59th International CANNES Film Festival (May 17th - 28th 2006) www
COMPETITION (20 feature length films)
Jury : Wong Kar-Wai (director) President;
Monica Bellucci (actress); Helena Bonham Carter (actress); Samuel L. Jackson (actor); Patrice Leconte (director); Lucrecia Martel (director); Tim Roth (actor); Elia Suleiman (director); Zhang Ziyi (actress)
- L'AMICO DI FAMIGLIA / Friend of the Family (Paolo Sorrentino/Italy) 1 2 3 4
- BABEL (Alejandro Gonzalez Inárritu/USA) vdo 1 2 Best Director, Ecumenical Jury Prize
- IL CAIMANO / The Caiman (Nanni Moretti/Italy) www vdo 1 2 3 4 5
- CRÓNICA DE UNA FUGA / Buenos Aires 1977 (Israel Adrian Caetano/Argentina) www
- FAST FOOD NATION (Richard Linklater/USA) vdo 1 2 3 4
- FLANDRES (Bruno Dumont/France) www 1 2 3 4 Grand Prix
- IKLIMLER / Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan/Turkey) www vdo 1 2 3 FIPRESCI Award for Best Film
- INDIGÈNES / Days of Glory (Rachid Bouchareb/Belgium) www 1 2 3 Best Actor (ensemble), François Chalais Prize
- JUVENTUDE EM MARCHA (Pedro Costa/Portugal) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO / Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro/Spain) www vdo 1 2
- LAITAKAUPUNGIN VALOT / Lights in the Dusk (Aki Kaurismäki/Finland) vdo 1 2 3
- MARIE-ANTOINETTE (Sofia Coppola/USA) wwwFR vdo 1 2 3 4 5 National Education Prize
- QUAND J'ÉTAIS CHANTEUR / When I was a Singer (Xavier Giannoli/France) vdo 1 2 3 4
- LA RAISON DU PLUS FAIBLE (Lucas Belvaux/Belgium) vdo 1 2 3
- RED ROAD (Andrea Arnold/UK) Debut vdo 1 2 3 Jury Prize
- SELON CHARLIE (Nicole Garcia/France) vdo 1 2 3
- SOUTHLAND TALES (Richard Kelly/USA) vdo 1 2 3
- SUMMER PALACE (LOU Ye/China) vdo 1 2
- VOLVER (Pedro Almodovar/Spain) www vdo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Best Screenplay, Best Actress (ensemble)
- THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY (Ken Loach/UK) vdo 1 2 3 Palme d'Or
Jury : Andrei Konchalovsky (director) President;
Sandrine Bonnaire (actress); Daniel Brühl (actor); Souleymane Cissé (director); Zbigniew Preisner
- PRIMERA NIEVE (Pablo AGUERO) 15' Jury Prize
- POYRAZ (Belma BAS) 13'
- BANQUISE / Icefloe (Claude BARRAS, Cédric LOUIS) 7'
- ONGERIEWE (Robin KLEINSMIDT) 14'
- CONTE DE QUARTIER (Florence MIAILHE) 15' Special Mention
- FILM NOIR (Parker OSBERT) 3'
- SNIFFER (Bobbie PEERS) 10' Palme d'Or
- SEXY THING (Denie PENTECOST) 14'
- NATURE'S WAY (Jane SHEARER) 10'
- O MONSTRO / The Monster (Eduardo VALENTE) 13'
OFF COMPETITION
- AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (Davis GUGGENHEIM/USA) Doc 1 2 3 4
- AVIDA (Benoît DELÉPINE/France) 1 2
- BAMAKO (Abderrahmane SISSAKO/Mali) www 1
- THE BOY ON A GALLOPING HORSE (Adam GUZINSKI/Poland) Debut 1 2
- CLERKS 2 (Kevin SMITH/USA) vdo
- THE DA VINCI CODE (Ron Howard/USA) Opening
- EL-BANATE DOL / These Girls (Tahani RACHED)
- ELECTION 2 (Johnnie TO/China) 1 2
- GUISI / Silk (SU Chao Pin/Taiwan) 1 2
- ICI NAJAC, À VOUS LA TERRE (Jean-Henri MEUNIER/France) 1
- OVER THE HEDGE (Johnson/Kirkpatrick/USA) Anim
- REQUIEM FOR BILLY THE KID (Anne Feinsilber/France) 1
- SHORTBUS (John Cameron MITCHELL/USA) vdo 1
- SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY (Sydney POLLACK/USA) Doc www 1 2 3 4 5 6
- TRANSYLVANIA (Tony GATLIF/France) Closing 1 2
- UNITED 93 (Paul GREENGRASS/USA) www 1
- VOLEVO SOLO VIVERE (Mimo CALOPRESTI/Italy) Doc
- X-MEN: THE LAST STAND (Brett RATNER/USA)
- ZIDANE, UN PORTRAIT DU 21e SIECLE (Parreno/Gordon/France) Doc www 1 2
- THE WATER DIARY (Jane CAMPION/Australia) 17' 1
- LES SIGNES (Eugène GREEN/France) 32' 1
- STANLEY'S GIRLFRIEND (Monte HELLMAN/USA) 27'
- SIDA (Gaspar NOE/France) 19'
