Screenings
SHEEP AND WOLVES
MERCENARY
(Russia) 80mins. Wizart. Dir: Maxim Volkov. Cast: Tom Felton, Ruby Rose, China Anne Mcclain. Whoever you are, always be yourself!
(France) 103mins. Be For Films. Dir: Sacha Wolff. Cast: Toki Pilioko, Laurent Pakihivatau, Iliana Zabeth. Soane defies his father’s authority to play rugby in France. Left to his own devices on the other side of the world, his odyssey will take him on the path to becoming a man in a world where there is a price to be paid for success.
Palais J
WALK WITH ME
(Denmark) 105mins. Trustnordisk. Dir: Lisa Ohlin. Cast: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Cecilie Lassen, Morten Holst, Silja Eriksen, Karen-Lise Mynster. Deployed on mission in Helmand, Afghanistan, 25-year-old Thomas steps on a landmine and loses both his legs. At the local rehabilitation centre he meets Sofie, an ascending ballerina, who is helping a relative after a longterm sickness. Thomas desperately wants to be back in the field and gets impatient as progress does not happen as fast as he wants it. When Sofie offers to help him with a more intense rehabilitation plan, he accepts. Despite their differences, they develop a special bond and a mutual affection. Olympia 7 By invitation only
09:45 THE CHOSEN
(Spain) 120mins. Filmax International. Dir: Antonio Chavarrias. Cast: Alfonso Herrera, Hannah Murray. A frenetically intriguing historical thriller about the Spanish man who assasinated Trotsky. Palais E
ENDLESS NIGHT
(Spain) 104mins. Metro International Entertainment. Dir: Isabel Coixet. Cast: Juliette Binoche, Rinko Kikuchi, Gabriel Byrne. Inspired by true events, while travelling to the hostile north in pursuit of her adventurer husband, Josephine finds unlikely companionship with an Inuit woman. Gray 3
LIKE CRAZY
(Italy) 116mins. Bac Films. Dir: Paolo Virzi. Cast: Valeria BruniTedeschi, Micaela Ramazzotti.
Palais C Priority badges only
MOUNTAIN CRY
Market 10:00 THE CONFESSIONS
(Italy) 100mins. True Colours. Dir: Roberto Ando. Cast: Toni Servillo, Daniel Auteuil, Lambert Wilson, Connie Nielsen, Pierfrancesco Favino, Marie-Josee Beatrice is a blabbermouth and a so-called billionaire countess who likes to believe she’s intimate with world leaders. Donatella is a young, quiet, tattooed woman, locked in her own mystery. They are both patients of a mental institution and subject to custodial measures. ‘Like Crazy’ tells the story of their unpredictable friendship and their escape from the treatment constraints; two technically insane creatures, looking for a bit of fun and love in this open-air nuthouse. Olympia 1
PRIVATE SCREENINGS — EUROPA CORP 2
108mins. Europacorp. Olympia 2
Croze, Moritz Bleibtreu. A luxury hotel. A group of politicians about to approve a lethal plan. A monk. A suicidal economist. A confession. A film about secrets and power. Palais G
town in 1941, Sophie’s life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for longburied conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence. Olympia 5
10:00 ALBUM
(Turkey) 104mins. Dir: Mehmet Can Mertoglu. Cast: Sebnem Bozoklu, Murat Kilic, Muttalip Mujdeci, Mufit Kayacan, Zuhal Gencer Erkaya. A couple in their late 30s set out to prepare a fake photo album of a pseudo pregnancy in order to prove their biological ties to the baby they are planning to adopt. Olympia 4
SOPHIE AND THE RISING SUN
(US) 116mins. Seville International. Dir: Maggie Greenwald. Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Margo Martindale, Lorraine Toussaint, Takashi Yamaguchi, Diane Ladd, Joel Murray, Bobby Henline. In a small southern US
46 Screen International at Cannes May 15, 2016
THE CONFESSIONS See box, above
GET SANTA
(Denmark) 75mins. Copenhagen Bombay Sales Aps. Dir: Jacob Ley. Eight-year-old Julius lives at an orphanage and his biggest wish for Christmas is to get a family. Julius is
