Belmondo, the son of Paul and Luana Belmondo, enjoyed his passage in front of the photographers present.