Watch the men row.
After Rahim, the indebted Iranian of Asghar Farhadi (
A hero
), Cannes welcomes another loser more shabby than magnificent.
Mikey, the protagonist of
Red Rocket
, of the American Sean Baker, has everything to please in the kind of confusing nest.
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We discover him when he gets off the bus, back in Texas City, his hometown, 40 years old, 22 dollars in his pocket and his face bruised.
Surprise.
His wife and stepmother did not expect to see him again.
He ends up convincing them to let him squat on the sofa for rent.
He undertakes to find a job.
On his CV, his last job dates back seventeen years.
A hell of a hole in his career.
He prefers to play honesty with potential employers: he was a pornstar in California.
Being sincere is not necessarily an asset.
He is told that he is overqualified for the job.
We will have to wait for the last scene and the unveiling of his anatomy to see that the argument was not completely inadmissible.
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