Festival Predictions

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Arnaud Desplechin’s Jimmy P.

Published on April 14, 2013

#1. Arnaud Desplechin’s Jimmy P.

Gist: Desplechin’s first film in 5 years, his first English language, U.S. production pits muse Mathieu Amalric vs. Benicio Del Toro as the titular Picard. Adapted from Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian, by acclaimed ethnologist and psychologist Georges Devereux. It is the true story of a friendship between a Native American and a French psychoanalyst.

Prediction: With the exception of 2004’s Kings and Queen, Desplechin has been a staple of the film fest dating back to Critics’ Week showing of his debut film La Vie Des Morts (1991), and then almost all Main Comp showings of La Sentinelle (1992), My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument (1996), Esther Kahn (2000), Playing ‘In the Company of Men’ (2003) and his last picture, 2008’s A Christmas Tale. If Del Toro and/or Amalric come home empty-handed with Best Actor prizes, then this means a top three finish. Now the big pre-fest guess is how long is the run time?

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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).