A connoisseur assures us that there are many dogs this year in the streets of Cannes, where we regularly come across a Yorkshire Terrier wearing a Ralph Lauren cap, but particularly few on screen.
After the spaniels of Tilda Swinton, the turn of a poodle to win the prestigious reward (a collar) of the Palm Dog.
This is War Pony
's dog
.
A film selected in Un certain regard which tells the wanderings of two young natives in the United States.
Directors Riley Keough (Elvis' granddaughter) and Gina Gammell paid tribute to the
"legendary"
poodle Brittney who, not having made it to the Croisette, will have escaped the somewhat painful exercise of thanks.
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The prize for Best Sound Creation, which applies to the Un certain regard selection, went to
Corsage
, for its "
sound approach of a rare balance, restoring qualities of voice timbres, period atmospheres, degree of breathing and silences as well as musical compositions
”.
This drama by Marie Kreutzer recounts the tragic fate of Empress Sissi.
The work of composition for films is also undergoing changes today, confides the director of Sacem Patrick Sigwalt.
"
Cinema goes faster, leaves less time to develop themes, which then become identifiable.
But the younger generation of composers takes the lead, develops gimmicks with few notes and, above all, ventures into new sound textures.
»
Fantasy in Italy
How do you come to the cinema when you are not a child of the ball?
Alice Rohrwacher, young, loved many things, from literature to painting through
“landscapes”
.
She soon realizes that the big screen can accommodate all these passions, explains the director of
Happy as Lazzaro
, during a master class given in French.
Breathless
then succeeds in convincing her, showing her that a film does not have to be confined to a story.
That a realization can look like a game.
The proof on the screen: an unpublished short film by the woman who won the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2014 for
Les Merveilles
is screened in the large Debussy hall.
Children chirp between the rows.
They are the actors of the film which starts on the screen.
In
The Pupil,
Alba Rohrwacher, the director's sister, portrays a somewhat maniacal nun at the head of an orphanage for little girls.
An aristocrat asks for prayers for her husband, chimney sweeps work on the roofs, little girls hum in the hallway.
A huge cake is offered to the community.
Fantasy descends four by four the steps of the old hospice.
Let's hope that Disney, who produces this short film, will put it online on its platform.
It should be noted that many of the films presented during the festival take the family as their frame, whether present or absent, from
Little Brother
to
Leila and her brothers
in official competition, from
Alma Vivat
to
Dalva
in Critics' Week.
On the heights of Cannes, a leading actress of the 1960s advanced at the end of the morning. Michèle Mercier, who lives in the city, was expected for a tribute ceremony: the city chose to give her name to part of the vast park. Montfleury.
An evidence for the one who remains forever
Angelique, marquise of the angels
.
