Die My Love and Nouvelle Vague
COMPÉTITION (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
EDDINGTON by ARI ASTER at 8:30 (runtime 2h25)
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico. LA PETITE DERNIÈRE by HAFSIA HERZI at 11:45 (runtime 1h46)
Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, makes friends, and explores a whole new world, all while confronting a timeless and heartrending dilemma: How can one stay true to oneself when reconciling different parts of one’s identity feels impossible?
RENOIR by HAYAKAWA CHIE at 15:00 (runtime 1h56)
Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki’s father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world…
NOUVELLE VAGUE (NEW WAVE) by RICHARD LINKLATER at 18:00 (runtime 1h45)
This is the story of Godard making “Breathless”, told in the style and spirit in which Godard made “Breathless”.
DIE MY LOVE by LYNNE RAMSAY at 20:45 (runtime 2h)
Love Madness Madness Love
CANNES PREMIÈRE
MARCEL ET MONSIEUR PAGNOL (A MAGNIFICENT LIFE)bySYLVAIN CHOMET at 18:45 (runtime 1h30)
At the height of his glory, Marcel Pagnol receives a commission from the editor-in-chief of a major women’s magazine to write a literary serial, in which he can recount his childhood, his Provence, and his first loves. As he writes the first pages, the child he once was, little Marcel, suddenly comes to life. Thus, his memories resurface through the words: the advent of sound cinema, the first major film studio, his affection for the actors, the experience of writing. The greatest storyteller of all time then becomes the hero of his own story
ORWELL : 2+2=5 byRAOUL PECK at 19:45 (runtime 1h59)
1949. George Orwell finishes what will be his last but most important novel, 1984. ORWELL: 2+2=5 delves deep into Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece… Doublethink, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, the omnipresent spectre of Big Brother… disturbing socio-political truths which resonate ever-more powerfully today.
LE ROI SOLEIL byVINCENT MAËL CARDONA at 23:30 (runtime 1h55)
In a shabby bar outside Paris, in the early hours of the morning, a few customers are having a last drink or a first coffee, when out of nowhere one of the regulars wins the €294 million lottery. But another customer decides otherwise: a gun is drawn, shots are fired and the winner collapses, leaving the ticket ownerless. The remaining customers lock themselves behind closed doors, and see an opportunity to concoct the perfect story to cover up the crime, then all walk away millionaires. But as unforeseen events conspire against them, their temptation sends them all on a bloody downward spiral.
UN CERTAIN REGARD (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
URCHIN byHARRIS DICKINSON at 11:00 (runtime 1h39)
The story follows Mike, a rough sleeper in London, trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Raw and absurd, the film is a story about the strange patterns that keep pulling us back.
O RISO E A FACA (LE REPOS SOUS L’ORAGE / I ONLY REST IN THE STORM)byPEDRO PINHO at 13:30 (runtime 3h31)
Sergio, a Portuguese environmental engineer, travels to Guinea Bissau to conduct an impact report for a road-building project. As he grapples with heat and isolation, he meets Diara and Guillermhe—two locals equally yearning to find their own way. But as tensions arise within their ambiguous relationship and as Sergio understands the capitalist and post-colonial dynamics at play around his mission, they each have to confront how their identities shape them in a globalized world.
CANNES CLASSICS (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
GEHENU LAMAI (THE GIRLS) bySUMITRA PERIES at 16:00 (runtime 1h50)
Set in rural Sri Lanka, Sumitra Peries’ debut film is a delicate, poetic film that tells the heartbreaking tale of two sisters whose dreams and aspirations come to nought in the face of insurmountable class barriers. Kusum, a dutiful girl falls in love with Nimal, an upper class boy, in whose house she works. Nimal’s mother is outraged when she finds out about the relationship as Kusum belongs to a lower class and sacks her, leading to Kusum breaking off all contact with Nimal. Her happy-go-lucky sister Soma’s dreams of becoming a beauty queen are shattered when she becomes pregnant and has an illegitimate child. The film is a lyrical exploration of the end of innocence and romantic dreams of two young girls crushed by the heavy hand of tradition and patriarchy.
I LOVE PERU byRAPHAËL QUENARD & HUGO DAVID at 17:00 (runtime 1h08)
In the relentless pursuit of success, a quirky actor leaves behind his closest allies. Alone facing himself, he is struck by a disturbing vision. Off to Peru for a spiritual journey.
