The films of French directors Claire Denis, François Ozon and Rithy Panh are part of the official selection of the Berlinale 2022, the organizers announced on Wednesday.
The film festival will be held from February 10 to 16 with limited gauges, push for the Omicron variant requires, after a 2021 edition entirely online.
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“
The films are, like every year, a good description of the world in its current state of change, but also of how the world was before and how it should and could be
,” noted during the presentation the artistic director of the festival, Carlo Chatrian. Claire Denis will be competing for the first time to win the Golden Bear. His film,
Avec amour et acharnement
, is an adaptation of
A turning point in life
, by Christine Angot, co-screenwriter of the film in which Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon notably play. François Ozon will open the festival on February 10 with
Peter von Kant
, a “free” adaptation, with Isabelle Adjani, of the film by German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
.
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The Franco-Cambodian director Rithy Panh will offer him
Everything will be ok
, an "
apocalyptic moral tale
", according to Mr. Chatrian.
Korean director Hong Sangsoo (
The Novelist's film
), Frenchman Mikhaël Hers (
Passengers of the Night
, with Charlotte Gainsbourg) and Italian Paolo Taviani, author without his brother Vittorio by
Leonora Addio
, are also part of the selection. official.
“
More than half of the films selected take place in the current era, but only two of them deal with the pandemic
”, noted Carlo Chatrian.
“
Human and emotional connections are the common thread, with half of the selection choosing family as the context for their stories
,” he explained, adding that “
almost all the films are set outside city centers
”, rather on the “
outskirts or in the countryside.
»
Isabelle Huppert, Honorary Golden Bear
In addition to the official competition, the Berlinale offers parallel selections in which new films by Quentin Dupieux (
Incredible but true
, with Alain Chabat and Léa Drucker) and the master of the Italian "giallo" Dario Argento (
Dark Glasses
, with his daughter, Asia).
French actress Isabelle Huppert will receive an honorary Golden Bear for her entire career.
Unlike the last editions of the Venice and Cannes festivals, which had programmed major American productions such as
Dune
, by Denis Villeneuve, and
The French Dispatch,
by Wes Anderson, this 72nd edition of the Berlinale did not make the same bet destined to mobilize American studios.
The Berlinale, however, takes a step towards a return to normal with this edition in public, when the American film festival of Sundance starts on Thursday in virtual.
The Cannes festival, which will be held again in May and no longer in July as in 2021, should also return to its traditional operation.
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