Daily Cannes Film Festival for 15/05/2025
COMPÉTITION (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
TWO PROSECUTORS (DEUX PROCUREURS) by SERGEI LOZNITSA at 12:00 (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.
SOUND OF FALLING by MASCHA SCHILINSKI at 14:40 (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.
DOSSIER 137 (CASE 137) by DOMINIK MOLL at 18:30 (runtime 1h55)
Stéphanie, a police officer working for Internal Affairs, is assigned to a case involving a young man severely wounded during a tense and chaotic demonstration in Paris. While she finds no evidence of illegitimate police violence, the case takes a personal turn when she discovers the victim is from her hometown.
SIRÂT by OLIVER LAXE at 21:30 (runtime 2h)
A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They’re searching for Mar — daughter and sister — who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading but they push through and follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert. As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits.
UN CERTAIN REGARD (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
A PALE VIEW OF HILLS by KEI ISHIKAWA at 11:00 (runtime 2h03)
In 1982, UK. An aspiring Japanese-British writer plans to write a book based on her mother Etsuko’s post-war experiences in Nagasaki. Etsuko, haunted by the suicide of her older daughter, begins to recount her memories from 1952 as a young mother-to-be. Her story begins with her encounter with Sachiko, who was full of hope about starting a new life abroad, and her young daughter Mariko, who constantly spoke of an eerie woman. The writer finds something at odds as she confronts the mementos of her mother’s Nagasaki years, as well as the memories Etsuko shares with her.
LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO (THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO) by DIEGO CÉSPEDES at 14:00 (runtime 1h44)
1982. Eleven-year-old Lidia lives with her beloved queer family in a desert mining town in northern Chile. As an unknown and deadly disease begins to spread, legend has it that it is transmitted between two men, through a simple glance, when they fall in love. While people are accusing her family, Lidia must find out whether this myth is real or not.
CANNES CLASSICS (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
LA PAGA by CIRO DURÁN at 14:30 (runtime 1h03)
In the Andes, a peasant works the land under exploitative conditions to ensure his family’s survival. His son is sick, his wife is pregnant, and he replicates the violence that surrounds him within his own home. Without money for medical care, he gets drunk one night and is arrested. In prison, in a fit of rage, he rebels against the village’s political boss in the only way he can.
SAÏD EFFENDI (SAEED EFFENDI) by KAMERAN HOSNI at 17:15 (runtime 1h31)
In the 1950s, Said Effendi, a schoolteacher, moves with his family to a new home in a modest neighborhood of Baghdad after being forced to vacate his previous house by order of the landlord. In his new residence, Said Effendi faces social challenges with his neighbor, Abdullah the cobbler, as conflicts arise between their children, leading to escalating tensions between the two families. As the problems intensify, Saeed finds himself facing a difficult challenge: achieving a balance between raising his children and maintaining a good relationship with his neighbors, without resorting to violence.
I HUVUDET PÅ BO (BEING BO WIDERBERG) by JON ASP & MATTIAS NOHRBORG at 19:15 (runtime 1h45)
Being Bo Widerberg is the story of the acclaimed and eccentric director who in the shadow of Ingmar Bergman became Sweden’s most influential film-maker. The film describes Widerberg’s celebration during the progressive early 1960s, from being an aspiring author and a harsh critic in working-class Malmö to his heydays as hallmarked film auteur in Stockholm and on to adventures in Cannes and New York. The film also shows to what cost Bo Widerberg’s career, or rather his ardent search for life, came at – on his colleagues, on his family and on himself.
SÉANCES DU LENDEMAIN (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
TWO PROSECUTORS (DEUX PROCUREURS) by SERGEI LOZNITSA (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.
PROMIS LE CIEL (PROMISED SKY)by ERIGE SEHIRI at 08:30 (runtime 1h35)
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.
SOUND OF FALLING by MASCHA SCHILINSKI at 11:00 (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.
LA MORT N’EXISTE PAS (DEATH DOES NOT EXIST) by FÉLIX DUFOUR-LAPERRIÈRE at 8:45 and 17:30 (runtime 1h12)
Hélène, a young activist is haunted by a former member of her group after abandoning her comrades after a failed armed attack. Against a societal crisis, they explore friendship, violence, beliefs, and love.
L’ENGLOUTIE (THE GIRL IN THE SNOW) by LOUISE HÉMON at 11:15 and 20:00 (runtime 1h38)
An avalanche on the high plateaus of a remote mountain takes its first local victim, shortly after a young primary school teacher arrives in town.
BRAND NEW LANDSCAPE by YUIGA DANZUKA at 14:15 (runtime 1h55)
Haunted by their mother's absence two siblings navigate Tokyo and the last chance they may have at reconciliation: the return of their estranged father.
RIETLAND (REEDLAND) by SVEN BRESSER at 8:30 (runtime 1h52)
Overcome with a sense of guilt after discovering the dead body of a girl on his property, Johan, a reed cutter taking care of his granddaughter undertakes a crusade to unearth evil.
LEFT-HANDED GIRL by SHIH-CHING TSOU at 11:30 and 18:00 (runtime 1h49)
Returning to Taipei to open a stand at a vibrant night market after living in the countryside for quite some time a single mother and her two daughters must acclimate to their new home by their own specific means if they wish to succeed financially and as a family.
REPRISE DE LA SÉLECTION (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
PARTIR UN JOUR 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.
SOUND OF FALLING by MASCHA SCHILINSKI at 11:30 (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 by SERGEI LOZNITSA at 14:45 (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.
PROMIS LE CIEL by ERIGE SEHIRI at 17:15 (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.
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