These movies from the 77th Cannes Film Festival with riveting storylines are expected to draw 35,000 viewers from more than 160 countries around the globe.
“The Festival de Cannes is delighted to welcome you to its 77th edition from May 14 to 25,” the Cannes Film Festival official website says. It will include its usual array of films filled with cultural richness and riveting storylines. The affair is set to attract 35,000 cinephiles from over 160 countries, causing the event to be a vibrant tapestry of diversity. 600 hospitality staff will dedicate itself to guide, secure, and welcome all attendees.
The festival is more than just a fervor of glitz and glamor. It strongly combats societal issues like sexual harassment and discrimination, supports victims, and aims to foster a culture of respect and responsibility. Among its causes are to also evoke collective action and shared moral values in every story told through motion pictures.
There are numerous movies that will begin screening during the Cannes Film Festival that will make the 77th edition unforgettable. Here are five films you should add to your watch list.
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“Bird”
Andrea Arnold’s latest project, Bird, is one of the Cannes Film Festival’s coveted motion pictures to debut this month. It stars actors Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, and Nykiya Adams, among others.
It is not literally about birds. Rather, it depicts the fate of a young girl in an English suburb who tries to escape the social fatality that she is tied to. The girl, named Bailey, lives with her brother Hunter and father Bug, who raised them alone in a squat in North Kent. She then looks for attention and adventure elsewhere.
Not much details have been released about the movie at present.
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
Anya Taylor-Joy stars in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a prequel to George Miller’s film, Mad Max: Fury Road. The actress plays Furiosa in this adaptation and the film focuses on Furiosa’s backstory before the events of Fury Road.
In the film, audiences will see the character’s early struggles, liberation, and eventual rise to power as a fierce warrior. She also initiates a relationship with tyrannical ruler Immortan Joe and moments that lead her to betray him.
Furiosa’s relentless pursuit for justice makes it a compelling watch and one of Cannes Film Festival’s most riveting films.
“The Invasion”
The Cannes Film Festival 2024 will also premiere The Invasion which will tackle the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Screen Daily reported the cast and crew shot the movie in over two years.
Ukrainian filmmaker Sergi Loznitsa directed The Invasion. He previously chronicled his country’s ongoing civil war with Russia in films like Maidan (2014) and Donbass (2018) as per The Rolling Stone. His upcoming picture will focus on resilience in the face of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s aggressive campaign against the country.
Loznitsa is a documentarist with an observational style that is evident in his works.
“Kinds of Kindness”
Emma Stone will work with Yorgos Lanthimos again in Kinds of Kindness, which will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Her co-stars in Poor Things, Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley, will also star in the film.
Kinds of Kindness is a triptych fable (a three-part story). It follows a man without choice who tries to control his own life; a policeman who had a missing wife who returned and seems different; and a woman determined to look for a person with a special ability.
The multiple storylines explore the transformative power of simple acts of kindness, from the film title itself.
Its cast members include Jesse Plemons, Mamoudou Athie, Hunter Schafer, Hong Chau, and Joe Alwyn.
“Megalopolis”
Francis Ford Coppola released the trailer for his film, Megalopolis, which premieres at the Cannes Film Festival this month. The science fiction drama stars Shia LaBeouf, Nathalia Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, and Giancarlo Esposito, among other artists.
The story tackles the conflict between an architect who dreams of transforming New York City into a utopian “New Rome” and the city mayor who wants to maintain the status quo. It also involves a romantic subplot, where the mayor’s daughter is in the middle of deciding which weighs more: love, or loyalty to her father.
The Hollywood Reporter mentioned that Coppola wrote Megalopolis in 1983 and cost around $120 million to make.
Check the Cannes website for the complete selection of films that will premiere at the festival.
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