You can add Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Tchaikovsky’s Wife” to the high-possibilities for Cannes 2022. It is said to now be in post-production.
The Russian filmmaker, who currently can’t leave his home country for the next three years, due to bogus charges, has managed to get his last three films (“The Student,” “Leto” and “Petrov’s Flu”) to Cannes, with two of them making official competition.
Suffice to say, the French love him, that’s why France-based distributor Charades is in charge of “Tchaikovsky’s Wife.” The film, set in the 19th century, sheds light on the tumultuous relationship between Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the most famous Russian composer of all time, and his wife Antonina Miliukova in his new film.
Will Cannes have a 25-film competition again this year? The contenders are piling up …
CERTAINTIES/HIGH-POSSIBILITIES
Baby, Box, Broker — Hirokazu Kore-eda
Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Ostlund
Decision to Leave — Park Chan-wook
Crimes of the Future — David Cronenberg
On Barren Weeds – Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Showing Up — Kelly Reichardt
Tori et Lokita — Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
R.M.N — Cristian Mungiu
Asteroid City — Wes Anderson
École de l'air — Robin Campillo
Tchaikovsky’s Wife — Kirill Serebrennikov
Monica — Kantemir Balagov
Passengers — Ira Sachs
Close — Lukas Dhont
Frere et Soeur — Arnaud Desplechin
Eureka — Lisandro Alonso
Anatomy of a Fall — Justine Triet
The Beast — Bertrand Bonello
Le Lyceen — Christopher Honore
My Imaginary Country — Patricio Guzman
VERY POSSIBLE
Bardo - Alejandro Gonalez Inarittu
Armageddon Time — James Gray
Untitled — Jia Zhangke Project
The Way of the Wind — Terrence Malick
The Stars at Noon — Claire Denis
Untitled — Jean-Luc Godard
L'envol — Pietro Marcello
Untitled — Na Hong-Jin
LONGSHOTS
The Zone of Interest — Jonathan Glazer
The Son — Florian Zeller
The Perfumed Hill — Abderrahmane Sissako
The Eternal Daughter — Joanna Hogg
Revoir Paris — Alice Winocour
Three Thousand Years of Longing — George Miller
Nope — Jordan Peele