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2012 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Xan Cassevetes’ Kiss of the Damned

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Gist: Potentially following in the footsteps of recent vampire-themed Croisette films (2009’s Thirst, 2010’s We Are What We Are), Kiss of the Damned comes loaded with a trio of French vixens in Anna Mouglalis (Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky) and models/actresses Joséphine de La Baume and Roxane Mesquida. Kiss of the Damned centers around two beautiful French vampire sisters who have separately come to stay at a summer estate — a ‘safe house’ in Connecticut.

Prediction:  I think this there might be a family gathering of the Cassevetes on the Croisette this year. Xan Cassavetes showcased Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession in Cannes back in 2003, and if this stands out to be auteur-like and aesthetically challenging, then it could go wither way in the Directors’ Fortnight or in the Un Certain Regard section.

 

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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