The films made by Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater and Ari Aster are among the 19 films that will participate in the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Festival of this year, the event organizers announced on Thursday at a press conference.
The 78th edition of the Festival, which opens on May 13 and takes place until May 24, will also set the first to “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning”, the eighth film of the Action series with Tom Cruise, playing in an off -competition place.
Linklater’s film, “New Wave”, concerns the production of Jean-Luc Godard’s classic in 1960 “Breathless”, a seminal image of the French New Wave film movement.
The other films of American directors appearing in competition are “The Phoenic Scheme” by Anderson, with Benicio Del Toro as an eccentric businessman; Aster’s “Eddington” with Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone, and focused on an election in a small town; And “The Mastermind” by Kelly Reichardt, on an art breakage.
Julia Ducournau, whose film “Titane” won the Palme d’Or in 2021, will return to competition with “Alpha”; And Joachim Trier, who made “the worst person of the world”, a break in the same year, will present a new film, “sentimental value”.
In recent years, the Cannes competition has created a multitude of films that have experienced a prize season. Last year’s programming included “Emilia Pérez” by Jacques Audiard, “The Substance” by Coralie Fargeat and “Anora” by Sean Baker – the last of which won the Palme d’Or and the Academy Prize for this year for the best image.
A jury led by French actor Juliette Binoche will announce the winner during a ceremony on May 24.
Apart from the main competition, the section of the sidebar, known as the United States, presents the beginnings of director of two eminent actors: “Eleanor the Great” by Scarlett Johansson, in which a 90 -year -old woman moves to New York and tries to start her life again; And “Urchin” by Harris Dickinson, a drama on a homeless.
Aside from the main competition and the UN with a certain respect, the festival also has special projections, out -of -competition slots and a section called Cannes Premiere. Certain notable films playing in these categories include “Private View”, directed by Rebecca Zlotowski and with Jodie Foster in her first role of French language for more than two decades; “Reduition stories”, based on the famous ONE-Man stage show by Bono; And “the disappearance of Josef Mengele”, by the Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov.
The honorary golden palm, given each year to recognize a contribution to the cinema, will go to Robert de Niro. The actor made his head in two former Palme d’Or winners: “Taxi Driver” by Martin Scorsese, who won the main prize in 1976; And “The Mission” by Roland Joffé, who triumphed in 1986.
