Screenings
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BLUE MOUNTAINS
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(USSR) 91mins. Dir: Blue Mountains. Key cast: Eldar Shengelaia. Tragicomedy based on a classic Georgian story.
08:30 THE HOMESMAN
(US) 120mins. Dir: Tommy Lee Jones. Key cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Barry Corbin, William Fichtner, Grace Gummer, Evan Jones, Caroline Lagerfelt, John Lithgow, Tim Blake Nelson, Miranda Otto.
Cannes Classics Salle Bunuel
BREATHE
Competition Press Grand Theatre Lumiere
IT FOLLOWS
(US) 100mins. Dir: David Robert Mitchell. Key cast: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Olivia Luccardi. After a strange sexual encounter, a teenager finds herself plagued by disturbing visions and the inescapable sense that something is following her. Critics’ Week Miramar
09:00 A HARD DAY
Festival & Press 12:00 THE HOMESMAN
(US) 120mins. Dir: Tommy Lee Jones. Key cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Barry Corbin, William Fichtner, Grace Gummer, Evan Jones, Caroline Lagerfelt, John Lithgow, Tim Blake Nelson, Miranda Otto.
(South Korea) 111mins. Dir: Kim Seong-Hun. Key cast: Lee Sun-Kyun, Cho Jin-Woong. A thriller that depicts a detective who conceals his crime and another who can only survive all this if he can uncover the truth.
of seeing her father being brutally murdered. Kai, who remains hidden in the shed, decides to go on the intruders’ trail to get Vania back.
Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette
Out of Competition Press Salle Bazin
11:00 Run
(Argentina) 90mins. Dir: Pablo Fendrik. Key cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Alice Braga. Kai, a man in his thirties, has the looks of someone who has lived in the jungle his whole life. As he is walking into the jungle, he comes across a small tobacco ranch where he meets Joao, the owner, and his beautiful daughter, Vania. The same night, the ranch is attacked by intruders, Joao is killed and Vania is kidnapped. Dragged into the jungle, Vania is almost driven to insanity by the despair
Nebraska, 1854. Mary Bee, 31, lives a solitary existence in a Godfearing frontier town. She is designated by members of her church to bring back east three traumatised women who have lost their minds. Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere
captivated and inspired people all over the world, this film explores the unique genius of an exceptional designer at the height of his fame.
Run is a runaway who has just killed the prime minister of his homeland. Disguised as a lunatic, he begins wandering across the city.
Competition Salle Du 60Eme
Un Certain Regard Salle Bazin
12:00 THE HOMESMAN
BEAUTIFUL YOUTH
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(Spain) 106mins. Dir: Jaime Rosales. Key cast: Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson, Carlos Rodriguez, Inma Nieto, Fernando Barona, Miguel Guardiola. Natalia and Carlos, both 20, are in love and struggling to survive in modern-day Spain. Their limited resources prevent them from getting ahead as they would like to. To earn some money they decide to shoot an amateur porno film.
REFUGIADO
TURIST
(Sweden) 120mins. Dir: Ruben Ostlund. Key cast: Erik Hemmendrof, Marie Kjellson. A happy Scandinavian family in a French ski resort witnesses a spectacular artificial avalanche, seemingly lifethreatening for everybody present. The father’s reaction, fleeing and leaving his family, triggers an observational comedy around family dynamics. Un Certain Regard Press Theatre Claude Debussy
11:30 GENTE DE BIEN
(Colombia) 90mins.
n 44 Screen International at Cannes May 18, 2014
Dir: Franco Lolli. Key cast: Alejandra Borrejo, Brayan Santamaria. Ten-year-old Eric is reunited with his father, whom he barely knows, through the irresponsible generosity of the rich woman the man works for. Critics’ Week Miramar
NORDIC FACTORY
(Finland) 60mins. Dir: Kraestun Kusk. Four shorts directed by pairs of talented directors. Directors’ Fortnight Arcades 1
SAINT LAURENT
(France) 150mins. Dir: Bertrand Bonello. Key cast: Gaspard Ulliel, Jeremie Renier, Lea Seydoux, Amira Casar, Aymeline Valade, Louis Garel. Set in the swinging ’60s and ’70s, when the name Yves Saint Laurent
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(Argentina) 93mins. Dir: Diego Lerman. Key cast: Julieta Diaz. Seven-year-old Matias returns home from a friend’s birthday party to find his mother, Laura, unconscious on the floor. When she gets back to her senses, they decide to leave home and rush to a shelter for abused women where they spend 48 hours, before Laura decides to rebuild her life somewhere else. Through the eyes of Matias we will discover their escape, in a city where everything Matias once knew feels dangerous and foreign, until Laura finds a secure place to raise her son. Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette
13:00 RUN
(France) 100mins. Dir: Philippe Lacote. Key cast: Issach De Bankole, Abdoul Karim Konate, Rasmane Ouedraogo.
Un Certain Regard Press Theatre Claude Debussy
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(France) 91mins. Dir: Melanie Laurent. Key cast: Isabelle Carre, Josephine Japy, Lou De Laage. Charlie is a 17-year-old girl, tortured by doubt, disillusionment and solitude. Then Sarah arrives, beautiful and self-confident. Charlie finally feels alive, intense and resolute: until Sarah moves on once again. Critics’ Week Miramar
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY: HIM & HER
(US) 119mins. Dir: Ned Benson. Key cast: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, William Hurt, Viola Davis, Isabelle Huppert, Ciaran Hinds, Bill Hader. Two films, telling one love story from the perspective of each lover. Un Certain Regard Salle Bazin
FIGHTERS
(France) 98mins. Dir: Thomas Cailley. Key cast: Adele Haenel, Kevin Azais. Arnaud lives a normal life until the day he meets Madeleine. Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette
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WILD TALES
JAUJA
(Spain) 122mins. Dir: Damian Szifron. Key cast: Ricardo Darin, Oscar Martinez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Erica Rivas, Rita Cortese, Julieta Zylberberg, Dario Grandinetti. An intense and darkly funny series of sketches, produced by Pedro Almodovar.
(Argentina) 108mins. Dir: Lisandro Alonso. Key cast: Viggo Mortensen, Viibjork Malling, Ghita Norby. The Ancients used to say that Jauja was a mythological land filled with abundance and happiness. Countless expeditions sought to corroborate that place. Over time, the legend grew disproportionately.
Competition Salle Du 60Eme
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