The official line-up for the 2019 Cannes Film Festival is out. And while many are still waiting to hear word whether Quentin Tarantino‘s “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” will premiere or not—it’s apparently not entirely done yet and rushing to be completed on time—at least we’re getting some additional announcements while we wait.
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Today, Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar, the Quinzaine des Réal, as it’s known in France unveiled its line-up, and it’s quite stellar. The biggest highlight that jumps put is “The Lighthouse,” the follow up to Robert Eggers’ critically acclaimed arthouse horror “The Witch.” Starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, “The Lighthouse,” tells the story of an aging lighthouse keeper named Old who lives in early 20th-century Maine. Paolo Moretti, the new director of the Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight organization, described the movie as a “hypnotic two-hander.”
Also of note is a new film by Luca Guadagnino (“Suspiria,” “Call Me By Your Name“), but a “medium-length” effort called, “The Staggering Girl.” Starring Julianne Moore, Mia Goth, KiKi Layne, Kyle MacLachlan, and Alba Rohrwacher, “The Staggering Girl” will have its world premiere in the special screenings section of Directors’ Fortnight, along with the international premiere of Robert Rodriguez’s “Red 11.”
Other notable titles include Takashi Miike’s “First Love,” Babak Anvari’s “Wounds,” with Armie Hammer and Dakota Johnson that played Sundance earlier this year and the opening film, Quentin Dupieux’s “Deerskin,” an offbeat French comedy with Jean Dujardin (“The Artist”) and Adèle Haenel (“BPM”). Full line-up below. Directors’ Fortnight will take place on May 15-25.
Directors’ Fortnight 2019
Closing film: YVES by Benoît Forgeard (France)
ZOMBI CHILD by Bertrand Bonello (France)
WOUNDS de/by Babak Anvari (États-Unis · USA)
UNE FILLE FACILE (An Easy Girl) by Rebecca Zlotowski (France)
HUO ZHE CHANG ZHE (To Live to Sing) by Johnny Ma (Chine · China, France)
TLAMESS de/by Ala Eddine Slim (Tunisie · Tunisia, France)
POR EL DINERO (For the Money) by Alejo Moguillansky (Argentine · Argentina)
SEM SEU SANGUE (Sick Sick Sick) by Alice Furtado (Brésil · Brazil, Pays-Bas · Netherlands, France)
PERDRIX by Erwan Le Duc (France)
HATSUKOI (First Love) by Takashi Miike (Japon · Japan, Royaume-Uni · United Kingdom)
LES PARTICULES by Blaise Harrison (Suisse · Switzerland, France)
THE ORPHANAGE by Shahrbanoo Sadat (Danemark · Denmark, Afghanistan, France)
ON VA TOUT PÉTER (Blow It to Bits) by Lech Kowalski (France)
OLEG by Juris Kursietis (Lettonie · Latvia, Belgique · Belgium, Lituanie · Lithuania, France)
THE LIGHTHOUSE by Robert Eggers (Canada, États-Unis · USA)
LILLIAN by Andreas Horwath (Autriche · Austria)
GIVE ME LIBERTY de/by Kirill Mikhanovsky (États-Unis · USA)
CANCIÓN SIN NOMBRE (Song Without a Name) by Melina León (Pérou · Peru, Suisse · Switzerland)
GHOST TROPIC by Bas Devos (Belgique · Belgium)
KOIRAT EIVÄT KÄYTÄ HOUSUJA (Dogs Don’t Wear Pants) by Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää (Finlande · Finland, Lettonie · Latvia)
ANG HUPA (The Halt) by Lav Diaz (Philippines, Chine · China)
ALICE ET LE MAIRE (Alice and the Mayor) by Nicolas Pariser (France)
AND THEN WE DANCED by Levan Akin (Suède · Sweden, Géorgie · Georgia)
Opening film: LE DAIM (Deerskin) by Quentin Dupieux (France)
Special Screenings: Robert Rodriguez’s Red 11 and Luca Guadagnino’s short The Staggering Girl.
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