In addition to Olivier Assayas'
Carlos (I think they've dropped
the Jackal in the title), seven more films have been added to the Cannes roster. In competition, Wang Xiaoshuai's (
Beijing Bicycle,
Shanghai Dreams)
Chongqing Blues and Kornél Mundruczó's (
Delta,
Johanna)
Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project will bring the count to eighteen films competing for the Palme d'Or. Pablo Trapero's (
Rolling Family,
Lion's Den)
Carancho and Jia Zhang-ke's (
Still Life,
The World)
I Wish I Knew will be screening in the Un Certain Regard section. Andrei Ujică's
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu, Lucy Walker's
Countdown to Zero and an omnibus film from Brazil entitled
5xFavela will be shown out of competition.
I realized that I forgot to mention the rest of the jury members that will be (hopefully) pushing Tim Burton in the right direction. They are actors Kate Beckinsale, Benicio del Toro and Giovanna Mezzogiorno; directors Victor Erice (
The Spirit of the Beehive), Shekhar Kapur (
Elizabeth) and Emmanuel Carrère (
La moustache); and Alberto Barbera, director of the National Museum of Cinema. Claire Denis will head the jury of the Un Certain Regard section.
Here are 34 more posters for films playing at this year's Cannes Film Festival. All are new titles, aside from Somos lo que hay [We Are What We Are] as I found a different, larger poster for it. From the competition, we have La princesse de Montpensier, Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (thanks ouiouioui!) and Hors-la-loi (which leaves only Another Year, Fair Game, Chongqing Blues, Route Irish and My Joy un-represented in that section). From the Cannes Classics section: La 315ème section, Psycho, The Leopard, Boudu Saved from Drowning, Tristana, La compagne de Ciceron, Le grand amour, The Tin Drum, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The African Queen, Au petit bonheur and La bataille du rail. The rest: O Estranho Caso de Angélica, Bedevilled (which might be the cover sheet of a press booklet), Benda Bilili!, Chatroom (easily the worst reviewed film at the festival so far), Aurora, Le quattro volte, Octubre, Sandcastle, Picco, Simon Werner a disparu..., La casa muda, Unter dir die Stadt, The Wanderer, Udaan, Los labios, Marţi, după Crăciun and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. There may be one more update when the festival closes.
