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2017 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 3: Kornel Mundruczo’s Jupiter’s Moon Has Trouble Getting Off Ground

Published on May 20, 2017

In comp for his third time and at the fest for a sixth time, Kornel Mundruczo was expected to move back into the fight for the Palme d’Or after laying critics with the Best Foreign language film nominated and Un Certain Regard winner White God (2014). With Jupiter’s Moon, the Hungarian helmer tells the story of a young immigrant drama with some super powers where he mysteriously is able to levitate. So far, this is the least liked item from the comp. Click on the grid below for a larger version.

Eric Lavallée

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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2017 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 3: Kornel Mundruczo’s Jupiter’s Moon Has Trouble Getting Off Ground