The Cannes Film Festival added three more movies in competition: Léonor Serraille’s “Un Petit Frere,” Albert Serra’s “Tourment Sur Les Iles” and Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen‘s “The Eight Mountains.”
The competition now includes five films directed by female directors — a Cannes record. Kate Erbland must be happy.
That makes it a total of 21 films in competition and 19 in Un Certain Regard. A pretty robust lineup. Serra is the first non-Almodovar Spanish director to be in competition since 2009. Léonor Serraille nabbing that last French slot came out of absolutely nowhere.
Other movies added, this time out-of-competition, include Serge Bozon’s “Don Juan,” Dominik Moll’s “Nuit du 12;” Emmanuel Mouret’s “Chronique d’une liaison passagère” and “L’innocent,” from Louis Garrel
I'm still not quite sure what Cannes Premiere is supposed to be, as a section. The whole selection is a no-go for me, especially if I plan to catch a handful of films at the Quinzaine.