Lthe Croisette lights up again. The 2023 Cannes Film Festival will be staged from 16 to 27 May, chaired by Swedish director Ruben Östlund. 21 films in competition, 3 Italian directors present in the rose of candidates for the Palme d’Or. Also awarded Michael Douglas with the Golden Palm of honor. the godmother, presenter of the opening and closing ceremony, is Chiara Mastroianni. To inaugurate the 76th edition is Johnny Depp with Jeanne du Barry – The king’s favouriteout of competition and screened at the Grand Théâtre Lumière.
Cannes 2023, the opening with Jeanne du Barry – The king’s favourite and the stars awaited on the red carpet
As usual, the red carpet will host dozens of international stars ready to pose in front of photographers. Tuesday, May 16 all eyes on DeppThat in the film directed by and starring Maïwenne, wear the clothes of Louis XV. Also starring Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Richard, Melvil Poupaud, Pascal Greggory and India Hair.
The list of artists preparing to appear is long. From Hollywood come Ben Affleck, Pedro Almodovar, Wes Anderson, Antonio Banderas, Cate BlanchettAdrien Brody, Willem Defoe, Lily-Rose Depp, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Harrison Ford, Jeff Goldblum, Tom Hanks and Scarlett Johansson.
Still, Jude Law, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Edward Norton, Sean Penn, Natalie Portman, Margot Robbie, Tilda Swinton, Quentin Tarantino, The Weeknd and Alicia Vikander. France, as host, shows off the best of its cinema. Wait, therefore, Mathieu Amalric, Juliette Binoche, Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Romain Duris, Virginie Efira, Adèle Èxarchopoulos, Virginie Ledoyen.
For Italy, on the other hand, they will parade Marco Bellocchio, Barbora Bobulova, Margherita Buy, Fabrizio Gifuni, Nanni Moretti, Silvio Orlando, Alba and Alice Rohrwacher, Barbara Ronchi, Isabella Rossellini, Filippo Timi.
Wednesday 17 May: Le retour – Homecoming, Kalibutsu and Almodovar with Strange way of life
After the hangover of the opening we get to the heart. Wednesday 17 space a Kaibutsu (Monster) by Kore-Eda Hirokazu, with Sakura Antō and Eita Nagayama, ea Le retour – Homecomingby Catherine Corsini with Virginie Ledoyen, both in competition.
Out of competition, however, Occupied city by Steve McQueen and the short western Strange way of lifeby Pedro Almodovar with Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke. 5-time candidate for the Palme d’Or, the Spanish director has triumphed twice: in 1999 with the Best Director Award for All about my mother and in 2006 for Best Screenplay with Volver – Return. He arrives at Cannes 2023 four years after his candidacy for Pain and glory. Complete the day Anselm by Wim Wenders.
The poster of “Strange way of life by Pedro Almodovar.
Here comes Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Sean Penn and Phoebe Waller-Bridge
After a long wait, it finally makes its debut Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The fifth chapter of the saga of Indiana Jonesdirected by James Mangold and presented out of competition, has as starring the incorruptible Harrison Ford. Beside him, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies and one of the rising stars of cinema, Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
English, born in 1985, Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the creator and star of one of the most hilarious series of recent years: Fleabagfor which she won an Emmy as Best Leading Actress. Also to his credit is a nomination for the Golden Globes 2020 for Killing Eve. In 2018 she starred in Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Out of competition too Lost in the nightby Amat Escalante.
In competition, on the other hand, they are presented Black fliesby Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, with Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan as two paramedics dealing with rescues on the streets of New York, And Youth (Le printemps)by Wang Bing’s Qingchun.
Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”. (Lucasfilm)
Friday 19 and Saturday 20 May, from Julianne Moore to Leonardo DiCaprio
Continue with three films in competition: Les herbes sèchesby Nuri Bilge Ceylan The zone of interestby Jonathan Glazer, e Les filles d’Olfaby Kaouther Ben Hania. There are also three titles out of competition: Ghost portraits by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Omar the sentence by Elias Belkeddar, with Benoît Magimel, e Eurekaby Lisandro Alonso, with Viggo Mortensen.
Saturday 20 May is the turn of Banel and Adamadirected by newcomer Ramata Toulaye Sy, and by May December by Todd Haynes, with Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore.
