Eight European directors in line-up headed by Godard
With films from Romania, France, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary and the Netherlands, European production takes pride of place among the 18 features in the Un Certain Regard section, which is part of the official selection for the 63rd Cannes Film Festival (May 12 -23), unveiled today in Paris.
Among the selected titles are two films by undisputed masters in the history of cinema: Film Socialism by Switzerland’s Jean-Luc Godard and Angelica by Portugal’s Manoel De Oliveira.
Romania confirms its dynamism with two selected films: Cristi Puiu’s Aurora and Radu Muntean’s Tuesday, After Christmas. They are joined by Hungarian director Agnes Kocsis’s Pal Adrienn, The City Below by Germany’s Christoph Hochhäusler, R U There by Holland’s David Verbeek and Qu’est-il Arrivé à Simon Werner (“What Happened to Simon Werner?”) by France’s Fabrice Gobert.
It should be noted that this year’s official selection includes no Spanish or Scandinavian films whatsoever, while the Un Certain Regard section (to be completed later by one or two titles) promises to be fascinating, with further films by US director Lodge Kerrigan, Korea’s Hong Sangsoo, Japan’s Hideo Nakata and Canada’s Xavier Dolan.
Programme
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Film Socialism [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Jean-Luc Godard (CH/FR)
Angelica [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Manoel De Oliveira (PT/ES)
Pal Adrienn [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Agnes Kocsis, director of P…
film profile] - Agnes Kocsis (HU/NL/FR/AT)
Qu’est-il Arrivé à Simon Werner - Fabrice Gobert (debut feature - FR)
Aurora [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Clara Voda
film profile] - Cristi Puiu (RO)
Tuesday, After Christmas - Radu Muntean (RO)
The City Below - Christoph Hochhäusler (DE/FR)
R U There [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: David Verbeek, director of …
film profile] - David Verbeek (TW)
Rebecca.H - Lodge Kerrigan (FR)
Imaginary Loves - Xavier Dolan (CA)
Chatroom - Hideo Nakata (UK)
Ha Ha Ha - Hong Sangsoo (KR)
Chongqing Blues - Xiaoshuai Wang (CN)
Udaan - Vikramaditya Motwane (debut feature - IN)
Life Above All - Oliver Schmitz (FR)
Octubre - Daniel Vega (debut feature - PE)
The Lips - Ivan Fund & Santiago Loza (AR)
Blue Valentine - Derek Cianfrance (debut feature - US)
Carancho - Pablo Trapero
I Wish I knew - Jia Zhang
(Translated from French)
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