On April 23rd local time, the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival announced the additional shortlisted films in various units, including the main competition. The previous main list was announced on April 10. It is somewhat regrettable that there are still no Chinese films in this batch of newly selected works.
In the most watched main competition unit, "Die, My Love" by British director Lynne Ramsay and "Mother and Child" by Iranian director Seyed Rustai were both shortlisted.
"Go, My Love" stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, and tells the story of a new mother's life and mental problems. The film was previously rumored to be selected for this year's Cannes Film Festival, but it did not appear in the first batch of films, probably because it had just been edited.
"Die, My Love" stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson.
Stills from "Go to hell, my love"
Lynne Ramsay is also a frequent visitor to Cannes. Her previous works, What Happened to Kevin and You Were Never Really Here, were both shortlisted for the main competition unit, and the latter even won the Best Screenplay Award. This time in Die, My Love, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson are expected to play a couple, and the two will undoubtedly add a lot of starlight to the red carpet of Cannes.
"Mother and Child" is the second work by Sayyid Rustai to be shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes.
Seyed Rustai's previous work "Gold Coins" was also shortlisted for the Cannes main competition unit. His new work "Mother and Child" focuses on the tense relationship between a single mother who wants to remarry and her adolescent son. Including the previously announced new film "Ordinary Accidents" by Jafar Panahi, this year's Cannes main competition unit has two works by Iranian directors shortlisted. Iranian films can be said to be the light of Asian films.
The Water Age is based on a memoir by Lydia Yuknavitch.
The Un Certain Regard section added four films, the most surprising of which was the first feature film directed by Kristen Stewart, a well-known Hollywood actor who had just married her girlfriend, The Chronology of Water. The film was adapted from the memoir written by Lydia Yuknavitch and tells the redemption journey of a swimmer turned artist.
Originally a relatively neglected unit compared to the main competition unit, this year the focus unit has become particularly talked about because of the debut directorial works of two Hollywood A-list actresses, Scarlett Johansson and Kristen Stewart. Whose transformation is more successful is also a major attraction.
In addition, the new film "Magellan" by the famous Philippine director Lav Diaz was shortlisted for the premiere unit; "Honey Don't!" directed by Ethan Coen, one of the Ian brothers, was shortlisted for the midnight unit. "Honey Don't!" starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, and Chris Evans tells the story of a lesbian private detective's entanglement with a suspicious religious leader and a mysterious woman.
This year's Cannes Film Festival used a double poster to pay tribute to "A Man and a Woman" directed by Claude Lelouch.
The 78th Cannes Film Festival will be held from May 13 to May 24. Famous French actress Juliette Binoche will serve as the president of the jury of the main competition unit.
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