As in 2015 and 2021, the French international sales agent Playtime is wielding two contenders for the Palme d’Or in a line-up which it wholly intends to bring to fruition at the Marché du Film (running 16 – 24 May), unspooling within the 76th Cannes Film Festival.

At the front of the pack is About Dry Grasses [+lee también:
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entrevista: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
ficha de la película] by the Turkish maestro Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who’ll be taking up position in competition for the 7th time in Cannes, where he previously scooped the 2014 Palme d’Or, the 2003 and 2011 Grand Prizes, and the 2008 Best Director Award). The movie is produced by Turkey’s NBC Film, France’s Memento Production, Playtime and Arte France Cinéma, Germany’s Komplizen Film, and Sweden’s Second Land and Film i Väst.

The second jewel in the Playtime crown is Homecoming [+lee también:
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entrevista: Catherine Corsini
entrevista: Suzy Bemba
ficha de la película] by French director Catherine Corsini, who’ll be taking part in the race for the Palme d’Or for the 3rd time, after Replay in 2001 and The Divide [+lee también:
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entrevista: Catherine Corsini
ficha de la película] in 2021. Her film is steered by Chaz Productions.

The team spearheaded by Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, Sébastien Beffa and François Yon also have a third ace in the Cannes showcase: No Love Lost [+lee también:
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entrevista: Erwan Le Duc
ficha de la película] by French director Erwan Le Duc (starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Céleste Brunnquell and Maud Wyler), which is set to close Critics’ Week.

Playtime will also have its hands full at the market, with a premiere for Robin Campillo’s Red Island [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] and a flurry of promo reels for 9 titles in post-production: Testament by Canada’s Denys Arcand, Carnival Is Over by Brazil’s Fernando Coimbra, The Devil’s Bath [+lee también:
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entrevista: Veronika Franz y Severin F…
ficha de la película] by Austria’s Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (Goodnight Mommy [+lee también:
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entrevista: Severin Fiala y Veronika F…
ficha de la película]), the documentary Antarctica Calling [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Luc Jacquet (March of the Penguins [+lee también:
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ficha de la película]), Headwind by Pierre Godeau (starring François Damiens in the lead), It’s Raining Men by Caroline Vignal and first feature films Quitter la nuit [+lee también:
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entrevista: Delphine Girard
ficha de la película] by Belgium’s Delphine Girard, For Night Will Come [+lee también:
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entrevista: Céline Rouzet
ficha de la película] by Céline Rouzet and, last but not least, Molière’s Last Stage by Olivier Py (starring Laurent Lafitte, Stacy Martin and Jeanne Balibar).