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Cannes 2009 Day 4: Audiard Gives Reason for a Need to Belong in ‘A Prophet’
The over two and a half hour prison drama demonstrates that there is a real war going on in on the inside which has a direct cause and effect on the outside world. The same theory can be switched around, as explored in Jacques Audiard's A Prophet, Cannes' first official buzz title for the Palme d'or.
Xavier Dolan
She hadn’t been a bad mother, but like every young adult or old teen, I needed to analyze and dig into my adolescent years to be able to peacefully embark on a new chapter of my life. In three days, I wrote the first draft of “I Killed My Mother”.
Cannes 2009 Day 5 Offerings: Amenabar, Villeneuve, Johnnie To
Un Certain Regard sees Mia Hansen-Løve returns to Cannes to present a family drama and Pavel Lounguine is also in the section with Tzar.
Focus sets up Corbijn with a ‘Private’ project
The Dutch director is taking on a Rowan Joffe (28 Weeks Later) script adaptation of the Martin Booth novel about an assassin who hides out in an idyllic Italian town where he will carry out one final assignment.
Cannes 2009 Producer’s Patch: The Weinstein Company
A mix of genre specific fair and a couple of indie titles that automatically caught my attention, The Weinstein Company aren't flashing any cards in the festival comp portion, but they have a cool slate of market offerings in post production with noteworthy titles such as All Good Things from Andrew Jarecki, Youth in Revolt from Miguel Arteta and a 3D Piranha movie from horror helmer Alaxandre Aja.