THE ARCH (L’ARCHE)byT’ANG SHUSHUEN at 19:00 (runtime 1h35)
Premiered at the 1968 San Francisco Film Festival, The Arch was one of the earliest art-house films and independent productions from Hong Kong. Adapting a Chinese folktale about a widow torn between her amorous desires and moral obligations, the film examines gender roles in traditional Chinese society, where such plight has rarely been confronted openly. Madam Tung (Lisa Lu), a devoted widow, is to be honoured by the court with the establishment of a chastity archway in her name. However, she finds herself developing feelings for Captain Yang (Roy Chiao), who is staying in her study, for whom her daughter (Hilda Chou) also harbours affection.
MY MOM JAYNE: A FILM BY MARISKA HARGITAYbyMARISKA HARGITAY at 21:15 (runtime 1h46)
Mariska Hargitay was just three years old when her mother, Hollywood legend Jayne Mansfield, tragically passed away in a car accident with Mariska in the back seat. “My Mom Jayne” follows Mariska Hargitay as she searches for answers about her mother—the icon illuminated by flashbulbs, the artist, the mom she never knew. Through deeply personal interviews with family and friends and a vast array of never-before-seen photos and home movies, we discover with Mariska who Jayne was, not just to the public but to those who were closest to her.
SÉANCES DU LENDEMAIN (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
L’INCONNU DE LA GRANDE ARCHE (THE GREAT ARCH) by STÉPHANE DEMOUSTIER at 8:30 (runtime 1h45)
1982. French President François Mitterrand decides to launch an international architectural competition for the flagship project of his mandate: the Great Arch of La Défense, aligned with the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe. Against all odds, Otto von Spreckelsen, a Danish architect, wins the competition. Overnight, this 53-year-old man, unknown in France, arrives in Paris where he is propelled at the helm of this pharaonic project. While the architect intends to build the Great Arch exactly as he envisioned, his ideas quickly clash with realistic constraints and the vicissitudes of politics.
LA PETITE DERNIÈRE by HAFSIA HERZI at 8:30 (runtime 1h46)
Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, makes friends, and explores a whole new world, all while confronting a timeless and heartrending dilemma: How can one stay true to oneself when reconciling different parts of one’s identity feels impossible?
EDDINGTON by ARI ASTERat 12:30 (runtime 2h25)
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER by KRISTEN STEWARTat 13:00 (runtime 1h30)
Brought up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, Lidia Yuknavitch seemed destined for self-destruction and failure until words offered her unexpected freedom in the form of literature. The Chronology of Water, adapted from Yuknavitch’s autobiographical bestseller, follows Lidia’s journey to find her own voice in an exploration of how trauma can be transformed into art through re-possessing our own bloody histories, particularly those uniquely experienced by the bodies of women and girls.
THE PLAGUE by CHARLIE POLINGER at 20:00 (runtime 1h35)
At an all-boys water polo camp, a socially anxious twelve-year-old is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness they call “The Plague.” But as the lines between game and reality blur, he fears the joke might be hiding something real.
LA OLA (LA VAGUE / THE WAVE) by SEBASTIÁN LELIO at 21:00 (runtime 2h09)
Waves of change erupt on campus, and among the occupations and rallies is Julia, a music student who joins the cause to denounce the harassment and abuse they’ve endured for far too long. But as she sings and dances to the rhythm of the chants, an unresolved episode haunts her: a confusing encounter with Max, her voice teacher’s assistant. What happened that night? Was it just another date? Did she say yes? Or was it something much worse? Swept up in the collective euphoria and her own ghosts, Julia becomes the heart of the movement. Her testimony, intimate and complex, becomes a wave that pushes, shakes and disrupts a polarized society.
Director’s Fortnight
LA DANSE DES RENARDS (WILD FOXES) by VALÉRY CARNOY at 18:45 and 14:45 (runtime 1h31)
Barely saved from a fatal accident by his best friend, Camille, a talented boxer at a sports boarding school, makes a fast recovery; however, a mysterious pain still lingers and gradually consumes him. This new pain now threatens his relationships and his dreams of the future.
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE (MAMLAKET AL-QASAB) by HASAN HADI at 11:30 (runtime 1h42)
Nine-year-old Lamia lives in Saddam’s Iraq, where people struggle to survive daily. To avoid consequences such as death, Limia must forage for ingredients to bake a mandatory cake to celebrate President Saddam Hussein’s birthday.
