The Most Anticipated Movies of Cannes 2021
Since the official selection, competing for the Palme d’Or was announced, we are going to refer the movies that we found more interesting and we predict that they can win the first prize. We excluded Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch”, since this movie will be one of the most discussed movies of the year.
Annette
Director: Leos Carax
Previous work: Holy Motors (2012), Les amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)
Duration: 2h 19 min Genre: Musical, Drama
Production Countrie(s): France, Germany, Belgium
Cast: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg
Plot: The film tells the story of a provocative stand-up comedian (Adam Driver) and his wife, a world-famous soprano (Marion Cotillard). Their glamorous life takes an unexpected turn when their daughter Annette is born, a girl with a unique gift.
Why it might be interesting: We want to see the screen chemistry between Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard
Benedetta
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Previous work: Total Recall (1990), Basic Instict (1992), Elle (2021)
Duration: – Genre: Drama
Production Countrie(s): France, Netherlands
Cast: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Lambert Wilson, Dapnhe Patakia
Plot: Based on a novel, the movie is about a nun in 17th-century Italy that suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.
Why it might be interesting: For the return of Paul Verhoeven after a five-year abesence.
Titane
Director: Julia Ducournau
Previous work: Raw (2016)
Duration: 1h 48 min Genre: Thriller
Production Countrie(s): Belgium, France
Cast: Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier
Plot: A metal, highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys often used in medical prostheses due to pronounced biocompatibility.
Why it might be interesting: Because Ducournau’s “Raw” was exceptional and Vincent Lindon is a great actor.
Trailer: Not available yet
Bergman Island
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Previous work: L’avenir (2016), Un amour de jeunesse (2011)
Duration: 1h 52 min Genre: Drama
Production Countrie(s): Brazil, France, Germany, Mexico
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps
Plot: An American filmmaking couple moves to the island for the summer to each write screenplays in an act of pilgrimage to the place that inspired Bergman. As their screenplays advance, the lines between reality and fiction start to blur against the backdrop of the Island’s wild landscape.
Why it might be interesting: It’s a very promising scenario with great actors such as Vicky Krieps and Tim Roth.
Les Olympiades (a.k.a. Paris, 13th District)
Director: Jacques Audiard
Previous work: The Sister Brothers (2018), Dheepan (2015)
Duration: 1h 52 min Genre: Drama
Production Countrie(s): France
Cast: Noémie Merlant, Jehnny Beth
Plot: The movies is about a love square. Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy – They’re friends, sometimes lovers and often both.
Why it might be interesting: How Jacques Audiard will present the story and his collaboration with Celine Sciamma on the screenplay.
France
Director: Bruno Dumont
Previous work: Twentynine Palms (2003)
Duration: – Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Production Countrie(s): France, Italy, Germany, Belgium
Cast: Léa Seydoux, Juliane Köhler
Plot: A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.
Why it might be interesting: It seems Lea Seydox’s most interesting film in Cannes.
Trailer: Not available yet
Three Floors (Tre piani)
Director: Nanni Moretti
Previous work: La stanza del figlio (2001)
Duration: – Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production Countrie(s): Italy, France
Cast: Anna Bonaiuto, Riccardo Scamarcio, Alba Rohrwacher
Plot: The story of three families living in three apartments in the same bourgeois condominium.
Why it might be interesting: Because it’s a typical Italian comedy-drama movie!
Other movies include: the australian drama-thriller “Nitram” directed Justin Kurzel, starring Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis and Essie Davis, Sean Penn’s “Flag Day” starring himself, Josh Brolin and Miles Teller, “The Worst Person in the World ” directed by Joachim Trier, Francois Ozon’s “Everything Went Fine” and “The Story of My Wife” directed by Ildikó Enyedi, starring Lea Seydoyx and Louis Garrel.
The 74th annual Cannes Film Festival is scheduled to take place from 6 to 17 July 2021, In March 2021, American director Spike Lee was invited to be the head of the jury for the festival for a second time
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