(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 27 - If, despite Covid, the dates were confirmed, July 6 -17, the Cannes Film Festival 2021 would be really hot and not only for the climate, but for the abundance of stars and great authors, according to what anticipates Variety. In short, after the cancellation at the last minute of last year, a great restart is being prepared for Cannes2021, with Spike Lee as president of the jury and the opening entrusted to ANNETTE, a musical by Leos Carax with Adam Driver and MarionCotillard. Expected and discounted THE FRENCH DISPATCH by Wes Andersone TRE PIANI by Nanni Moretti, adaptation of the novel by the Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo, with Margherita Buy, Riccardo Scamarcio and Alba Rohrwacher, the play FLAG FLY by Sean Penn with his sons Dylan and Hopper would also be towards the Croisette, THEPOWER OF DOG by Jane Campion, set in Montana,story of two brothers against each other, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kristen Dunst and Paul Schrader's thriller THE CARD COUNTER, starring Oscar Isaac and Willem Dafoe. OFFICIAL COMPETITION, a comedy with Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz directed by the Argentine duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat could be, according to Variety, a leading title (also predicated at the Lido). BENEDETTA by PaulVerhoeven starring Virginie Efira in the role of a lesbian nun in Renaissance Italy and MEMORIA, the English-language debut by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul with Tilda Swinton. In predicate for the Croisette A HERO the inlingua Farsi drama by Asghar Farhadi, two-time Oscar winner, whose plot is kept secret.THE CARD COUNTER, with Oscar Isaac and Willem Dafoe. OFFICIAL COMPETITION, a comedy with Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz directed by the Argentine duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat could be, according to Variety, a leading title (also predicated at the Lido). BENEDETTA by PaulVerhoeven starring Virginie Efira in the role of a lesbian nun in Renaissance Italy and MEMORIA, the English-language debut by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul with Tilda Swinton. In predicate for the Croisette A HERO the inlingua Farsi drama by Asghar Farhadi, two-time Oscar winner, whose plot is kept secret.THE CARD COUNTER, with Oscar Isaac and Willem Dafoe. OFFICIAL COMPETITION, a comedy with Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz directed by the Argentine duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat could be, according to Variety, a leading title (also predicated at the Lido). BENEDETTA by PaulVerhoeven starring Virginie Efira in the role of a lesbian nun in Renaissance Italy and MEMORIA, the English-language debut by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul with Tilda Swinton. In predicate for the Croisette A HERO the inlingua Farsi drama by Asghar Farhadi, two-time Oscar winner, whose plot is kept secret.BENEDETTA by PaulVerhoeven starring Virginie Efira in the role of a lesbian nun in Renaissance Italy and MEMORIA, the English-language debut by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul with Tilda Swinton. In predicate for the Croisette A HERO the inlingua Farsi drama by Asghar Farhadi, two-time Oscar winner, whose plot is kept secret.BENEDETTA by PaulVerhoeven starring Virginie Efira in the role of a lesbian nun in Renaissance Italy and MEMORIA, the English-language debut by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul with Tilda Swinton. In predicate for the Croisette A HERO the inlingua Farsi drama by Asghar Farhadi, two-time Oscar winner, whose plot is kept secret.
From France there could be Jacques Audiard PARIS's black and white film, 13TH DISTRICT with the story of four young friends, sometimes lovers, and often both, Claire Deniscon FEU with Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Bercotcon DE SON VIVANT with Catherine Deneuve , Benoît Magimel and Cécilede France. This year's official selection could also boast WHERE IS ANNE FRANK, an animated feature film by Ari Folman, whose documentary Waltz With Bashir premiered in 2008. (HANDLE).