The Cannes Film Festival 2023 (May 16-27), now in its 76th edition, is dedicated to the love of cinema, which is slowly getting back on its feet after the collapse caused by the pandemic. The kermesse beyond the Alps opens with Johnny Depp as Louis XV in the period film Jeanne du Barry by Maiwenn. It will sanction the rebirth of the divo de Pirates of the Caribbean after the trial of ex-wife Amber Heard? Harrison Ford will arrive on the croisette with a whip for the fifth and final chapter of Indiana Jones. What catches the eye most, however, among the titles of the competition, is the massive Italian presence: it almost seems to be at the Venice Film Festival.
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Three Italian films in competition at Cannes 2023
Mark Bellocchio, Nanni Moretti And Alice Rohrwacher they will keep each other company in this 76th edition of the festival. The director of Night exterior returns to Cannes with his Kidnapped (in theaters May 25). The film focuses on the story of Edgardo Mortara, the Jewish boy who in 1858 was torn away from his family of origin to be raised as a Catholic under the custody of Pope Pius IX, becoming an international case. In the cast we find Fausto Russo Alesi (the Cossiga of Night exterior), Barbara Ronchi, Filippo Timi and Fabrizio Gifuni (Aldo Moro in the director’s series).
The chimera by Alice Rohwacher.
The sun of the future by Moretti it was almost obvious to find it among the selected titles: we know how much the director of Dear Diary be loved in France. And it is no less Alice Rohrwacher who, afterwards Happy Lazarus (Best Screenplay in 2018) e The wonders (Grand Jury Prize in 2014), returns to Cannes with The chimera, a film set in the 1980s in the clandestine world of “grave robbers”. It is missing from the appeal Matthew Garrone with his I captain. What happened to you Matteo?
Other films in the competition: Asteroid City by Wes Anderson e The Old Oak by Ken Loach
The three Italian films will have to defend themselves from titles and authors of a certain weight. Return to Cannes Aki Kaurismaki with Fallen Leaves, Wim Wenders with perfect days (the director was also selected in the special screening section with a 3D documentary on the sculptor Anselm Kiefer), Ken Loachprobably with his latest work The Old Oak, Todd Haynes with May December, interpreted by his muse Julianne Moore and by Natalie Portman. Jessica Hausner (Club Zero), the Japanese master Kore’eda (Monsters) and the inimitable Wen Anderson, than with his Asteroid City takes us to the 1950s in a remote town in the American desert, among aliens and astrophysics conventions.
Asteroid City by Wes Anderson.
Among the stars DiCaprio, De Niro and Lilly Rose Depp
Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese is the monstre title out of competition, together with fifth Indiana Jones. More surprises will be announced in the coming days. Di Caprio and De Niro will walk the red carpet, announced Thierry Frémaux. Among the other titles to keep an eye on are Kubi by Takeshi Kitani, Occupied City by Academy Award winner Steve McQueen and The Idol by Sam Levinson with Lilly Rose DeppJohnny’s daughter.
Cannes Film Festival 2023: the films in competition
Club Zero by Jessica Hausner
The Zone Of Interest by Jonathan Glazer
Fallen Leaves by Aki Kaurismaki
Les filles d’olfa (Four Doughters) by Kaouther Ben Hania
Asteroid City by Wes Anderson
Starring Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber, Maya Hawke, Matt Dillon Steve Carrll
Anatomies of Une Chute by Justine Triet
Monsters of Kore’ by Eda Hirokazu
The sun of the future by Nanni Moretti
With Mathieu Amalric, Margherita Buy, Silvio Orlando, Barbara Bobulova
The chimera by Alice Rohrwacher
With Josh O’Connor, Isabella Rossellini, Alba Rohrwacher
Kidnapped by Marco Bellocchio
With Paolo Pierobon, Barbara Ronchi, Filippo Timi and Fabrizio Gifuni
dry grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
L’été Dernier by Catherine Breillat
The Passion of Dodin Bouffant by Tran Anh Hung
May December by Todd Haynes
With Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Charles Melton
Firebrand by Karim Aïnouz
The Old Oak by Ken Loach
Banel et Adama by Ramata-Toulaye SY
perfect days by Wim Wenders
youth by Wang Bing
Out of competition
Jeanne Du Barry by MAÏWENN (opening film)
With Johnny Depp, Maiwenn, Melvil Poupaud
Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese
With Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser
The Idol by Sam Levinson
With Lily-Rose Depp, The Weeknd, Troye Sivan Troye, Moses Sumney
Cobweb by Kim Jee Woon
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny by James Mangold
With Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Boyd Holbrook, Mads Mikkelsen, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Toby Jones
Cannes Premiere
Le Temps D’aimer by Katell Quillévéré
Fermer Les Yeux by Victor Erice
Bonnard, Pierre Et Marthe by Martin Provost
Kubi by Takeshi Kitano