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2012 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Roman Coppola’s A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charlie Swan III

Published on April 12, 2012

Gist: This loosey-goosey script plays with Charlie Sheen’s public persona setting him up as a famous graphic designer whose life takes a nosedive after his girlfriend leaves him.

Prediction: Is there room on the Croisette for two films with a Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman pairing (opener Moonrise Kingdom)? We doubt it. Hence why A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charlie Swan III is our Hail Mary pick from our 70 predix. Something tell us that the solid union between Cannes and the Coppolas might mean Francis Ford presents On the Road, and Roman having debuted his first time with CQ at the fest, could use the fest as a buyer springboard. We imagine this could unfold in and out of comp and pretty much any section excluding Critics’ Week.

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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).