The Cannes International Film Festival is held for the 76th time. Its history began just after World War II. Films from all over the world compete for the Palme d’Or. CANAL+ PREMIUM, as in previous years, showed the opening gala of the festival, and tomorrow at 20:30 on the air of the channel you will also be able to see the broadcast from the closing gala of this year’s edition.
However, it invites you to the home cinema, where it is still available at the recent Cannes Film Festival. Cinema fans have at their fingertips the artistic revelations appreciated by the Cannes jurors. In CANAL+, you can choose the most convenient form of access to the rich library of movie hits. CANAL+ online service – you can pay for access to the offer conveniently in a monthly subscription model and without a long-term contract, use it on multiple devices and play content in three streams at the same time. CANAL+ PREMIERY, on the other hand, is a service where you can legally rent single titles, regardless of whether you have another CANAL+ service. It is enough to set up an account on the website. It’s like buying a movie ticket. This is the most convenient cinema in the world, i.e. home cinema!
The controversial “Titane”
The judges at Cannes are not afraid of controversy. In 2021, the panel of judges led by the American director Spike Lee gave the Golden Palm to the film entitled “Titane” dir. Julia Ducournau’s French (cannibalistic horror “Meat”). This film is a must-see because the director uncompromisingly talks about women’s hell, the crisis of masculinity, #MeToo and sexual fluidity. “Titane” was named the most shocking film of the year. Its kinship with the works of Quentin Tarantino and David Cronenberg was pointed out.
The main character, Alexia (Agathe Rousselle) is a serial killer and erotic dancer. Forced to escape, she changes her identity and hides in someone else’s skin. Julia Ducournau dismantles film genres, terrifies, moves and entertains. Because of the shocking scenes in “Titane”, the audience of the Cannes festival left the hall. What this film really is, you must see for yourself. The film will be available on CANAL+ online from 28.05.
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Dreamy journey through the jungle and crazy editing
The next stages of a film ride without holding hands with the Cannes quality mark is “, which in 2021 received the Jury Prize in Cannes. Behind the camera was Apichatpong Weerasethakul, winner of the Palme d’Or in 2010 for the extraordinary, avant-garde film entitled ” Uncle Boonmee, who can recall his past incarnations.” “Memoria” defies genre boundaries. It is a drama with elements of science-fiction, starring Tilda Swinton. The Thai director spins an dreamlike story, full of symbols about Jessica, scientists from the UK who, during her stay in Colombia, tries to solve the mystery of a certain sound. The trail leads her to the Amazon jungle. The film is ambiguous, demanding and emotionally engaging We will also watch “Memory” in the CANAL+ online offer after purchasing a subscription.
In 2020, his film entitled Wes Anderson, one of the most important independent American filmmakers, screened in the main competition at the Cannes festival. Anderson has his own unique style, a strong sense of individuality and artistic sensitivity. In his films – such as “The Brilliant Clan”, “Lovers from the Moon” or “The Grand Budapest Hotel” – only stars play. It was no different in “Kurier Królewski z Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun”. The cast includes Adrien Brody, Benicio del Toro, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Tidla Swinton and Willem Dafoe.
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In this story about the editorial office of the eponymous “Kurier Francuski”, Anderson plays with conventions and styles. The film consists of four crazy stories, which are memories of colleagues from the editorial office about the recently deceased Arthur Howitzer Junior. There is a student rebellion, an insane painter, sophisticated cuisine and a narcotic streak. Wes Anderson’s film is available on CANAL+ online.
A whistling gangster, a celebrity and the most important life choices
For years, the new Romanian cinema has been the center of interest of cinemagoers. Films by Cristian Mungiu, Cristi Puiu and Cristina Jacob win awards and recognition. Corneliu Porumboiu (“12:08 East of Bucharest”) also belongs to the group of respected Romanian filmmakers. In 2019, Porumboiu screened in the Cannes main competition the film entitled , a gangster comedy whose action is drowning in the fumes of absurdity. The main character is a corrupt policeman (Vlad Ivanov), who arrives on the titular island to do some business. In order to succeed, however, he must learn the local language, silbo, consisting of a sequence of whistles. There is a mafia here, a beautiful woman, lots of secrets and twisted action. The film Porumboiu is available in CANAL+ online subscription.
