Cannes 2021 Official Selection
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CANNES 2021 OFFICIAL SELECTION MIDNIGHT SCREENING TRALALA By Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu ("LOVE IS THE PERFECT CRIME", "TO PAINT OR MAKE LOVE") Cast : Mathieu Amalric ("SINK OR SWIM" by GILLES LELLOUCHE), Josiane Balasko ("BY THE GRACE OF GOD" by FRANÇOIS OZON), Mélanie Thierry ("SEE YOU UP THERE" by ALBERT DUPONTEL), Maïwenn ("DNA", "POLISS" by MAÏWENN), Bertrand Belin, Denis Lavant ("HOLY MOTORS" by LEOS CARAX), Galatéa Bellugi ("THE APPARITION" by XAVIER GIANNOLI), Jalil Lespert ("THE LITTLE LIEUTENANT" by XAVIER BEAUVOIS) Tralala, in his forties, a singer in the streets of Paris, meets one night a very beautiful young woman who sends him a single message before disappearing: «Above all, don’t be yourself». Did Tralala dream? He leaves the capital and ends up finding in Lourdes the woman he’s already in love with. She doesn’t remember him. But a moving sexagenarian believes that Tralala is actually her own son, Pat, who disappeared twenty years ago in the United States. Tralala decides to take on the «role». He will find for himself a new family and discover the genius he never had. FRENCH - COMEDY/MUSICAL - 120 MN Production: SBS PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE), ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA (FRANCE) Territories sold: France, Belgium, Luxembourg OFFICIAL SELECTION THE HEROICS Les héroïques By Maxime Roy ("BEAUTIFUL LOSER", NOMINATED FOR BEST SHORT FILM AT CÉSAR 2020) Cast : François Créton, Roméo Créton, Richard Bohringer ("IN THE MOVE FOR LOVE" by ROMANE BOHRINGER & PHILIPPE REBBOT), Ariane Ascaride ("GLORIA MUNDI" by ROBERT GUÉDIGUIAN), Patrick D’Assumçao ("STRANGER BY THE LAKE" by ALAIN GUIRAUDIE), Clotilde Courau ("AN EASY GIRL" by REBECCA ZLOTOWSKI, "HEAVEN WILL WAIT" by MARIE- CASTILLE MENTION-SCHAAR) Michel, a former junkie, is an eternal kid who only dreams of motorcycles and hangs out with his eldest son, Leo, and his buddies. At 50, he has to deal with the baby he just had with his ex, and struggles not to repeat the same mistakes, while trying to be a good guy. FRENCH - DRAMA - 99 MN Production : TS PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE), MARIANNE PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE) Territories sold : France OFFICIAL SELECTION A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE une histoire d'amour et de désir By Leyla Bouzid ("AS I OPEN MY EYES") Cast : Sami Outalbali ("SEX EDUCATION"), Zbeida Belhajamor Ahmed, 18, French of Algerian origin, grew up in the suburbs of Paris. At the university, he meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, full of energy, who has just arrived in Paris. While discovering a corpus of sensual and erotic Arabic literature he never imagined existed, Ahmed falls deep in love with Farah, and although literally overwhelmed with desire, he will try to resist it. TUNISIAN / FRENCH - DRAMA - 102 MN Production : BLUE MONDAY PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE), ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA (FRANCE) Territories sold : France, Tunisia MARKET SCREENING A GOOD MAN By Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar («HEAVEN WILL WAIT», «ONCE IN A LIFETIME») Cast : Noémie Merlant («PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE» by CÉLINE SCIAMMA), Soko («THE DANCER» by STÉPHANIE DI GIUSTO), Vincent Dedienne (« DELETE HISTORY» by BENOÎT DELÉPINE & GUSTAVE KERVERN), Alysson Paradis Aude and Benjamin have been in love for six years. Because Aude suffers deeply from not being able to have a child, Benjamin decides he will carry the pregnancy. FRENCH - DRAMA - 108 MN Production : WILLOW FILMS (FRANCE), SCOPE PICTURES (BELGIUM) Territories sold : France, Benelux, Eastern Europe (HBO), South Korea, Switzerland MARKET SCREENING GALLANT INDIES Indes galantes By Philippe Béziat ("BECOMING TRAVIATA") Based on Jean-Philippe Rameau’s opera-ballet that was directed by Clément Cogitore for the Opéra National de Paris. This is a premiere for 30 dancers of hip-hop, krump, break, voguing… A first for the Director Clément Cogitore and for the choreographer Bintou Dembélé. And a first for the Paris’ Opera Bastille. By bringing together urban dance and opera singing, they reinvent Jean-Philippe Rameau's baroque masterpiece, Les Indes Galantes. From rehearsals to public performances, it is a human adventure and a meeting of political realities that we follow: can a new generation of artists storm the Bastille today? FRENCH - DOCUMENTARY - 108 MN Production : LES FILMS PELLÉAS (FRANCE), ARTE FRANCE CINEMA (FRANCE) Territories sold : France IN POST-PRODUCTION AMIRA By Mohamed Diab ("CLASH" OFFICIAL SELECTION CANNES FESTIVAL - UN CERTAIN REGARD 2016, "CAIRO 678") Cast : Tara Abboud, Saba Mubarak, Ali Suliman, Ziad Bakri Amira, a bubbly 17-year-old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her. But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar’s