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Film in Pictures: Heitor Dhalia’s Adrift
I've officially placed Heitor Dhalia's Adrift on my Cannes coverage list. The next big director to come out of Brazil (remember his name folks) is actually the director's third feature film outing, following 2004's Nina and 2006's Drained. The Un Certain Regard selection is set in the 1980s, and centers on a 14-year-old girl who struggles with her life when she learns of the infidelities of her father (Vincent Cassel) while undergoing her own sexual awakening.
Film in Pictures: Cristian Mungiu’s Tales From the Golden Age
To be more precise, the Un Certain Regard's entry of Tales From the Golden Age is a film by Cristian Mungiu and filmmakers Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu and Constantin Popescu. I'm not sure which images (below) correspond to which film/filmmaker, but what Mungiu wants to do is provide a balance to the point of view he offered in the grim portrait 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.
Park City, Quebec and Tetro fill the Director’s Fortnight Bill
The Safdie brothers who closed the same sidebar last year with a short film and The Pleasure of Being Robbed have combined their efforts to bring another project in Go Get Some Rosemary, which oddly sounds like something my mother might have said when I was a young lad. The pair to watch out for in the section are Colossal Youth's director Pedro Costa who returns to Cannes with his docu on Jeanne Balibar called Ne change rien. Three year's back he got beat up by critics. Woman Is the Future of Man's Hong Sang-soo (who I originally balked at including in my predictions for the Main Comp) is finally going to showcase his latest work (Like You Know it All) in the 41st edition of the section
Cannes Critics’ Week Believes in Beginner’s Luck
The section devoted to 1st and 2nd films is mostly going with newbies this year. With the exception of Altiplano starring (Olivier Gourmet) from director pairing of Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (Khadak), in my opinion, the complete sidebar will be a like throwing a dart aimlessly and hoping to land on something worth your while. In the past couple of years they had Junebug, Me and you and everyone we know, Look Both Ways, XXY, and my favorite film of the section in 2008 was Aida Begic's Snijep (Snow).
Cannes 2009: Closer Look at the Out of Comp, Midnight & Special Screenings
Traditionally, the spots in the Out of Competition, Midnight and Special Screenings are reserved to Hollywood Studios looking to promote a soon-to-be-released summer title, socially relevant documentary film or some genre film from South Korea. I'm surprised that neither Angels & Demons, nor Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins took up a spot.