The spotlights will also focus on films out of competition. In fact, expect Robot Dreams by Pablo Berger Le temps d’aimer by Katell Wuillever, but above all Killers of the flower moon by Martin Scorsese. In the cast, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemond and the 2023 Oscar winner Brendan Fraser. It is the most anticipated film out of competition of Cannes 2023.
Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon.
At Cannes 2023 Jude Law and Alicia Wikander
Sunday, May 21 Jude Law and Alicia Vikander arrive, protagonists of Firebrand, directed by Karim Ainouz. The cast also includes Sam Riley, Michelle Williams and Erin Doherty. Always in competition Anatomy of a fallby the French Justine Triet.
On the same day, 5 out-of-competition films are presented. It’s about Bread and rosesby Sahra Mani Little Girl Blue by Mona Achade, with Marion Cotillard, Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe by Martin Provost with Cécile de France and Stacy Martin. Then comes Sour by Just Philippot with Guillaume Canet e Silence by Kim Tae Gon.
Lily-Rose Depp in the HBO series “The Idol”. (IPA)
Lily-Rose Depp, Wes Anderson and Marco Bellocchio
Among the films in competition at the 76th edition of the Festival there is also Club Zerodirected by Austrian Jessica Hausner and starring Mia Wasikowska. Monday 22 May is also the day of the screening of Kuolleet lehdet by the Finnish Aki Kaurismäki. Presented out of competition, As filhas do fogo by Pedro Costa, Man in Black by Wan Ding, Le theorème de Marguerite by Anna Novion e Look at the eyes. Closes the five of the day The Idolseries directed by Sam Levinson starring Lily-Rose Depp and Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd.
One week from the start, Cannes 2023 continues with a parterre of world stars. Tuesday 23 May they are presented Asteroid City by Wes Anderson e Kidnapped by Marco Bellocchio.
For his film set in 1955, the American director has enlisted leading names in Hollywood cinema. Among all, the protagonists Scarlett Johansson and Jason Schwartzmanto which they add Adrien Brody, Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Jeff Goldblum, Tom Hanks, Maya Hawke, Edward Norton, Margot RobbieLiev Schreiber, Tilda Swinton and Rita Wilson. In the cast of Kidnappedinstead, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala, Leonardo Maltesi, Filippo Timi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Paolo Calabresi. Finally, out of competition Kubi by Takeshi Kitano.
Barbara Ronchi in “Kidnapped”.
Nanni Moretti’s day with The sun of the future
Space for Italy also on Wednesday 24 with Nanni Moretti e The sun of the future. The director Palme d’Or 2001 for Son’s roomreturns to the Cannes Film Festival after presenting in 2021 Three floors. In the cast of the new film, Margherita Buy, Silvio Orlando, Barbora Bobulova, Mathieu Amalric and Valentina Romani.
The other film in competition is The passion of Doudin Bouffant by Trân Anh Hùng, with Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel. out of competition, L’amour et les forêts by Valérie Donzelli, with Virignie Efira and Melvil Paupoud, e Kennedy by Anurag Kashyap.
Thursday 25 May, however, is the turn of perfect days by Wim Wenders e L’été dernier by Catherine Breillat. Out of competition Cobweb by Kim Jee Woon.
Nanni Moretti in “The sun of the future”.
Wim Wenders, Alice Rohrwacher, Ben Affleck and Closing Ceremony
We get close to closure of Cannes 2023 with other spearheads. Friday 26 is presented The chimera by Alice Rohrwacher. In the cast, Alba Rohrwacher, sister of the director, Josh O’Connor, Isabella Rossellini and Carol Duarte. Second film in competition of the day, The old oakby Ken Loach.
out of competition, The Abbe Pierre by Frédéric Tellier e Hypnotic by Robert Rodriguez with Ben Affleck, Alice Braga and William Fichtner. It is not yet known whether Affleck will appear alone or accompanied by his wife Jennifer Lopez. The curtain on the festival falls Saturday 27 May with the closing ceremony, conducted by the godmother of Cannes 2023, Chiara Mastroianni. Furthermore, for the occasion the last of the out-of-competition films is screened, Elementals by Peter Sohn.
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