Inside Cannes 2012 Day 2: Rufus Norris’ Broken

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The 51st edition of the Critics’ Week opened with an award-winning British theatre director Rufus Norris’ feature debut, Broken. A tragi-drama that works with a tone that is one part whimsical and the other half violent, Tim Roth and the first time actress Eloise Laurence (in the role of Skunk) lead the charge in what could be called New Kitchen Sink films. Multiple storylines unfold in one section of a diminutive, middle income type neighborhood, where characters easily cross one another in what could be described as indoor and outdoor cockfights. Here is footage from last night’s world premiere screening – Semaine de la Critique director Charles Tesson presents the mostly cast and crew.

 

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). In 2022, he was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.

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