There was no mention this morning for a film title we imagined would not play in competition but would none the less surface somewhere along the Croisette. It looks like Bucking Fastard was indeed in the cards. As expected, there is a little bit of chaos when launching a festival edition and this morning was no different. According to (confirmed by World of Reel) documentation available on the press site, Werner Herzog‘s latest was indeed a Cannes selection – This morning there was a lot of juggling for media, Cannes’ press team and Thierry Frémaux placed this in the Cannes Premiere box. Did the film team pull out at the last second? Did Herzog have a chat with Victor Erice (not a fan of the section)? We’ll soon find out. Here is the PDF page below:
