Gist: Set to be the French film everyone is talking about, Assayas’ follow-up to the mini series Carlos features the talents of rising superstar Lola Créton (Goodbye First Love), accompanied by newbie Clement Metayer. Progressing the political/revolutionary tone of his previous film, this new one is set in the early 70s and “centers on a high-school student trying to find his way in life, between the left wing’s drift towards violence, the maze of an unattainable revolution, and his doubts about a troubled artistic vocation.”
Prediction: Now that Assayas is working back down at a more conventional duration (i.e. less than five hours), Cannes organizers won’t have any problem giving Après mai the full red carpet treatment as Assayas’ film plays in the Main Competition.
