Cannes dailes for 14/06/2025

COMPÉTITION (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE):

SOUND OF FALLING by MASCHA SCHILINSKI at 15:00 (runtime 2h29)

Four girls, Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka, each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. As the home evolves over a century, echoes of the past linger in its walls. Though separated by time, their lives begin to mirror each other.

TWO PROSECUTORS (DEUX PROCUREURS) by SERGEI LOZNITSA at 22:30 (runtime 1h58)

Soviet Union, 1937. Thousands of letters from detainees falsely accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Against all odds, one of them reaches its destination, upon the desk of the newly appointed local prosecutor, Alexander Kornev. Kornev does his utmost to meet the prisoner, a victim of corrupt agents of the secret police, the NKVD. A dedicated Bolshevik of integrity, the young prosecutor suspects foul play. His quest for justice will take him all the way to the office of the Attorney General in Moscow. In the age of the great Stalinist purges, this is the plunge of a man into the corridors of a totalitarian regime that does not bear said name.

UN CERTAIN REGARD (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE):

*OPENING FILM* PROMIS LE CIEL (PROMISED SKY) by ERIGE SEHIRI at 19:30 (runtime 1h32)

Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist, has lived in Tunisia for ten years. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family’s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.

CANNES CLASSICS (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE):

YI YI (YI YI – A ONE AND A TWO) by EDWARD YANG at 10:00 (runtime 2h53)=

NJ Jian, his wife Min-Min and their two kids are typical middle-class family, sharing their Taipei apartment with Min-Min’s elderly mother. NJ is a partner in a computer hardware firm which made big profits last year but will go bankrupt soon if it doesn’t change direction. He warms to the idea of teaming up with Ota, an innovative designer of games software in Japan, and enjoys spending time with the charming and urbane Japanese man. Things start to go wrong for the Jians on the day that Min-Min’s brother A-Di gets married. That’s the day when Min-Min’s mother suffers a stroke and is rushed to hospital in a coma from which she may never awaken. It’s also the day when NJ bumps into Sherry, his first childhood sweetheart, a woman (now married) he hasn’t seen for twenty years.

DAVID LYNCH, UNE ÉNIGME À HOLLYWOOD (WELCOME TO LYNCHLAND)by STÉPHANE GHEZ at 14:30 (runtime 1h02)

With an unwavering commitment to his creative vision and freedom, David Lynch, an artist fascinated by the most deviant depths of the human soul, has composed his oeuvre like a riddle to decipher, on the cusp between dreams and reality. From Eraserhead, his cult-classic first feature film; to Twin Peaks, which transformed the world of TV series; via Mulholland Drive, seen as the greatest movie of the 21st century, David Lynch has been taking us through the looking glass to explore the strange foundations of the American dream. In revisiting both the filmmaker’s life and his work, this documentary will probe his creative process and plumb the hidden meaning of an implacably consistent filmography.

RED CANYON (LE MUSTANG NOIR) de / by GEORGE SHERMAN at 17:00 (runtime 1h22)

A horse breeder's daughter falls for a cowboy out to capture the stallion she aims to ride.

COMANCHE TERRITORY (SUR LE TERRITOIRE DES COMANCHES) de / by GEORGE SHERMAN at 18:30 (runtime 1h16)

Legendary gunslinger Jim Bowie is sent to the remote town of Crooked Tongue, where he and local Daniel Seegar struggle to arrange a friendly treaty with Quisima, the chief of the Comanche tribe. When the vicious Stacey Howard -- an opportunist with plans for an illegal silver mine -- and his barkeep sister, Katie, catch wind of the treaty, they plot to break down relations between Bowie and the Comanches.

SÉANCES DU LENDEMAIN (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE):

PARTIR UN JOUR (LEAVE ONE DAY) de / by AMÉLIE BONNIN at 16:30 (runtime 1h34)

Cécile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream come true, when suddenly her father has a heart attack and she is called back to the village where she was born. Far from the hubbub of Paris life, she runs into her teenage crush. The memories come flooding back, destabilizing her certainties.

HORS COMPÉTITION SÉANCES SPÉCIALES & DE MINUIT (CANNES PREMIÈRE):

PARTIR UN JOUR (LEAVE ONE DAY) by AMÉLIE BONNIN at 9:00 (runtime 1h34)

Cécile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream come true, when suddenly her father has a heart attack and she is called back to the village where she was born. Far from the hubbub of Paris life, she runs into her teenage crush. The memories come flooding back, destabilizing her certainties.

RENDEZ-VOUS AVEC / WITH CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE at 12:30 (runtime 1h30)

Christopher McQuarrie is back to present Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning as its director. While in Cannes, Christopher McQuarrie will meet with audiences. Oscar-winning screenwriter for Bryan Singer’s Usual Suspect, talented director of Jack Reacher and 4 episodes of the Mission: Impossible saga, Christopher McQuarrie has made thrillers his trademark and action cinema the work of a master craftsman. Because this is the kind of cinema that fascinates cinephiles, listening to him talk about his craft, his world and his projects will be all the more valuable. This session will highlight the mastery and choreographed precision of his direction, which blossoms with the outstanding acting of Tom Cruise at the top of his game.

RENDEZ-VOUS AVEC / WITH ROBERT DE NIRO at 15:15 (runtime 1h30)

There are faces that stand in for the 7th Art, and lines of dialogue that leave an indelible mark on cinephilia. The actor, director, producer and artist-activist has become a cinematic legend, with his emblematic, interiorized style, which surfaces in a gentle smile or a harsh gaze. This is why the Festival de Cannes has decided to present him with an honorary Palme d’or on opening night. The meeting will be hosted by artist JR, a friend of Robert De Niro who has been making a highly personal film with him for several years.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING by CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE at 18:45 (runtime 2h45)

Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Director's Fortnight:

ENZO by LAURENT CANTET & ROBIN CAMPILLO CRO at 8:45 and 22:00 (runtime 1h42)

FACTORY CEARÁ BRASIL at 11:45 (runtime 1h05)

CARROSSE D’OR: I’M NOT THERE by TODD HAYNES at 14:00 (runtime 2h15)

CONVERSATION AVEC / WITH TODD HAYNES at 16:15

*OPENING* ENZO by LAURENT CANTET & ROBIN CAMPILLO at 19:00 (runtime 1h42)

Semain De La Critique:

L’INTÉRÊT D’ADAM (ADAM’S SAKE) by LAURA WANDEL at 9:00 and 15:00 (runtime 1h18)

RIETLAND (REEDLAND)by SVEN BRESSER at 11:30 and 17:45 (runtime 1h52)

*OPENING* L’INTÉRÊT D’ADAM (ADAM’S SAKE) by LAURA WANDEL at 21:00 (runtime 1h18)