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It has been a particularly long wait for Anderson, who was due to present his latest quirky bauble, "The French Dispatch", at last year´s festival.įilmed in Angouleme in southwest France, it was clearly worth waiting for a proper Gallic launch, and could bring a multitude of stars to the red carpet, with Anderson regulars such as Bill Murray and Adrien Brody joined by new additions including Timothee Chalamet, Benicio Del Toro and France´s own Lea Seydoux. Verhoeven, meanwhile, promises a touch of scandal on the Croisette with his entry, "Benedetta", about a lesbian nun in a 17th century Italian convent - solid ground for the Dutch filmmaker who has often married art and salaciousness with movies like "Basic Instinct", "Showgirls" and "Elle".
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The opening film was already known: "Annette" is the first in a decade from French arthouse darling Carax, and his first in English, starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard as a celebrity couple awaiting a mysterious child. They will face a jury headed by US director Spike Lee, who was set to preside in 2020 before the festival was cancelled by the pandemic.
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Iran´s two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi will also return with "A Hero", while Russia´s renowned director Kirill Serebrennikov - who has lately faced significant pressure from authorities - will be in competition with "Petrov´s Flu". One silver lining from all the disruption of the past year has been a backlog of cinematic gold that gave organisers some 2,000 films to wade through as they made their selection for the 74th edition of the world´s leading film shindig.Īnother past Palme winner returning to the Croisette is Thailand´s Apichatpong Weerasethakul with his first English-language film "Memoria", starring Tilda Swinton. They join three big auteurs that had already been announced: Wes Anderson ("The French Dispatch"), Paul Verhoeven ("Benedetta") and Leos Carax ("Annette"). PARIS: A rich crop of past Palme d´Or winners and arthouse favourites are set to return to the Cannes Film Festival in July as organisers announced a bumper selection for its competition on Thursday.Īmong the 24 directors whose films are heading to the Cote d´Azur for July 6-17 are Sean Penn for his new film "Flag Day", Italy´s Nanni Moretti (winner in 2001) with "Tre Piani" and France´s Jacques Audiard (winner in 2015) with "Les Oympiades".