Una edición curiosa, con algunos buenos títulos pero ninguna obra maestra en la sección oficial; una buena lista de películas en las secciones paralelas y una cantidad de films cuya presencia en Cannes es difícil de entender.

A woman navigating the criminal underbelly of a Bulgarian border town searches for a vanished friend while quietly holding her own world together. In Competition.

A woman’s birthday turns deadly when armed strangers invade her home claiming she’s someone else entirely. Starring Hafsia Herzi, Bênoit Magimel and Monica Bellucci.

On the WWI Belgian front, a withdrawn farm boy falls for his regiment’s theater troupe leader, finding in art an unexpected refuge and awakening. In Competition.

A deranged Victorian governess leaves a trail of bodies — and an impeccable smile — across the English countryside. Starring Maika Monroe and Ruth Wilson. Un Certain Regard.

Across a century of silence, the hidden loves of gay men in Spain converge in a story that history tried to bury. Starring Guitarricadelafuente and Penélope Cruz. In Competition.

A Vichy bureaucrat’s quiet, self-serving complicity in Nazi-occupied France becomes a mirror for our present moment of political cowardice. Starring Swann Arlaud. In Competition.

A towering teenage girl from rural Latvia discovers basketball — and herself — in 1960s Soviet Union. Un Certain Regard.

In 1972, filmmaker William Greaves gathered the last survivors of the Harlem Renaissance for one final reunion — and kept the cameras rolling. Directors’ Fortnight.

In 1980s New York, a celebrated actor living with AIDS rehearses a new show while his tight-knit artistic community rallies around him. Starring Rami Malek and Tom Sturridge. In Competition.