2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: János Szász’s The Notebook

Date:

#46. János Szász’s The Notebook

Gist: Not your remake of the Ryan Gosling film, based on Agota Kritóf‘s famous and bestselling novel of the same name (Le Grand Cahier), in a village on the Hungarian border, two young brothers grow up during war time with their cruel grandmother and must learn every trick of evil to survive in the absurd world of adults. Ulrich Thomsen and Ulrich Matthes are among the cast.

Prediction: Filling in the Hungarian film product quota, the veteran helmer has not been to the festival since 97’s Witman fiúk – which screened in the Un Certain Regard section. I think we might be looking at a repeat in the same section.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

1 COMMENT

Share post:

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

Popular

More like this
Related

The Pragmatic Mother: Carey Mulligan Cast in Sarah Polley’s ‘The Bell Jar’

Currently in production in Toronto, we now know the...

2026 World Cinema Fund: Ana Cristina Barragán, Amanda Nell Eu & Lara Zeidan Receive Coin

Projects from Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ecuador, Lebanon, Malaysia,...

2026 Sundance Producers Labs: Kara Grace Miller, Natalie Remplakowski & Marie Alyse Rodriguez Selected

Meet the next generation of American indie producers in...