Cannes Film Festival 2006

[Citizen Kane]

Since news has started coming out about the festival line-up, I thought I'd begin the official thread.

From all of the rumors I've read, these seem to be locks for the Official Competition:

Official Competition:
Babel-Alejandro Gonzales Innaritu
The Caiman-Nanni Moretti
Flight 93-Paul Greengrass
INLAND EMPIRE-David Lynch
Lights in the Dusk-Aki Kaurismaki
Marie Antoinette-Sofia Coppola
Selon Charlie-Nicole Garcia
Volver-Pedro Almodovar

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060321/en_nm/cannes_dc

That's the article I got most of this info from, if anyone is interested. The official line-up will be announced in about a month.

[faxmachine11658]

Isn't The Da Vinchi Code gunna be there to?

[the elmo zombie]

its called united 93 now

[Citizen Kane]

Da Vinci Code will be there but not in competition.

[Dracula]

damn, Canne '05 seems like just yesterday. I'll particularly be looking forward to hearing reaction from Babel, Flight 93, and Inland Empire

any word on who's in the jury?

[Dracula]

Wong Kar Wai will be the president of the jury

[Citizen Kane]

I've been trying to find the identities of the other jury members, but so far, no luck.

[NewDawnFades]

I'd like to see Inland Empire.

[fantasticfour40]

I can't wait to see Babel and Marie Antonioette.

[Citizen Kane]

ioncinema.com has provided this list of probable entrants at Cannes 2006:

Official Selection:
Babel-Alejandro Gonzales Innaritu
Bernal returns in this tale that sees a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), a rebellious deaf Japanese teenager and her father, and a Mexican nanny who, without permission, takes two American children across the border. None of these strangers will ever meet; in spite of the sudden, unlikely connection between them, they will all remain isolated due to their own inability to communicate meaningfully with anyone around them.
The Caiman-Nanni Moretti
A non-apologetic view of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Days of Glory (Indigenes)-Rachid Bouchareb
The story of four soldiers of North-African origins who fought to liberate France at the end of WWII.
Fast Food Nation-Richard Linklater
Shot in Mexico, Texas and Colorado, this is a character study set in the fast food industry, which is based on material from the incendiary novel of the same name written by Eric Schlosser and adapted for the screen by Schlosser and Richard Linklater.
The Fountain-Darren Aronofsky
This is the journey of one man (Jackman) in a quest for immortality - via a ''tree of life'' found in Central America -attempted in three different centuries, the ultimate lesson being that death, as part of the process of rebirth, is to be embraced, not feared.
The Golden Door-Emanuele Crialese
The Mancuso family has already seen one of their men leave, many years before, and has been waiting for news. The man with the golden teeth has come to offer it, and his help during the epic voyage ahead. To become citizens of the New World, they must die a little, and must be reborn. They must leave behind the antiquated customs and outdated beliefs of their homeland; they must be strong in body and healthy in mind, must learn to obey and swear loyalty if they wish to pass through The Golden Door. They must transform themselves from old-fashioned humans into modern ones. The time during which this metamorphosis is to be accomplished is a time of suspension on the waters of the ocean, two arduous weeks of crossing, after which they will arrive at the place of Final Judgement: the Island of Tears, Ellis Island.
Hana-Hirokazu Kore-eda
Based on an original story by Kore-eda, Junichi Okada (Tokyo Tower) is a troubled young samurai bent on revenge for the death of his father, while Tadanobu Asano (Zatoichi) plays his nemesis. Rie Miyazawa (The Twilight Samurai) will also star as the widow he falls in love with. However, instead of flashing swords and falling bodies, the focus of the story will be on human relationships in a crowded, vibrant, urban neighborhood.
Lights in the Dusk-Aki Kaurismaki
Formerly known as "Nigh****chman (Vartija)", this concludes the trilogy that started with Drifting Clouds (Kauas pilvet karkaavat, 1996) and continued with The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä, 2002). Where the trilogy´s first film was about unemployment and the second about homelessness, the theme of Lights in the Dusk is loneliness. Like Chaplin´s little tramp, the protagonist, a man named Koistinen, searches the hard world for a small crack through which he could crawl in, but both his fellow beings and the faceless apparatus of the society see it their business to crush his modest hopes, one after another. Criminal elements exploit his longing for love and his position as a night watchman in a robbery they pull off, leaving Koistinen to face the consequences.
Marie-Antoinette-Sofia Coppola
Kirsten Dunst, portrays the young Austrian princess, who, as a teenager, becomes Queen of France. Jason Schwartzman portrays her indifferent husband Louis XVI.
Pan's Labyrinth-Guillermo del Toro
Pan's Labyrinth" is a fanciful and chilling story set against the backdrop of a fascist regime in 1944 rural Spain. The film centers on Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and adoptive father; a military officer tasked with ridding the area of rebels. In her loneliness, Ofelia creates a world filled with fantastical creatures and secret destinies. With post-war repression at its height, Ofelia must come to terms with her world through a fable of her own creation.
Selon Charlie-Nicole Garcia
Plot information unavailable at this time.
Shortbus-John Cameron Mitchell
Set in contemporary New York City, SHORTBUS is the steamy, sexy, sensual exploration of relationships as seen through gender, sexuality, art and music.
Ten Canoes-Rolf de Heer
It is the distant past, tribal times. Dayindi covets one of the wives of his older brother. To teach him the proper way, he is told a story from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery, bungling mayhem and revenge gone wrong.
The Violin
Plot information unavailable at this time.
Volver-Pedro Almodovar
The backdrop is Madrid and its lively working-class neighbourhoods, where the immigrants from the various Spanish provinces share dreams, lives and fortune with a multitude of ethnic groups, and other races. At the heart of this social framework, three generations of women who survive wind, fire and even death, thanks to audacity, goodness and a limitless vitality.
The Wind That Shakes The Barley-Ken Loach
The film revolves around a family and one of the so-called flying columns, the Irish guerrilla units that lived rough as they fought the British on the run, between 1919 and the early 1920s. Through their eyes, we see the effect of the Anglo-Irish war and the subsequent Civil War that shaped the country. Padraic Delaney plays Teddy, the brother to Cillian Murphy's Damien - both brothers who join the guerilla armies formed to do battle with the British Black and Tan squads trying to block Ireland's bid for independence in 1919.

