A struggling actress reunites with her estranged filmmaker father to star in his shoot, where buried tensions erupt and personal wounds derail production. Starring Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo. In Competition.
Tag "Competition"
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‘The Beloved’ Cannes Review: Javier Bardem Anchors a Volatile Father-Daughter Drama
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‘Sheep in the Box’ Cannes Review: Kore-eda Enters the Uncanny Valley
When a company offers grieving parents a humanoid copy of their lost child, the line between memory and imitation slowly dissolves. In Competition.
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‘Gentle Monster’ Cannes Review: The Man You Thought You Knew
A celebrated musician moves her family to the countryside for a fresh start — and watches her husband’s life, and her own, collapse when the police come knocking. Starring Léa Seydoux and Laurence Rupp. Competition.
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‘All of a Sudden’ Cannes Review: The Radical Act of Paying Attention
A doctor’s push for humane care sparks resistance and unexpected bonds, as Hamaguchi explores suffering, capitalism, and the fragile promise of empathy over three sprawling hours. In Competition.
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‘Fatherland’ Cannes Review: Sandra Hüller Anchors a Chilling Portrait of Postwar Devastation
In postwar Germany, Nobel laureate Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika navigate a broken nation, a fractured family, and ghosts of the past. Competition.
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‘Parallel Tales’ Cannes Review: Farhadi’s Overwrought Meta-Drama Collapses Under Its Own Design
A writer, a telescope, and imagined betrayals collide as Farhadi stretches a clever premise into a sprawling, exhausting meditation on fiction, truth, and illusion. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira and Vincent Cassel. Competition.
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‘Nagi Notes’ Cannes Review: Koji Fukada Finds Intimacy and Upheaval in a Town Far From Tokyo
In a quiet town seven hours from Tokyo, two women, two teenagers, and one father navigate unspoken desires in the days before spring. Competition.
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‘A Woman’s Life’ Cannes Review: The Discreet Anxiety of the Bourgeoisie
A successful doctor’s controlled world begins to fray as work pressures, family crises, and an unexpected connection reveal the emotional cost of keeping everything in place. In Competition.
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‘Bitter Christmas’ Review: Almodóvar Turns the Camera on Himself and Everyone Around Him
A filmmaker drifts between memory and invention, as stories echo and fracture, revealing the uneasy space where personal experience becomes shared fiction. Starring Bárbara Lennie and Leonardo Sbaraglia.
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‘Home Stories’ Berlinale Review: The Limits of a Ready-Made Narrative
A teenage singer’s shot at reality TV fame forces her quietly fractured family to invent a story about themselves—whether it’s true or not.
