The 77th Cannes Film Festival has selected five first-time films directed by women. As well as feature films, for which actresses go behind the camera. Focus on these new talents.
By the time Thierry Frémaux and Iris Knobloch, chief delegate and president of the Cannes festival, finalize their selections, five female directors have already distinguished themselves with ambitious first films. The first to come out of the shadows is Agatha Riedinger, her film A diamond in the rough was selected in the official competition and thus met such giants as Francis Ford Coppola, David Cronenberg, Jacques Audiard, Yorgos Lanthimos and Paolo Sorrentino. Thierry Frémaux, who describes the young director as “the Dardenne brothers’ little girl or grand niece from the south,” describes this first film as “a coming-of-age story of a young girl, followed by Agathe Riedinger’s very virtuoso camerawork. This young girl (Liane, 19, played by Malu Khebiz, Editor’s note) has dreams, utopias. He wants to achieve himself, and this achievement mainly includes a second virtual existence on social networks. He adds: “It’s a very modern, contemporary film that we decided to enter into competition because we felt that this film had power for Cannes. The festival also continues to be a land of discoveries.
Distribution of the pyramid.
Dog, sisters, cheese
Three actresses are behind the camera this year competing in the “Uncertain Attitude” selection. This is the case of Laetitia Dosh with her first film The trial of the dog. A comedy starring the actress-director alongside François Damien, Pierre Deladonchamp and Jean-Pascal Zadie. Festival-goers will also find him in the Larriet brothers’ film, THE: Jim’s novel, presented at the Cannes premiere. They faced him in the competition of filmmakers: Ariane Labed. The actress who recently starred in the series Operawill open his film September says. The playing field. Two sisters born ten months apart move to the countryside with their bipolar mother. Celine Sallet, for her part, will reveal Nikki:The biopic of Niki de Saint Phalle, played by Charlotte Le Bon, focuses on the artist’s arrival in Paris with her husband and daughter in 1952, away from the United States and her stifling family.
Finally, Frenchwoman Louise Courvoisé will present her first feature film. Twenty gods! “You will learn everything about making comte and cheese. It’s a feature film,” the chief delegate mysteriously pointed out, before clarifying that Louise Courvoisé had won the Cinéfondation for her short film. Mano a Mano In 2019, the Cinéfondation of the Cannes Festival, created in 1998, is dedicated to the youth of cinema, Editor’s note).
Red carpet regulars
Noémie Merlant should also attract attention this year. The actress, whose first film as a director (Mi Iubita, my love) was already spotted in special screenings in 2021, returns this year with his second feature film, Women on the balcony. Co-written with Celine Siamma, this genre film has been selected for midnight screenings. History? Three women in an apartment in Marseille, in the heat. On the contrary, their mysterious neighbor, the object of all imaginations. The trio will find themselves in a terrifying and crazy business with their only quest: freedom. Noemi Merlant plays there alongside her best friend Sanda Kodanu and Suheila Yaqub.
Jessica Palud (Go back Also due on the Croisette with Adele Exarchopoulos and Nils Schneider is the Maria Schneider biopic (played by Annamaria Bartholomew, who will also present) Count of Monte Cristo, submitted out of competition). Soberly titled MariaThis first film looks back at the life of the star who was discovered in 1972 Last Tango in Paris By Bernardo Bertolucci with Marlon Brando as he rises to fame and becomes an icon, unprepared for either fame or scandal.
Finally, genre director Coralie Fargit will present her second film. the material “A body horroran unapologetically violent film with lots of blood on screen at the end., With Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. Claire Simon and Yolande Zauberman will present their films in special screenings Learn And The beauty of Gaza. In addition to the French, the Cannes public will discover the Englishman Andrea Arnold, but also the Indian director Payal Kapadia in the official competition. Verdict: 77e The edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in fact, promises to be a land of discoveries.
Source: Le Figaro
