One month before the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which is due to take place from May 17 to 28, speculation is rife regarding the official selection presented this Thursday in Paris by Thierry Frémaux.
The latest rumour?
A feature film made on the sly by David Lynch and featuring one of his favorite actresses, Laura Dern, could open the event on Tuesday May 17.
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We owe this revelation to
Variety
who would hold it from
“two well-informed sources”
.
This feature film would therefore feature actress Laura Dern
“either as a cameo or as a supporting role”
, specifies the magazine.
The 55-year-old actress knows the director well.
She has already made several feature films under his orders, from
Blue Velvet
(1986),
Sailor and Lula
(1990) with Nicolas Cage (Palme d'Or in 1990) to
Inland Empire
(2006).
The cast would also be completed by
“several regular collaborators”
of David Lynch, reports the American media.
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Two scenarios are also possible as to the exact content of this film.
Is it new and produced on the sly?
Or is it the pilot episode of
Wisteria
, the new drama series that the 76-year-old filmmaker is preparing for the Netflix streaming platform.
In the case of the second option, we would then find the actress Naomi Watts on the red carpet.
She is part of this series project, having co-starred twenty years ago with Laura Haring in
Mulholland Drive
.
Ordered in 2020, the
Wisteria
project would have been hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
But not buried.
Laura Dern would also appear in the credits of Wisteria.
CQFD?
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A few days before the announcement of the official selection, other prestigious names are circulating.
Thus we evoke
Crimes of the Future
by David Cronenberg with the French actress Léa Seydoux, as well as Kristen Stewart and Viggo Mortenson.
George Miller's new film,
Three Thousand Years of Longing,
which stars Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba could also be presented on the Croisette.
Just like
Showing Up
, the latest production from director Kelly Reichardt, starring Michelle Williams.
A program that would be completed, according to
Variety
, by the film
The Five Devils
by Léa Mysius with Adèle Exarchopoulos, as well as
Tchaikovsky's wife
by Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, who would have been added to the competition at the last moment.
Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda
's feature film
Broker , which won the Palme d'Or in 2018 for
A Family Affair
, could also be hosted at Cannes.
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For certain cinematographic productions, the situation has, however, become clearer.
The Cannes Film Festival has already confirmed that the film
Top Gun: Maverick
, which stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller and Jennifer Connelly, will have its world premiere, accompanied by the musical drama
Elvis
from director Baz Luhrmann, with Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge and Austin Butler.
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Other questions remain unanswered, in particular that of the identity of the person who will chair the jury and will therefore succeed Spike Lee.
Several personalities are approached to embody this role.
Among the first names comes that of Asghar Farhadi.
But the recent accusation of plagiarism for his film
A hero
, could harm the Iranian director, Grand Prix de Cannes in 2021.
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Thierry Frémaux, the artistic director and general delegate of Cannes would pinch for the Spanish actress Pénélope Cruz.
But this one could be in competition with the feature film
L'immensità
by Emanuele Crialese.
The French actress Marion Cotillard would also have been approached to take on the role of president, but the latter appears in the casting of the film
Brother and sister
of Arnaud Desplechin, which could also be in selection.
Answer to all these questions, this Thursday around noon.