http://www.ioncinema.com/beta/movie.php?id=4090

INLAND EMPIRE is not on this list because, according to ioncinema, it won't be ready in time for the festival. Hopefully that rumor will turn out to be false.

[Citizen Kane]

The line-up has been announced for the Cannes Film Festival.

Official Competition:
Volver-Pedro Almodovar
La Raison du Plus Faible-Lucas Belvaux (I wonder if he's related to Remy Belvaux, who came to Cannes in 1991? with Man Bites Dog)
Indigenes-Rachid Bouchareb
Iklimler-Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Marie-Antoinette-Sofia Coppola
Juventude en Marcha-Pedro Costa
Pan's Labyrinth-Guillermo Del Toro
Flandres-Bruno Dumont
Selon Charlie-Nicole Garcia
Quand J'etais Chanteur-Xavier Giannoli
Babel-Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu
Lights in the Dusk-Aki Kaurismaki
Southland Tales-Richard Kelly (jumps for joy)
Fast Food Nation-Richard Linklater
The Wind That Shakes the Barley-Ken Loach
Summer Palace-Lou Ye
The Caiman-Nanni Moretti
L'Amico di Famiglia-Paolo Sorrentino

I'm disappointed not to see The Fountain and Inland Empire (although it could be that neither film was ready in time), but it looks like a good line-up. I'm particularly excited about the relatively unexpected inclusion of Southland Tales in the official competition.

Jury for the Official Competition:
Wong Kar-Wai (President)
Monica Belluci
Helena Bonham Carter
Lucrecia Martel
Zhang Ziyi
Samuel L. Jackson
Patrice Leconte
Tim Roth
Elia Suleiman

[NewDawnFades]

The line-up has been announced for the Cannes Film Festival.

Official Competition:
Volver-Pedro Almodovar
La Raison du Plus Faible-Lucas Belvaux (I wonder if he's related to Remy Belvaux, who came to Cannes in 1991? with Man Bites Dog)
Indigenes-Rachid Bouchareb
Iklimler-Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Marie-Antoinette-Sofia Coppola
Juventude en Marcha-Pedro Costa
Pan's Labyrinth-Guillermo Del Toro
Flandres-Bruno Dumont
Selon Charlie-Nicole Garcia
Quand J'etais Chanteur-Xavier Giannoli
Babel-Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu
Lights in the Dusk-Aki Kaurismaki
Southland Tales-Richard Kelly (jumps for joy)
Fast Food Nation-Richard Linklater
The Wind That Shakes the Barley-Ken Loach
Summer Palace-Lou Ye
The Caiman-Nanni Moretti
L'Amico di Famiglia-Paolo Sorrentino

I'm disappointed not to see The Fountain and Inland Empire (although it could be that neither film was ready in time), but it looks like a good line-up. I'm particularly excited about the relatively unexpected inclusion of Southland Tales in the official competition.

Jury for the Official Competition:
Wong Kar-Wai (President)
Monica Belluci
Helena Bonham Carter
Lucrecia Martel
Zhang Ziyi
Samuel L. Jackson
Patrice Leconte
Tim Roth
Elia Suleiman


Same here, The Fountain looks great.

[Citizen Kane]

Actually, my friend just told me that apparently Cannes is leaving one spot open for a late entry. Apparnetly Soderbergh might try to finish up with The Good German and get it in. And, of course, this is another chance for Inland Empire and The Fountain to make a last minute dash...

