The viewer sees a woman (Vicky Krieps) angrily flipping pairs of Polaroids laid out on a table. She is playing Concentration (a card game also known as Memory) with them, but actual memories of the events depicted on the photos appear to overwhelm her. She wants to start over. As the story behind the pictures unfolds,
The 74th Festival de Cannes is comprised of films whose release was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as films shot while it happened. One of the latter, French production Tralala accomplishes the special feat of acknowledging that fact. The world’s current exceptional state is not the topic of the feature, nor is
When David (Merab Ninidze) expresses his frustration at the corruption of the mayor in their provincial Russian town by drawing a political cartoon, it is not the city administration that is investigated. The protagonist finds himself framed in a retaliatory accusation of embezzlement from the university he works for. As the professor awaits trial for
In their respective home countries of England and France, students Bella and Vipulan are on the front line of the Fridays for Future movement, demanding political action against climate change. As their efforts are met with a disproportional response from both governments, their outrage at the blatant disregard for the planet grows. Together with filmmaker
Korean-born Antonio LeBlanc lives with his wife Kathy and stepdaughter Jessie in a Louisana town on the Bayou. With a baby on the way and outstanding fees at the tattoo parlour where he works, the protagonist applies for a second job, but his criminal record is a stumbling block. After a public altercation with his
Upon first glance, Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and Oto (Reika Kirishima) are living the artist couple’s dream. He is a stage actor whose particular style of experimenting with different languages has earned him industry-wide acclaim. She is a successful screenwriter for a TV station. They continue to inspire each other’s work. To help her husband rehearse
A strange man (Yim Si-wan) loiters around Incheon International Airport, first harassing a flight attendant for her welcoming smile, then intimidating the young girl who witnesses him cut himself in the men’s bathroom. Meanwhile, a video announcing a terrorist attack has been leaked to Seoul’s police department, but only detective In-ho (Cannes jury member Song
As a young girl, Alexia is injured in a car accident. Doctors perform a craniotomy on her, in which a titanium plate is put into her head. From this point, she develops a special bond with all things metal. It is the piercing in her co-worker’s nipple that interests her, more than the woman herself.
Upon hearing that married men fare better with their health, Dutch sea captain Jakob Störr (Gijs Naber) decides to find himself a wife. At a café he promises his companion that he will wed the first woman to walk in. As luck would have it, the next female to set foot into the establishment is
A childless couple taking possession of someone else’s baby and a birth mother not willing to part with her offspring. So far the plot of Lamb does not sound too unconventional. Until you take into account that the baby and mother in question are sheep. We are introduced to María and Ingvar’s daily life on