No clear favourite for Palme d’Or as Cannes race nears residence stretch 

By PTI

CANNES: The 76th Cannes Film Festival is in its second week nonetheless comparatively unusually has however to throw up a clear frontrunner or two for the Palme d’Or, the very best prize on the celebrated gala.

One of the two Competition entries which have generated some buzz is by a woman director — “Anatomy of a Fall”, a French film.

Could its maker, Justine Triet, do a repeat of Julia Ducournau’s 2021 “Titane” act and develop to be solely the third girl in historic previous to win the coveted trophy? The film that is nearly actually to face in her strategy is Jonathan Glazer’s German-language Nazi-era drama “The Zone of Interest”, the British director’s first narrative operate in a decade.

Incidentally, German actor Sandra Huller, the star of the 2016 Cannes hit “Toni Erdmann”, choices in every “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Zone of Interest”.

Six completely different ladies directors are throughout the 21-film Competition line-up. Two of them are — septuagenarian French filmmaker Catherine Breillat and Italy’s Alice Rohrwacher — are however to enter the fray.

Breillat’s “Last Summer” screens tomorrow and Rohrwacher’s “La Chimera” is scheduled for Friday.

Several world cinema heavyweights, along with 5 earlier Palme d’Or winners, are in rivalry this 12 months.

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Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Monster” (Japanese), Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “About Dry Grasses” (Turkish) and Aki Kaurismaki’s “Fallen Leaves” (Finnish) have already premiered.

While none of these titles will likely be dominated out outright, solely “Fallen Leaves”, which bears Kaurismaki’s deadpan signature, could be considered to be in with an outside likelihood of worthwhile Ruben Ostlund and his jury over.

Wim Wenders’ Japanese-German film “Perfect Days”, Italian title “A Brighter Tomorrow” by Nanni Moretti and the Ken Loach directorial “The Old Oak” (English) are however to show display and it will likely be attention-grabbing to see if the three Cannes regulars can stir points up a bit as a result of the pageant hits the home stretch.

Wenders gained the Palme d’Or in 1984 for “Paris, Texas” and Moretti for “The Son’s Room” in 2001.

Loach gained the pageant’s excessive prize twice — for “The Wind that Shakes the Barley” in 2006 and for “I, Daniel Blake in 2016”.

The opponents is extra prone to go all the best way during which all the best way all the way down to the wire.

But as points stand, Triet and Glazer have their noses in entrance, if solely marginally, until Wenders, Breillat and Loach throw their hats into the ring throughout the subsequent two days.

The 76th model of the Cannes Film Festival will conclude on May 27.

CANNES: The 76th Cannes Film Festival is in its second week nonetheless comparatively unusually has however to throw up a clear frontrunner or two for the Palme d’Or, the very best prize on the celebrated gala.

One of the two Competition entries which have generated some buzz is by a woman director — “Anatomy of a Fall”, a French film.

Could its maker, Justine Triet, do a repeat of Julia Ducournau’s 2021 “Titane” act and develop to be solely the third girl in historic previous to win the coveted trophy? The film that is nearly actually to face in her strategy is Jonathan Glazer’s German-language Nazi-era drama “The Zone of Interest”, the British director’s first narrative operate in a decade.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Incidentally, German actor Sandra Huller, the star of the 2016 Cannes hit “Toni Erdmann”, choices in every “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Zone of Interest”.

Six completely different ladies directors are throughout the 21-film Competition line-up. Two of them are — septuagenarian French filmmaker Catherine Breillat and Italy’s Alice Rohrwacher — are however to enter the fray.

Breillat’s “Last Summer” screens tomorrow and Rohrwacher’s “La Chimera” is scheduled for Friday.

Several world cinema heavyweights, along with 5 earlier Palme d’Or winners, are in rivalry this 12 months.

ALSO READ: Cannes: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Monster’ with an enormous coronary coronary heart

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Monster” (Japanese), Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “About Dry Grasses” (Turkish) and Aki Kaurismaki’s “Fallen Leaves” (Finnish) have already premiered.

While none of these titles will likely be dominated out outright, solely “Fallen Leaves”, which bears Kaurismaki’s deadpan signature, could be considered to be in with an outside likelihood of worthwhile Ruben Ostlund and his jury over.

Wim Wenders’ Japanese-German film “Perfect Days”, Italian title “A Brighter Tomorrow” by Nanni Moretti and the Ken Loach directorial “The Old Oak” (English) are however to show display and it will likely be attention-grabbing to see if the three Cannes regulars can stir points up a bit as a result of the pageant hits the home stretch.

Wenders gained the Palme d’Or in 1984 for “Paris, Texas” and Moretti for “The Son’s Room” in 2001.

Loach gained the pageant’s excessive prize twice — for “The Wind that Shakes the Barley” in 2006 and for “I, Daniel Blake in 2016”.

The opponents is extra prone to go all the best way during which all the best way all the way down to the wire.

But as points stand, Triet and Glazer have their noses in entrance, if solely marginally, until Wenders, Breillat and Loach throw their hats into the ring throughout the subsequent two days.

The 76th model of the Cannes Film Festival will conclude on May 27.