an outsider and he secretly still believes in Santa Claus. One day Julius ends up in a magical Christmas universe that changes his life forever. Gray 4
LET’S BE EVIL
(US) 83mins. Mpi Media Group. Dir: Martin Owen. Cast: Kara Tointon, Isabelle Allen, Elliot James Langridge, Helene Wilson, Elizabeth Morris. A psychological scifi thriller set in Los Angeles. Children’s skulls are thin. Despite the controversy over mobile phone radiation, step into the near future and the full dangers are still not yet disclosed, or commercially ignored. Irrespective, in order to avoid further slippage down the international educational league tables, the government declares its intention to equip all children with augmented reality glasses, following a pilot study. Trials suggest that being permanently “plugged in” from an early age can significantly enhance performance and IQ. Certain high-flying children are selected, who adore being always online. The potential benefits appear to be enormous, but there’s a catch: the electro-magnetism of the high-power batteries permanently adjacent to a child’s brain start to cause unusual effects. Lerins 4
(China) 107mins. Fortissimo Films. Dir: Larry Yang. Cast: Yueting Lang, Ziyi Wang, Taishen Cheng, Ailei Yu. Set in a remote village, the story begins with the sudden death of a husband and father whose family is new to the village’s tight-knit traditional community. In the aftermath of that tragic event, the villagers come to know and understand the man’s widow, a mysterious mute with a story to tell. Arcades 2
REDISTRIBUTORS
(UK) 82mins. Princ Films. Dir: Adrian Tanner. Cast: Alexandra Evans, Alastair Mackenzie. Charts the plight of a PR girl on the run from the military corporation where she works. Forced to seek refuge among anticapitalist outlaws — she finds that they are her only hope of destroying her former employers and staying alive Gray 5
Films. Dir: Geordie Sabbagh. Cast: Dylan Taylor, Melanie Scrofano, Meghan Heffern. Adam, 31, is a struggling writer on the verge of giving it all up. His books have failed, he is broke and his girlfriend Tracy wants to move on. As he struggles to finish his last attempt at a novel, he meets and falls for a smart, beautiful woman named Emma. Emma is also Death and she has come to take Adam away. She offers him everlasting fame and a chance to take his place among the greats of the written word. Now Adam must decide if what he’s dreamed about is worth dying for, and if the woman he truly loves is in the present or in the life beyond. Gray 4
BERNADETTE LAFONT, AND GOD CREATED THE FREE WOMAN
(France) 65mins. Doc & Film International. Dir: Esther Hoffenberg. A journey in the company of Bernadette Lafont, French cinema’s most atypical actress. Palais D
CIARAN
(US) 80mins. 1066 Pictures. Dir: Andrew Mackenzie. Cast: Peter J Morton, Joanna Ranee Wood, Megan S Porter, Nell Teare. When a rash of demonic possessions occurs in Los Angeles, the Vatican summons an Irish Priest with mysterious powers: Ciaran the Demon Hunter.
ROBERT DOISNEAU: THROUGH THE LENS
Palais H
(France) 83mins. Jour2Fete. Dir: Jan Vazak. Featuring previously unissued photographs and video, as well as interviews with friends and partners, ‘Doisneau: Through The Lens’ tells how the kid from the poor suburbs turned superstar photographer. It draws an intimate portrait of his life and work.
CREATIVE CONTROL
A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE
(US) 97mins. Coproduction Office (Paris). Dir: Benjamin Dickinson. Cast: Benjamin Dickinson, Nora Zehetner, Reggie Watts, Dan Gill, Alexia Rasmussen, Paul Manza, Gavin Mcinnes. In near-future Brooklyn, an advertising executive uses a new augmented reality technology to conduct an illicit affair with his best friend’s girlfriend… or so it seems.
(Canada) 93mins. Princ
Riviera 2
Palais H
11:30
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