Here is another batch of posters from Cannes - including the controversial short film collection found in Destricted, Giuseppe Tornatore's (Cinema Paradiso) upcoming project,...
District B13 is one of the most entertaining films ever made. It’s an action movie that takes place in France circa 2010 where a wall (circa John Carpenter’s Escape from New York) has been built around the city’s most dangerous ghetto, District B13. When a nuclear weapon (a ‘clean bomb’ with the unique feature of detonating without leaving a radioactive fallout cloud) falls into the hands of the B13’s crime syndicate, Damien (Cyril Raffaelli), a cop with nearly super-human athletic ability must infiltrate B13 and defuse the bomb. He is partnered with Leito (David Belle), a convict with even more super-human like athletic ability, a one time citizen of B13 whose goal is to rescue his sister who has been kidnapped by B13’s boss criminal.
I had my reservations about it specially since I wasn't a big fan of "Hedwig" but to watch it with more than 2000 thousand people at the most prestigious festival was quite a treat. The sex at first was shocking and draw giggles from the audience but after the film’s final credits rolled up one notices that it wasn’t the vulnerability of naked bodies but the honesty of the character that makes one care. It got a standing ovation from audience. It's a daring peace of work of art. I'm wondering what John Cameron Mitchell is up to next. The "actors" are quite good and go on having careers with the worst behind them.