On a day dedicated above all to cinephiles, the great return out of competition of one of the mainstream authors that Cannes has consecrated over the years by creating the glory of "Mad Max" on the Croisette, George Miller, stands out.
Two films in competition:
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BOY FROM HEAVEN
by Tarik Saleh with Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri.
Morocco- France.
IN COMPETITION.
Thanks to the sacrifices of his parents, poor fishermen, Adam is admitted to the prestigious Sunni university in Cairo.
But on that very day the Great Imam who controls the entire community dies and Adam ends up in the trap of power games for succession.
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FRERE ET SOEUR
by Arnaud Desplechin with Marion Cotillard, Pamela Démal, Golshifteh Farahani.
France, IN COMPETITION.
On the death of their parents, Alice and Louis, brother and sister, divided by twenty years of hatred, are forced to see each other and talk to each other.
She is an actress, he is a professor and a poet: two universes as close as they are close to the final battle.
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THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING
by George Miller with Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Kaan Guldur.
Australia, OUT OF COMPETITION.
Her name is Alithea Binnie and she has made her skepticism her flag.
When a genie of the lamp offers her the choice of her among three wishes of her, the woman (shrewd and well aware that these stories always end badly) does not listen to her genius who, however, moves her with the sad story of her life. .
Alithea will eventually formulate a wish in turn…
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LA NUIT DU 12
by Dominik Moll with Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Johann Dionnet.
France, OUT OF COMPETITION.
Every policeman carries the burden of an unsolved case on his shoulders.
For Yohan it is the murder of Clara: witnesses abound, truths contradict each other.
Only one fact seems certain, the murder took place on the night of the 12th. As happens more and more often in the director's films, the truth is hidden in the obvious.
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MI PAIS IMAGINARIO
by Patricio Guzman.
Chile, OUT OF COMPETITION.
Many years have passed since 1973 when Chile rebelled against the dictatorship and was silenced.
Now, in the year 2019, the squares are once again filled with the cry "give us back our dignity and a new constitution".
This is the story of a peaceful revolution.
- CORSAGE
by Marie Kreutzer with Marie Kreutzer with Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister.
A CERTAIN REGARD.
Relives the myth of the beautiful Sissi, empress of Austria, unhappy wife of Franz Joseph, rebellious soul at the Habsburg court.
And this time she is a woman who tells the unhappiness that connotes an era and the life of a princess too young for the Court.
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THE STRANGER
by Thomas M. Wright with Sean Harris, Joel Edgerton, Ewen Leslie.
A CERTAIN REGARD.
They meet seemingly by chance and become friends with Henry et Mark.
But what one doesn't know is that the other is an undercover cop tasked with making his new friend confess and thus solving an unsolved murder case.
With the weapons of noir a lost friendship is told.
by Mia Hansen Love with Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud.
QUINZAINE DES REALISATEURS.
For Sandra, a single mother and a lonely woman, the real battle for survival consists in having her father, gravely ill and unruly of medicine, be treated.
Just then Sandra finds a friend she believed lost forever, Clement: her life is about to change.
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EL AGUA
by Elena Lopez Riera with Lunas Pamiés, Bárbara Lennie, Alberto Olmo, Nieve de Medina, Irene Pellicer.
QUINZAINE DES REALISATEURS.
In a hot summer, threatened by the expectation of a storm that could flood their country, Ana and José live a love story that may have no future.
In fact, a popular legend says that some women of the village will not survive the fury of the storm.
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DALVA
by Emmanuelle Macot with Zelda Samson, Alexis Manenti, Fanta Guirassy.
SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE.
She is only 12 the teenager Dalva who dresses like a woman, she thinks she seduces like a woman, but she is just a little girl.
When she is taken away from her father's home, she ends up in an institution where the educator Jayden and her roommate, Samia, seem to restore her age and dreams.
Will it be just a brief illusion?
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GOUTTE D'OR
by Clement Cogitore with Karim Leklou, Yilin Yang.
SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE.
Thirty-year-old Ramsès has carved out his comfortable niche in the shadow of a trendy Parisian club.
As long as the children of a malaise that France cannot cure arrive from Tangier, emigrants: parched, angry, uncontrollable.
Ramsès will pay the price.