MIROIRS No. 3 (MIRRORS No. 3) by CHRISTIAN PETZOLD at 11:45 and 17:30 (runtime 1h35)
A fatal and tragic car accident causes the reshaping of a young music student’s future.
DANGEROUS ANIMALS BY SEAN BERN at 20:30 (runtime 1h55
Held captive on a boat by a shark-obsessed serial killer, Zephyr will soon be part of a ritualistic feeding of the sharks unless she can escape.
QUE MA VOLONTÉ SOIT FAITE (HER WILL BE DONE) by JULIA KOWALSK at 22:30 (runtime 1h05)
Certain that she has been afflicted with a strange hereditary curse while battling a monstrous desire, Nawojka will attempt to escape these shackles with the help of her newly returned neighbor, Sandra.
De La Critique
KIKA by ALEXE POUKINE at 8:45 (runtime 1h50)
The abrupt death of her partner while pregnant with a second child leaves Kika heartbroken and destitute. Through this traumatic experience, her priorities are set straight, and she must continue to fight and make money as fast as she can.
PEE CHAI DAI KA (A USEFUL GHOST / UN FANTÔME UTILE) by RATCHAPOOM BOONBUNCHACHOKE at 11:30 and 17:30 (runtime 2h10)
March is filled with grief after Nat dies tragically from dust pollution. However, when he realizes that his wife has been reincarnated as a vacuum cleaner, their bond grows stronger, and his life is turned upside down.
DES PREUVES D’AMOUR (LOVE LETTERS) by ALICE DOUARD at 14:45 and 21:00 (runtime 1h37)
Expecting her firstborn from her wife Nadia, Celine searches for a sense of legitimacy under the lens of her mother, friends, and the law.
REPRISE DE LA SÉLECTION (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
LA PETITE DERNIÈRE by HAFSIA HERZI at 8:45 (runtime 1h46)
Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, makes friends, and explores a whole new world, all while confronting a timeless and heartrending dilemma: How can one stay true to oneself when reconciling different parts of one’s identity feels impossible?
A PALE VIEW OF HILLS by KEI ISHIKAWA at 8:45 (runtime 2h03)
In 1982, UK. An aspiring Japanese-British writer plans to write a book based on her mother Etsuko’s post-war experiences in Nagasaki. Etsuko, haunted by the suicide of her older daughter, begins to recount her memories from 1952 as a young mother-to-be. Her story begins with her encounter with Sachiko, who was full of hope about starting a new life abroad, and her young daughter Mariko, who constantly spoke of an eerie woman. The writer finds something at odds as she confronts the mementos of her mother’s Nagasaki years, as well as the memories Etsuko shares with her.
TWO PROSECUTORS by SERGEI LOZNITSA at 9:15 (runtime 1h58)
Soviet Union, 1937. Thousands of letters from detainees falsely accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Against all odds, one of them reaches its destination, upon the desk of the newly appointed local prosecutor, Alexander Kornev. Kornev does his utmost to meet the prisoner, a victim of corrupt agents of the secret police, the NKVD. A dedicated Bolshevik of integrity, the young prosecutor suspects foul play. His quest for justice will take him all the way to the office of the Attorney General in Moscow. In the age of the great Stalinist purges, this is the plunge of a man into the corridors of a totalitarian regime that does not bear said name.
ARCO by UGO BIENVENU at 9:15 (runtime 1h22)
In 2075, a ten year old girl, Iris, witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. It’s Arco. He comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible. Iris shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his time.
EDDINGTON by ARI ASTER at 11:00 (runtime 2h25)
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico. LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO by DIEGO CÉSPEDES at 11:15 (runtime 1h44)
1982. Eleven-year-old Lidia lives with her beloved queer family in a desert mining town in northern Chile. As an unknown and deadly disease begins to spread, legend has it that it is transmitted between two men, through a simple glance, when they fall in love. While people are accusing her family, Lidia must find out whether this myth is real or not.
LA OLA by SEBASTIÁN LELIO at 11:15 (runtime 2h09)
Waves of change erupt on campus, and among the occupations and rallies is Julia, a music student who joins the cause to denounce the harassment and abuse they’ve endured for far too long. But as she sings and dances to the rhythm of the chants, an unresolved episode haunts her: a confusing encounter with Max, her voice teacher’s assistant. What happened that night? Was it just another date? Did she say yes? Or was it something much worse? Swept up in the collective euphoria and her own ghosts, Julia becomes the heart of the movement. Her testimony, intimate and complex, becomes a wave that pushes, shakes and disrupts a polarized society.
