Show. “Asteroid City” by Wes Anderson in competition at Cannes

Among the candidates also «La Chimera» by Alice Rohrwacher, with Isabella Rossellini and Josh O’Connor in the cast.

Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” will be in competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

The director will walk the red carpet at the Croisette in May for the film’s premiere, accompanied by the stellar cast of Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Tilda Swinton and Jason Schwartzman.

To win the Palme d’Or for Best Film, “Asteroid City” will have to beat the competition from “May December” by Todd Haynes, starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, “The Zone of Interest” by Jonathan Glazer, “Perfect Days” by Wim Wenders and Ken Loach’s The Old Oak.

Among the other candidates also «Club Zero» by Jessica Hausner, «La Chimera» by Alice Rohrwacher, with Isabella Rossellini and Josh O’Connor, «Firebrand» by Karim Aïnouz, with Alicia Vikander and Jude Law, and «Monster» by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

The competing titles will be judged by Swedish director Ruben Östlund, winner of the Palme d’Or 2022 for «Triangle of Sadness». The remaining jury members will be announced in the coming days.

During the presentation of the line-up, it was also revealed that Sam Levinson’s new HBO series “The Idol”, which stars The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp, will participate in the event out of competition.

The festival will open with the screening of «Jeanne du Barry» by Maïwenn, starring Johnny Depp. Other out-of-competition films include Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fate and Pedro Almodóvar’s Strange Way of Life with Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal.

The 76th Cannes Film Festival will take place from 16 to 27 May 2023.

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