List of 5 things to look forward to at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, besides the movies and stars, New York Times Bringing in current affairs: debates from the real world.
"When the red carpet rolls out from the Palais des Festivals on Tuesday (May 14), the 77th Cannes Film Festival will take place against a backdrop of war, protests, potential strikes and a rapidly growing #MeToo upheaval in France, which has seen years of resistance to the movement.
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Cannes's glamour amid the turmoil of the times
This year, Cannes is facing two potential disruptions.
One is a strike by festival workers who complain that the work is short-term and makes them ineligible for unemployment benefits.
And secondly, the French film industry is reckoning with its own #MeToo movement, with more allegations rumored to surface during the festival.
French actress and director Judith Godrèche brings her short film "Moi Aussi" (Me Too) attend Cannes.
Godrèche herself recently accused director Benoît Jacquot of sexually assaulting her when she was 14, and accused director Jacques Doillon of sexually assaulting her twice.
Both men denied the charges.
Short film screening "Hello Aussi" will take place in the Un Certain Regard category on May 15.
Stars and new discoveries
Cannes will still be as grand and glamorous as every year with the appearance of top films and movie stars.
That is the director of "The Godfather" Francis Ford Coppola returns with "Megalopolis" . The film stars Adam Driver as a talented architect determined to rebuild a city after it is destroyed.
This film was self-funded by Coppola with a budget of up to 120 million USD.
The biggest blockbuster debuting at Cannes this year is George Miller's "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga," the sequel to 2015's Oscar-winning "Mad Max: Fury Road."
Playing Furiosa is the new generation muse of world cinema, Anya Taylor-Joy. She is expected to make an impressive appearance on the red carpet of the film's premiere in Cannes.
The entertainment element at Cannes is always very strong, so the film about former US President Donald Trump is very notable: "The Apprentice" by director Ali Abbasi.
Sebastian Stan plays a young Donald J. Trump, Maria Bakalova plays his first wife Ivana and "Succession" star Jeremy Strong plays Cohn, Trump's adviser.
The film is in the Palme d'Or competition and will also attract a lot of media and public attention.
Besides, Cannes always does a good job of discovering and introducing new film talents or new works from veteran directors.
This year, familiar Cannes directors brought films such as "Kinds of Kindness" (Yorgos Lanthimos), "Bird" (Andrea Arnold), "Anora" (Sean Baker), "Oh, Canada" (Paul Schrader)...
Vietnamese people go to Cannes to buy and sell movies
According to Variety, Vietnam's Skyline Media has successfully closed film distribution deals in several Southeast Asian countries ahead of Cannes this year. The company is also preparing for deals at Cannes.
The movie "The Soul Reaper" - after being shown in Busan (South Korea), Myanmar and Taiwan - was purchased by Netflix for distribution in 11 countries and territories in East Asia.
The movie "Con Cam" was also purchased and distributed by Moviecloud Company in Taiwan and purchased and distributed by Westec Media Company in Laos and Cambodia.
"With Vietnamese films, our main goal is to reach local audiences in each market through a general approach, not just the Vietnamese community," said Ms. Hang Trinh, CEO of Skyline Media.
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