A woman returns home to Barcelona to care for her dying mother and unexpectedly joins a crew stealing saints from churches and cemeteries. Starrong Victoria Luengo and Ariadna Gil.
Tag "Competition"
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‘Saints’ San Sebastian Review: A Rough-Edged Drama About Crime, Faith and Family
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‘One Minute to Midnight’ Review: Melvil Poupaud Anchors A Self-Critical, Self-Centered Portrait Of Masculinity In The Age Of #MeToo
Stranded in Paris for a week, a man nearing 50 revisits old colleagues and lovers, confronting how #MeToo reframes his past. Starring Melvil Poupaud and Chaira Mastroianni. In Competition.
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‘The Riverbank’ Locarno Review: An Eerie Journey Into Brazil’s Divided Soul
A closeted church employee’s nightly visits to a forbidden riverside unleash a haunting collision between evangelical morality, sexuality and hidden violence.
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‘Ketticè’ Locarno Review: Coming-of-Age in a Cloud of Smoke
A bored Sicilian teenager floats through adolescence until a new friendship offers an unexpected connection and a glimpse beyond his aimless existence.
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‘Coward’ Cannes Review: Lukas Dhont’s Quiet Portrait Of Queer Love And Survival In The Trenches
On the WWI Belgian front, a withdrawn farm boy falls for his regiment’s theater troupe leader, finding in art an unexpected refuge and awakening.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.
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‘The Black Ball’ Cannes Review: An Overlong Tribute To Gay Spain That Drowns In Its Own Solemnity
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.
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‘A Man Of His Time’ Cannes Review: Emmanuel Marre’s Chilling And Eerily Contemporary Study Of Everyday Complicity
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.
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‘The Man I Love’ Cannes Review: Ira Sachs Finds Beauty And Resilience In The Shadow Of The AIDS Crisis
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.
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‘Moulin’ Cannes Review: Gilles Lellouche Anchors a Spare and Relentless Portrait of Defiance Under Nazi Captivity
A French Resistance leader faces his Nazi interrogators with stoic defiance, knowing survival may demand an unbearable final choice. In Competition.
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‘Hope’ Cannes Review: Korea’s Costliest Blockbuster Is a Breathless but Unfinished Beast
A small-town South Korean cop and his ragtag team hunt a monstrous, near-indestructible creature only to discover it’s just the beginning. In Competition.
