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After the initial hiccups, the ongoing 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival managed to throw up some gems. Ken Loach’s Sorry, We Missed You tells the story of a working class family at the mercy of corporates. A movie that most Indians living in cities can identify with, Loach’s work is about the sheer cruelty of the corporate world …
Indian movies and directors may be missing from this edition of Cannes, but Indian gods are very much in attendance. In a scene in Pedro Almodovar’s Pain And Glory, almost the entire Hindu pantheon — Krishna, Sai Baba, Santoshi Ma and Hanuman — are pasted on a wall while some psychotropic substances are being inhaled. In the film, Almodovar’s 21st …
Day 3 of Cannes 2019 saw the screening of The Shining, Rocketman, Atlantique, Too Old to Die Young, among others. The third day at the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival saw the premiere of Rocketman, Too Old to Die Young, Atlantique as well as the screening of The Shining. Elton John, Taron Egerton at Rocketman world premiere Photocall 📸 ROCKETMAN …
It is popularly said that the French loved loyalty and continuity. Cannes’s all-time favourite, Spanish master Pedro Almodovar has his Pain and Glory vying for the Palm ‘d Ór, and so too Ken Loach’s 13th title at the festival, Sorry We Missed You. There are the other usual suspects: Jim Jarmusch’s opening-night zombie comedy, The Dead Don’t Die, Arnaud Desplechin’s …