Film Festival: This cannes be happy
"Midnight in Paris" by Woody Allen
Woody's world has been expanded: after much New York, a bit of Barcelona and a bit more London plays Woody Allen's new movie - the title betrays it - in Paris. On the cast list the first lady of France landed, Carla Bruni, But the main roles in this romantic comedy play Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilsonwho, as Inez and Gil, want to spend time together in the city of love - and go astray. "Midnight in Paris" opens on May 11, the Cannes Film Festival. (Theatrical release: September 15)
"The Skin I Live In" by Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar and Antonio Banderas, the Dream Team of former Spanish cinema days, has reunited. In the thriller "The Skin I Live In" Banderas Roberto Ledgard, a professor in a beauty clinic, plays. His only patient is the pretty Vera, whom he closely observes and cares for the skin like a precious treasure. But what has Vera, so similar to the Professor's late wife, to do with Ledgard's life? (Theatrical release: October 20)
"Melancholia" by Lars von Trier
Lars from Trier It may seem bizarre and gloomy, as he has recently proven with "Antichrist". His new film "Melancholia" is a science fiction drama in which the relationship between two sisters (played by Kirsten haze and Charlotte Gainsbourg) is put to the test as an approaching planet threatens to destroy the earth. Apocalypse Trier! (Theatrical release: 6th of October)
"The Tree of Life" by Terrence Malick
One reason why you look up Terrence Malicks new movie "The Tree of Life", is male and in real life with Angelina Jolie together. Brad Pitt plays the father of Jack in the drama. Unlike his sensitive mother (Jessica Chastain), Jack's father wants his son to get into the fight for survival in a merciless world. With "success": As a grown man, Jack (Sean Penn) lost all confidence. Desperately, he searches for a meaningfulness behind the horror of human existence. Until he suddenly experiences a real miracle ... (Theatrical release: June 16)
"Le Havre" by Aki Kaurismäki
Film Art from Finland: At the Center of Aki Kaurismakis new work "Le Havre" is Marcel, a 60-year-old shoeshine from the eponymous French city, whose wife is seriously ill. His encounter with an African immigrant child is the beginning of a wonderful friendship ...
"Le Gamin au vélo" by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
As soon as the Brothers Dardenne At the Cannes Film Festival, one of the awards is usually taken. In 1999, the Belgian directors got the Golden Palm for "Rosetta", 2005 for "The Child". Her new film "Le Gamin au vélo" tells the story of 11-year-old Cyril. In search of his father, who has put him in a children's home, he meets Samantha (Cécile de France) know. The operator of a barber shop is so excited by the boy that she allows him to spend the weekends with her. But Cyril does not know much about Samantha's love and care ...
"Stop on the open track" by Andreas Dresen
Not in the competition, but in the important side row "Un certain Regard" is running Andreas Dresens ("Summer in front of the balcony", "Cloud 9") new film "Stop on the open track": As with Frank (Milan Peschel) is diagnosed with a brain tumor, his quiet and contemplative life gets confused. The father of a family is overwhelmed by fear of the impending death, his wife Simone (Steffi Kühnert) and the kids are wondering what to do next ...
"Restless" by Gus Van Sant
Toddler is also the teenager ("Alice" actress Mia Wasikowska), the focus of Gus Van Sants ("Milk", "Elephant") drama "Restless" is. She falls in love with a boy who likes to hang around at funerals and get in touch with the spirit of a Japanese WWII Kamikaze pilot.
