Limits of Control is Primed for Cannes

Normally I wouldn’t pay much attention to a series of stills from an upcoming film, but such a crisp, distinct series of shots are worth drooling over and mentioning here. Not surprisingly, it’s a Spain-based site that got a first look at the stills for Jim Jarmusch‘s latest (like Woody Allen, the filmmaker ventured out to Spain – I imagine the tax rebates and the locales make this a viable choice for foreign productions). The series shows off the international cast which features friends of the family (Bill Murray and Tilda Swinton from Broken Flowers, and some fantastic looking shots of Isaach De Bankolé from Ghost Dog) but also shows off the international flavors in under-appreciated Hiam Abbass, Spain’s other great actor after Javier Bardem in Luis Tosar and (pictured above) the American actress with a foreign name in Paz de la Huerta — who will be making a name for herself with this film and Gasper Noe’s controversial Enter the Void.

The Limits of Control sees De Bankole play a mysterious loner used to operating outside the law, who is about to complete a job in contempo Spain. Judging by the stills, the traveling guitar case might explain why so many people intersect in the film’s storyline. 

Without a doubt, the pic will preem in Cannes (it opens in the U.S. during the fest) where the people at the Director’s Fortnight section consider Jarmusch as a god among directors (here is photographic proof).  Focus Features International also make Cannes a major sales hub for their slate and will look to use to prestige of an in-competition slot as a way to sell the picture to whatever territories that have yet to pick it up.