SOUND OF FALLING by MASCHA SCHILINSKI at 11:45 (runtime 2h29)
Four girls, Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka, each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. As the home evolves over a century, echoes of the past linger in its walls. Though separated by time, their lives begin to mirror each other.
DOSSIER 137 by DOMINIK MOLL at 13:30 (runtime 1h55)
Stéphanie, a police officer working for Internal Affairs, is assigned to a case involving a young man severely wounded during a tense and chaotic demonstration in Paris. While she finds no evidence of illegitimate police violence, the case takes a personal turn when she discovers the victim is from her hometown.
SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT by JUNO MAK at 14:00 (runtime 2h12)
Set in a snow-struck and surreal Hongkong, the film opens with gunmen aimlessly shooting in the over-crowded neon-lit downtown area. A series of seeming accidents lead to with the chairman of a pharmaceutical group, and secretive god father of illegal drug trade, killed in an explosion of the hospital he was detained. The city is in chaos, the police paralysed and the family businesses in turmoil. The youngest son, determined to break from the family’s disreputable past, will be the natural successor only if his fugitive elder brother and his deceased father’s followers present no hurdles. The film’s Chinese title, Feng (Wind) Lin (Forrest) Huo (Fire) Shan (Mountain) originates from the military classic, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. In Sons of the Neon Night, family is the ultimate battlefield.
BONO: STORIES OF SURRENDER by ANDREW DOMINIK at 14:00 (runtime 1h27)
“Bono: Stories of Surrender” is a vivid reimagining of Bono’s critically acclaimed one-man stage show, “Stories of Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief…” As he pulls back the curtain on a remarkable life and the family, friends and faith that have challenged and sustained him, he also reveals personal stories about his journey as a son, father, husband, activist and rock star. Along with never-before-seen, exclusive footage from the tour, the film features Bono performing many of the iconic U2 songs that have shaped his life and legacy.
AMRUM by FATIH AKIN at 14:45 (runtime 1h33)
Amrum Island, Spring 1945. In the final days of the war, 12-year-old Nanning braves the treacherous sea to hunt seals, goes fishing at night, and works the nearby farm to help his mother feed the family. Despite the hardship, life on the beautiful, windswept island almost feels like paradise. But when peace finally comes, it reveals a deeper threat: the enemy is far closer than he imagined.
L’INCONNU DE LA GRANDE ARCHE by STÉPHANE DEMOUSTIER at 16:00 (runtime 1h45)
1982. French President François Mitterrand decides to launch an international architectural competition for the flagship project of his mandate: the Great Arch of La Défense, aligned with the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe. Against all odds, Otto von Spreckelsen, a Danish architect, wins the competition. Overnight, this 53-year-old man, unknown in France, arrives in Paris where he is propelled at the helm of this pharaonic project. While the architect intends to build the Great Arch exactly as he envisioned, his ideas quickly clash with realistic constraints and the vicissitudes of politics.
SIRÂT by OLIVER LAXE at 16:00 (runtime 2h)
A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They’re searching for Mar — daughter and sister — who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading but they push through and follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert. As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits.
THE PLAGUE by CHARLIE POLINGER at 16:30 (runtime 1h35)
At an all-boys water polo camp, a socially anxious twelve-year-old is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness they call “The Plague.” But as the lines between game and reality blur, he fears the joke might be hiding something real.
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER by KRISTEN STEWART at 6:45 (runtime 1h30)
Brought up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, Lidia Yuknavitch seemed destined for self-destruction and failure until words offered her unexpected freedom in the form of literature. The Chronology of Water, adapted from Yuknavitch’s autobiographical bestseller, follows Lidia’s journey to find her own voice in an exploration of how trauma can be transformed into art through re-possessing our own bloody histories, particularly those uniquely experienced by the bodies of women and girls.
DALLOWAY by YANN GOZLAN at 18:15 (runtime 1h50)
Clarissa, a writer lacking inspiration, joins a prestigious artist residency at the cutting edge of technology. There, she finds support—and even a confidante— in Dalloway, her virtual assistant, who helps her write. But Clarissa begins to grow uneasy with the AI’s increasingly intrusive presence, a discomfort amplified by the conspiratorial warnings of another resident. Feeling watched, Clarissa secretly embarks on an investigation to discover the true intentions of her hosts. Real threat or a paranoid delusion?