- UN LEVER DE RIDEAU (François OZON/France) 28'
- CHAMBRE 666 (1982/Wim Wenders) short 1 2
- THE HOUSE IS BURNING (2006/Holger Ernst/Germany) debut
- NOUVELLE CHANCE (2006/Anne Fontaine) 1 2
- Tribute to Anouk Aimée : LOLA (1961/Jacques Demy); LA DOLCE VITA (1960/Federico Fellini); 8 ½ (1963/Federico Fellini)
CANNES CLASSICS
Restoration www
- A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS (1955/Carol REED/UK)
- BEJIN LOUG / BEZHIN MEADOW (1936/Sergei EISENSTEIN/Russia)
- BLAST OF SILENCE (1961/Allen BARON/USA)
- CABIRIA (1914/Giovanni PASTRONE/Italy)
- EL TOPO (1970/Alejandro JODOROWSKY/Mexico)
- INDIA SONG (1975/Marguerite DURAS/France)
- KAZE NO TANI NO NAUSHIKA / Nausicaa (1984/Hayao MIYAZAKI/Japan)
- LA DROLESSE / THE HUSSY (1978/Jacques DOILLON/France)
- LA TERRA TREMA (1948/Luchino VISCONTI/Italy)
- LE MYSTERE DE LA TOUR EIFFEL (1927/Julien DUVIVIER/France)
- LES AVENTURIERS / THE LAST ADVENTURER (1967/Robert ENRICO/France/Italy)
- L'ESTATE VIOLENTA (1959/Valerio ZURLINI/France/Italy)
- MIRT SOST SHI AMIT / HARVEST: 3000 YEARS (1975/Haile GERIMA/Ethiopia)
- MONTE-CRISTO (1929/Henri FESCOURT/France)
- ODD MAN OUT (1947/Carol REED/UK)
- OKTYABR / OCTOBER (1927/Sergei EISENSTEIN, Grigori ALEKSANDROV/Russia)
- PLATOON (1986/Oliver STONE/USA)
- ROMA CITTA APERTA (1945/Roberto ROSSELLINI/Italy)
- SHI SI NU YING HAO (1972/Cheng KANG/Hong Kong)
- THE FALLEN IDOL (1948/Carol REED/UK)
- THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (1973/Alejandro JODOROWSKY/USA)
- THE SEARCHERS (1956/Jonn FORD/USA)
- THE WAY AHEAD (1944/Carol REED/UK)
Documentaries www
- BOFFO! TINSELTOWN'S BOMBS AND BLOCKBUSTERS (2006/Bill COUTURIE/USA) 1
- IL ETAIT UNE FOIS...ROME VILLE OUVERTE / ONCE UPON A TIME... ROME OPEN CITY (2006/Marie GENIN, Serge JULY/France)
- JOHN FORD / JOHN WAYNE: THE FILMMAKER AND THE LEGEND (2006/Sam POLLARD/USA)
- MARCELLO, UNA VITA DOLCE (2006/Annarosa MORRI, Mario CANALE/Italy)
MASTERCLASS
Director Masterclass : Sydney Pollack 1
Actor Masterclass : Gena Rowlands 1 2 3
Music Masterclass : Alexandre Desplat / Jacques Audiard 1
CAMERA D'OR (Best debut film)
Jury : Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc DARDENNE (director) Presidents;
Alain RIOU (critic); Frédéric MAIRE (Locarno Festival); Jean Louis VIALARD (cinematographer); Jean-Paul SALOME (director); Jean-Pierre NEYRAC (tech); Luiz Carlos MERTEN (critic); Natacha LAURENT (Cinémathèque de Toulouse)
My sight-unseen selection by preference :
RépondreSupprimerKaurismäki's Lights in the Dusk; Almodovar's Volver; Ceylan's Climates; Moretti's Caiman; Iñarritu's Babel; Sophia Coppola's Marie-Antoinette; Belvaux's La Raison du Plus Faible; Giannoli's Quand j'étais Chanteur; Lou Ye's Summer Palace; Pollack's Sketches of Frank Gehry; Dumont's Flandres; Loach's The Wind That Shakes The Barley;
Gena Rowlands' masterclass
Ratings of the French press (15 critics) for films in competition at Le Film Français (*:a little; **:much; ***:passionately; palm:insanely; angry smiley:not at all) updated every day
RépondreSupprimerPersonally I only care for the opinion of Positif, Cahiers, Telerama, Les Inrocks, L'Huma.
The others are the populist and glamour media.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's press conference and interview for Climates, talks about being an actor (with his real wife, mother and father on set) in his own films : he will not to it ever again. :)
RépondreSupprimerFrom the trailer, it looks like Ceylan went for a very aessthetized framing composition and stationary camera (more Antonioni-like?) than what I remember from Uzak.
I'm looking forward to this one! Slated for January 17th 2007 in France...