inborn infertility, Amira’s existence is questioned, rattling the community and turning her family against itself. Amira embarks on a quest for her biological father, fighting to salvage what's left of her identity as her world falls apart. ARABIC - DRAMA Production : THE STUDIO (UAE), FILM CLINIC (EGYPT), EMC MEDIA (UAE), AL TAHER (UAE), THE IMAGINARIUM FILMS (JORDAN) Territories sold : France, Israel, MENA IN POST-PRODUCTION SECRET NAME la place d’une autre By Aurélia Georges Cast: Lyna Khoudri ("PAPICHA" by MOUNIA MEDDOUR, "GAGARINE" by FANNY LIATARD & JÉRÉMY TROUILH), Sabine Azéma ("TANGUY" by ÉTIENNE CHATILIEZ, "NOT ON THE LIPS" by ALAIN RESNAIS), Maud Wyler ("THE BARE NECESSITY" by ERWAN LE DUC, "ALICE AND THE MAYOR" by NICOLAS PARISER) Nelie escaped a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914. One day, she takes the identity of Rose, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her. She presents herself in her place at Madame de Lengwil's house, to become the reader of this wealthy woman. The lie works beyond her expectations. FRENCH - DRAMA Production: 31 JUIN FILMS (FRANCE) Territories sold : France IN POST-PRODUCTION COP GOES MISSING selon la police By Frédéric Videau ("COMING HOME", BERLINALE 2012) Cast: Laetitia Casta ("A FAITHFUL MAN" by LOUIS GARREL, "THE IDEAL PALACE" by NILS TAVERNIER), Simon Abkarian ("SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE" by CÉDRIC KLAPISCH, "EDMOND" by ALEXIS MICHALIK), Patrick d'Assumçao ("NAKED NORMANDY" by PHILIPPE LE GUAY, "STRANGER BY THE LAKE" by ALAIN GUIRAUDIE) On a whim, Pingpong, Chief Warrant Officer of a brigade which he inherited his nickname from, burns his police ID and disappears. During one night and one day, his colleagues, men and women, all police officers on the field, look for him, meet him and lose him in Toulouse and its suburbs. But every hour that passes brings Pingpong a little bit closer to his own destiny. FRENCH - DRAMA Production: BUS FILMS (FRANCE) Territories sold : France IN POST-PRODUCTION THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY le monde d'hier By Diastème ("THE SUMMER OF ALL MY PARENTS", "FRENCH BLOOD") Cast : Léa Drucker ("TWO OF US" by FILIPPO MENEGHETTI, "CUSTODY" by XAVIER LEGRAND), Alban Lenoir ("THE SHINY SHRIMPS" by CÉDRIC LE GALLO AND MAXIME GOVARE), Denis Podalydès ("DELETE HISTORY" by BENOÎT DELÉPINE and GUSTAVE KERVERN, "SORRY ANGEL" by CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ), Benjamin Biolay, ("ON A MAGICAL NIGHT" by CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ, "MEMOIR OF WAR" by EMMANUEL FINKIEL), Jeanne Rosa ("AN OFFICER AND A SPY" by ROMAN POLANSKI, "BY THE GRACE OF GOD" by FRANÇOIS OZON). A moral tale and a political thriller : a few days before the term of her mandate, the President must make a major decision concerning the destiny of France. FRENCH - ANTICIPATION Production : FIN AOÛT PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE) Territories sold : France NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS DES GOÛTS ET DES COULEURS I LOVE GREECE By Michel Leclerc ("THE NAMES OF LOVE") By Nafsika Guerry-Karamaounas Cast : Félix Moati ("SINK OR SWIM" by GILLES LELLOUCHE), Cast : Stacy Martin ("AMANDA" by MIKHAËL HERS), Rebecca Marder ("A MAN IN A HURRY" by HERVÉ MIMRAN), Judith Chemla ("C’EST LA VIE !" by ERIC TOLEDANO AND OLIVIER NAKACHE), Vincent Dedienne ("THE ROSE MAKER" by PIERRE PINAUD) Philippe Rebbot ("IN THE MOVE FOR LOVE" by ROMANE BOHRINGER AND PHILIPPE REBBOT) GREEK / FRENCH FRENCH Production : APSARA FILMS Production : MADARIN ET COMPAGNIE TROIS NUITS PAR SEMAINE PLEURER DES RIVIERES By Florent Gouëlou By Léopold Legrand Cast : Pablo Pauly ("STEP BY STEP" by GRAND CORPS MALADE AND MEHDI IDIR), Cast : Sara Giraudeau ("THE SPEECH" by LAURENT TIRARD), Benjamin Lavernhe ("THE SPEECH" by LAURENT TIRARD), Hafsia Herzi ("MEKTOUB, MY LOVE: CANTO UNO" by ABDELLATIF KECHICHE), Romain Eck Judith Chemla ("C’EST LA VIE !" by ERIC TOLEDANO and OLIVIER NAKACHE), Damien Bonnard ("LES MISÉRABLES" by LADJ LY) FRENCH FRENCH Production : YUKUNKUN PRODUCTIONS Production : EPITHÈTE FILMS STILL AVAILABLE STILL AVAILABLE PASSION SIMPLE I HAVE BEEN Based on the best-selling novel by ANNIE ERNAUX, which sold 370,000 copies in France WAITING FOR YOU and has been translated into 20 other languages. c’est toi que j’attendais By Danielle Arbid ("PARISIENNE", "A LOST MAN") By Stéphanie Pillonca ("THE POISONING ANGEL") Cast : Laetitia Dosch ("MONTPARNASSE BIENVENÜE" by LÉONOR SERRAILLE, "OUR STRUGGLES" by GUILLAUME SENEZ), Sergei Polunin ("RED SPARROW" by FRANCIS LAWRENCE; "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" by KENNETH BRANAGH) "They are couples like no others: couples who cannot bear children in a biological way and decide to go through adoption. From this decision and the actual meeting with the child, we’ll experience with them the sufferings, doubts, hopes and finally "Since last September I have done