Cannes Film Festival: In Competition - page 2

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She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city, which has seen all vestiges of civilization crumble.

Their voyage is fraught with danger, yet their survival and ultimate redemption reflect the tenacity and depth of the human spirit.

Starring: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Sandra Oh- Cannes Film Festival

Changeling

Los Angeles, 1928: On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, Christine said goodbye to her son, Walter, and left for work.

When she came home, she discovered he had vanished. A fruitless search ensues, and months later, a boy claiming to be the nine-year-old is returned.

Dazed by the swirl of cops, reporters and her conflicted emotions, Christine allows him to stay overnight. But in her heart, she knows he is not Walter.

Starring: Jason Butler Harner, Jeffrey Donovan, Colm Feore, Angelina Jolie. - Cannes Film Festival

Che

Part One On November 26, 1956, Fidel Castro sails to Cuba with eighty rebels. One of those rebels is Ernesto "Che" Guevara, an Argentine doctor who shares a common goal with Fidel Castro - to overthrow the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.

Che proves indispensable as a fighter, and quickly grasps the art of guerrilla warfare. As he throws himself into the struggle, Che is embraced by his comrades and the Cuban people. This film tracks Che’s rise in the Cuban Revolution, from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero.

Part Two After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. T he story of the Bolivian campaign is a tale of tenacity, sacrifice, idealism, and of guerrilla warfare that ultimately fails, bringing Che to his death.

Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world.

Starring: Benicio Del Toro. - Cannes Film Festival.

Gomorra

Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta, have to face every day.

They hardly ever have a choice, and are almost always forced to obey the rules of the "system", the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a "normal" life.

Five stories are woven together in this violent scenario, set in a cruel and apparently imaginary world, but one which is deeply rooted in reality.

Starring: Salvatore Cantalupo, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale. - Cannes Film Festival.

Waltz With Bashir

One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs.

Every night, the same number of beasts.

The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties.

Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world.

He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself.

As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images...- Cannes Film Festival.

The rest:

Adoration directed by Atom Egoyan

Delta directed by Kornel Mundruczo

Entre Les Murs (The Class) directed by Laurent Cantet

Er Shi Ss Cheng Ji directed by Zhangke JIia

Il Divo directed by Paolo Sorrentino

La Frontière De L'Aube (Frontier Of Dawn) directed by Philippe Garrel

La Mujer Sin Cabeza (The Headless Woman) directed by Lucrecia Martel

Le Silence De Lorna (Lorna’s Silence) directed by Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne

Leonera directed by Pablo Trapero

Linha De Passe directed by Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas

My Magic directed by Eric Khoo

Palermo Shooting (Palermo Shooting) directed by Wim Wenders

Serbis directed by Brillante Mendoza

SYnecdoche, New York directed by Charlie Kaufman

Two Lovers directed by James Gray

Üç Maymun (Three Monkeys) directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Un Conte De Noël (A Christmas Tale) directed by Arnaud Desplechin

The Canes Film Festival 14 - 25 June.

FemaleFrist Helen Earnshaw

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