I’m not sure where I was with my Cannes predictions (50 percent sounds about right), but I’m most glad about the predix that pan out on actual titles that I look forward in seeing – e.g. Lodge Kerrigan’s French-produced next feature. I also got my predictions right on Radu Muntean’s Tuesday, After Christmas and I had reported on David Verbeek’s showing up in Cannes with R U There. Here are three items that weren’t on my radar – including the latest from a filmmaker who is 102 years-old. Look for more info on Fabrice Gobert’s Qu’est-il arrive a Simon Werner? and a rare film from India in Vikramaditya Motwane’s Udaan over the next couple of weeks.
Rebecca H. – Lodge Kerrigan
Gerladine Pailhas will play Jefferson Airplane lead singer Grace Slick, with the story centering on Slick’s relationship with a woman who becomes fascinated by the rock star…
R U There – David Verbeek
Written by Rogier de Blok, R U THERE is the story of Jitze (20), a professional gamer who travels around the world to compete in video game tournaments. During a stay in Taipei he unexpectedly witnesses an accident, which confronts him with his own mortality and makes him doubt the certainties of his existence…
Tuesday, After Christmas – Radu Muntean
Scripted by Muntean, Alexandru Baciu and Razvan Radulescu, taking place one week before Christmas, “Tuesday” focuses on marital crisis — that of Paul and Adriana, who’ve been married for 10 years and have an 8-year-old daughter…
The Strange Case of Angelica – Manoel de Oliveira
Set in the 1950s, a photographer is asked by hotel owners to take portraits of their recently deceased daughter…