Official website
Among the Cannes Classics selection granting a print restoration to older films, I'm particularly happy to see 2 great Eisensteins (Bezhin Meadow and Oktober), 2 Jodorowskys (El Topo, The Holy Mountain) I haven't seen yet, Duras' hypnotic India Song that I discovered recently on a very bad print, Visconti's La Terra Trema, a silent Duvivier, and 3 Carol Reeds...
RépondreSupprimerWhich means there will be brand new prints put in circulation after Cannes, and hopefully they will be screened in Paris soon.
I wonder what Nausicaa and Platoon are doing in there though.
Aki Kaurismaki is an anti-conformist riot! Watch his press conference and interview. He makes fun of the questions and replies with absurd jokes. Self-derision of his work and well aware of how people perceive his "boring" directing style. The actress mentions "acting" is forbidden on set and that Kaurismaki only directs them when the scene is over.
RépondreSupprimerLe Palmares :
RépondreSupprimerPalme d'Or : THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Palme d'Or (Short Film): SNIFFER
Grand Prix : FLANDRES
Best Director : BABEL
Best Screenplay : VOLVER
Best Actor : INDIGENES (ensemble)
Best Actress : VOLVER (ensemble)
Jury Prize : RED ROAD
Jury Prize (Short film) : PRIMERA NIEVE
Special Mention (Short Film): CONTE DE QUARTIER
Caméra d'Or : 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST
Trophée du Festival : Anouk Aimée
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Un Certain Regard Grand Prize : LUXURY CAR
Un Certain Regard Jury Special Prize : TEN CANOES
Un Certain Regard Best Acting (Ex-aequo) : CUM MI-AM PETRECUT SFARSITUL LUMII + THE VIOLIN
Un Certain Regard Jury President Prize : MEURTRIERES
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FIPRESCI Award (Competition): IKLIMLER
FIPRESCI Award (Un Certain Regard): HAMACA PARAGUAYA
FIPRESCI Award (Sideshow): BUG
Ecumenical Jury Prize : BABEL
Ecumenical Jury Special Mention : Z ODZYSKU
François Chalais Prize : INDIGENES
Youth Prize : BLED NUMBER ONE
National Education Prize : MARIE-ANTOINETTE
I've only seen 3 filsm in competition so far (Volver, Marie-Antoinette, Il Caimano), I might see more of them soon with the projections in Paris of the favorites of the magazine Les Inrockuptibles.
RépondreSupprimerAlthough the Awards are a little disappointing from such a great jury... which proves the compromises made among jury members doesn't make but consensual statements.
I wish Kaurismaki and Ceylan had received some kind of support... and maybe more suprises coming from unknown auteurs.
I'm looking forward to discover RED ROAD and THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Distribution scheduled in France for films in competition :
RépondreSupprimerMAY 19 2006 : VOLVER
MAY 22 2006 : IL CAIMANO
MAY 24 2006 : MARIE-ANTOINETTE
JUL 19 2006 : LA RAISON DU PLUS FAIBLE
AUG 23 2006 : SELON CHARLIE
AUG 30 2006 : FLANDRES
SEP 13 2006 : QUAND J'ÉTAIS CHANTEUR
SEP 27 2006 : INDIGÈNES
OCT ?? 2006 : BABEL
OCT 18 2006 : FAST FOOD NATION
NOV 01 2006 : EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO
NOV 01 2006 : LAITAKAUPUNGIN VALOT
NOV 08 2006 : THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
NOV 22 2006 : L'AMICO DI FAMIGLIA
DEC 27 2006 : SOUTHLAND TALES
JAN 03 2007 : CRÓNICA DE UNA FUGA
JAN 17 2007 : IKLIMLER
Undistributed : RED ROAD; JUVENTUDE EM MARCHA; SUMMER PALACE
Favorites of Michel Ciment (Critic, Director of Positif):
RépondreSupprimerVOLVER
and
FLANDRES, CLIMATES, MARIE-ANTOINETTE, THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Bruno Dumont interviewed by Michel Ciment on Projection Privée (french radio show available online)
RépondreSupprimerCommentary of the Awards by critics: Michel Ciment (Positif), Danièle Heymann (Marianne), Pierre Murat (Télérama), Xavier Leherpeur (Cinélive), Eva Bettan (France Inter) and Jerome Garcin (France Inter) on Le Masque et La Plume.
RépondreSupprimerComplementary index for online reviews on the main competition.
RépondreSupprimerAlso review orphans for parallel sections and special screenings off competition.
Cannes. Shorts and shorts.
Wrapping Cannes, comments on the awards.
Patrice Leconte, french director, member of Cannes 2006 jury, reveals the backstage of the deliberation for Wong Kar-wai's awards on the radioshow CineFilms available online (french)
RépondreSupprimerLeconte says the Palme d'Or was indeed unanimously decided in 15 minutes. He might have been the one who suggested the ensemble acting awards. He regrets Kaurismaki and Sorrentino didn't get a prize.
Cannes review on Film Comment
RépondreSupprimerOn cinemascope :
- CANNES 2006: Conspiracy of Dunces
- The Revolution—Betrayed Once More: The Wind That Shakes the Barley