[Disgustipated]

Actually, my friend just told me that apparently Cannes is leaving one spot open for a late entry. Apparnetly Soderbergh might try to finish up with The Good German and get it in. And, of course, this is another chance for Inland Empire and The Fountain to make a last minute dash...


Hopefully, looking foward to both Inland Empire and The Fountain.

[fantasticfour40]

The Fountain, sounds interesting. What's it about, anyways.

[HellOnEarth]

The guy who directed and wrote Requiem for a Dream:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/thefountain/

starring Rachel Wiesz and Hugh Jackman

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808422624/photo/581736

I confused this movie for The New World. I was pissed as hell as I sat two hours straight in it.

[fantasticfour40]

Hugh Jackman is in this movie. I'm there, man.

[Citizen Kane]

So I guess some Israeli film (I can't remember the title) got upgraded from not being in competition to being in competition, so that closes the open slot. So, unfortunately, no Fountain or INLAND EMPIRE. Or The Good German for that matter. :(

[RebelwithaCause]

I really want "Fast Food Nation" to win the Palme D'Or. Linklater has made so many wonderful films in the last few years, ("Waking Life", "School of Rock", the brilliant "Before Sunset") and what with "A Scanner Darkly" coming out in July he may have a banner year ahead of him. I'd love to see him get it.
Though I wouldn't mind a win for any of the other films... I'd really love to see Del Toro, Coppola and Kelly get raves for their respective films.

[droidguy1119]

How abouts a trailer for Fast Food Nation?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X99n9BveKns

[Citizen Kane]

That trailer is okay. It's a bit smug.

Anyways, based on the reviews I've read (mainly from Variety, rogerebert.com, joblo, RottenTomatoes, and Hollywood Reporter), this is what it looks like:

The Da Vinci Code: well, we all knew this was a flop
Fast Food Nation: the reviews seem to be lukewarm. I think Ebert liked it, and the RT critic at Cannes who saw it did, but Variety, joblo, and Hollywood Reporter were not big fans. Everyone is talking about the final scene though, which takes us to the killing floor and guts room to see, in graphic detail, just what they do to the cows that later become hamburgers. Apparently this stuff is basically documentary footage that was shot in a real plant.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley: general consensus seems to be that it's largely ineffectual.
Volver: most people seem to really like this one.
Southland Tales: this one just screened today (or at least, today in France time, which started hours before it does here), and it seems like a lot of critics hate it, but some love it. The Hollywood Reporter review ripped it, but I've heard that critics such as J. Hoberman, Manohla Darghis, and Amy Taubin think it's a masterpiece. More on this as the word gets out.

[Citizen Kane]

Marie-Antoinette has premiered to mixed reviews. Everyone's going nuts over Babel though, it looks like the film has a decent shot at the Palmes D'Or. Also, I guess I was wrong about The Wind that Shakes the Barley, as most of the reviews I've read since last post have been very positive.

[Citizen Kane]

Palme d'Or:
The Wind That Shakes The Barley by Ken Loach

Grand Prix (runner-up):
Flandres / Flanders by Bruno Dumont

Prix de la Mise en Scene (Best Director):
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel

Prix du Scenario (Best Screenplay Award):
Pedro Almodóvar for Volver

Camera d'Or (For best first feature):
A Fost sau n-a fost? / 12:08 East of Bucharest by Corneliu Porumbolu

Prix du Jury (Jury Prize):
Red Road by Andrea Arnold

Prix d'interpretation feminine (Best Actress):
Ensemble female cast of Volver by Pedro Almodovar (Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave)

Prix d'interpretation masculine (Best Actor):
Ensemble male cast of Indigenes by Rachid Bouchareb (Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Bernard Blancan)

Court-Metrage (Short Film):
Palme d'Or (short film): Sniffer by Bobby Peers
Special Mention: Conte de quartier by Florence Miaihe
Prix Du Jury: Prmiera Nieve by Pablo Aguero

[emmortalthug]

The Host was also a movie that was there, Asian Film, getting very very good reviews,bout a giant Tadpole type creature,in Souel i think it was,southern korea. killing people ect. they are calling it an original idea and creepy. i luv Asian Movies i'll be getting THE HOST by 2007 when it is Released : ) still a long ways away

i didnt like tetsuo or pinocchio stupid movies..

[RebelwithaCause]

I'm glad Marie Antoinette managed to overcome its mediocre opening. (Ebert among other critics has really warmed up to it.)
I'm disappointed Fast Food Nation didn't get a bigger following, but oh well... he'll win one day. He's Linklater, for f***'s sake.
Southland Tales won't be a failure. Remember that Donnie Darko premiered at Sundance and everyone and their mother ragged on it... became the biggest cult hit of the new millennium.