2012 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Cate Shortland’s Lore

Gist: Spring 1945. As the German front collapses, the Allied forces take control of Hitler’s country. With her Nazi parents imprisoned, 14-year-old Lore is left alone in charge of her four young siblings.

Prediction: With a limited numbers of slots, I would think there is only room for one WWII themed drama at a festival, and therefore Cate Shortland’s sophomore feature (her return to Cannes since she debuted Somersault in the Un Certain Regard section in 2004) might in the mind of the programmers, be going up against Sergei Loznitsa’s In the Fog. If the film isn’t retained, expect a fall festival showing.