The excellent French director François Ozon in 2021 participated in the competition for the Golden Palm with the film entitled . Ozone (“Pool”, “8 Women”, “Angel”) made an intimate drama starring Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier and Charlotte Rampling. Emmanuèle (Marceau) takes care of his 85-year-old father who is paralyzed after a stroke. for his daughter to put him through euthanasia She stalls and he gets angry Emmanuèle is trapped, euthanasia is a crime in France but her father puts pressure on her.
Just like “Everything went well”, the CANAL+ online offer includes a Polish film entitled Magnus von Horn with the sensational Magdalena Kole¶nik (known for her role in the CANAL+ series “Kruk. Czorny woron doesn’t sleep” and “Kruk. It’s dark here”) as a popular fitness influencer. The picture was selected for the official selection of Cannes 2020. The film is a story about three days in the life of a celebrity who is followed by hundreds of thousands of people in social media. She, on the other hand, struggles with enormous pressure and loneliness. At the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia “Sweat” received, among others the award for directing for Magnus von Horn and for Magdalena Kole¶nik for the leading female role.
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Skolimowski, Cronenberg and Östlund
CANAL+ PREMIERES give you the opportunity to watch individual movies in streaming for a one-time fee. Just like in the cinema, we buy a ticket and get carried away by emotions. Films such as “Io”, “In the Triangle” and “Future Crimes” await viewers on the site.
it is an image that was on everyone’s lips. A breathtaking, grandly shot, touching story about the fate of a donkey. Skolimowski’s film (Essential Killing, Four Nights with Anna, 11 Minutes) is about violence and stupidity that coexist with goodness and solidarity. “Io” became a sensation at the Cannes festival, from where it left with the Jury Prize. It was also nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The film featured Sandra Drzymalska, Mateusz Ko¶ciukiewicz and Isabelle Huppert, and the unusual music was composed by Paweł Mykietyn.
A year ago, Ruben Östlund (“The Square” – Palme d’Or 2017) received the main award for the comedy-drama Fri. . This year, the Swedish director is the chairman of the Cannes jury. Entrusting him to head the jury, festival director Thierry Fremaux stated that he wanted to “pay homage to an uncompromising art that constantly challenges the viewer”.
In the crazy “The Square” the Swede looked at the milieu of art dealers. In the movie entitled “In the Triangle” the edge of his satire touches celebrities and the rich. The action of this daring black comedy takes place on a luxury yacht, among influential and arrogant people. The champagne is flowing freely, and the captain (Woody Harrelson’s incredible), constantly intoxicated with alcohol, does everything the other way around and in spite of it. When a threat appears, the rules that have been in force so far cease to apply, and the rich lose their footing. The production also received three nominations for this year’s Oscars, including Best Picture.
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Just like the previous films, the latest work by David Cronenberg, a cult director who has had a huge impact on the development of the body-horror genre, can be rented on CANAL+ PREMIUMS. In “Future Crimes”, which competed for the Palme d’Or in 2022, the Canadian talks about a near future in which the growing and tattooing of human internal organs, bold experiments with the body and surgical, public interventions are the order of the day. It combines with technology, and surgery becomes the “new sex”. The new film by the director of “Flies” and “Crash” starred, among others, Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart. Cronenberg said about his film that e is a dark meditation on evolution. Was he right that this film may shock many viewers?
The 76th Cannes International Film Festival will bring new fascinating film works.
In the near future, some of them will appear on the PREMIERY CANAL+ and CANAL+ online services.
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Source: Gazeta
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