Marion Cotillard, Robert Pattinson, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Stewart, and Channing Tatum are all set to show their stuff at the world’s most important film festival. Plus, Ryan Gosling’s making his trippy-looking directorial debut.
The annual International Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on May 14 and runs through May 25, will see some of the biggest names in Hollywood and in the film industry around the world gather in the seaside French city.
The 12-day festival, which is chockfull of world premiere screenings and extravagant soirees, tends to be the place where producers launch their new movies and attempt to sell them to distributors.
This year's festival will see 18 films vie for the coveted Palme d'Or prize and the winner will be determined by a predominantly female jury, headed by Jane Campion, the only woman ever to receive the top Cannes award for her 1993 film The Piano. It's (finally) a female-centric year at the festival, which has faced criticism for its often male-heavy lineup.
Though Cannes' opening film Grace of Monaco, which stars Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly, is getting most of the pre-festival press, there is plenty more intriguing fare in the competition. Check out 11 of this year's films below.
Bird People
Films Distribution
Starring: Josh Charles, Anaïs Demoustier
Director: Pascale Ferran
In his first post-Good Wife role, Josh Charles plays an American businessman who checks into a hotel in Paris and can't bring himself to leave, while Anaïs Demoustier plays a maid in the hotel. Ferran, who is one of several female filmmakers this year with work in the festival, is best known for her 2006 D. H. Lawrence adaptation Lady Chatterley, which won multiple César awards.
The Captive
Ego Film Arts
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