Cannes Film Festival’s boss Thierry Fremaux asked journalists at Monday’s press conference if they really believed Cannes was celebrating rapists. He was referring to what “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” actress Adele Haenel in an open letter published last week. So we saw Maiwenn’s film and it could have been in competition. The programming team watched 2,000 films for its lineup of roughly 70 features. Many of the 21 films in competition come to us from veteran filmmakers: Loach, Wenders, Moretti, Kaurismaki, Bellocchio, Breillat, Ceylan.

Source: New York Times May 16, 2023 04:18 UTC