As Cannes continues to showcase some of the most compelling, provocative and controversial films of the year, Cinemoi bring us an update from the 62nd installment of the film festival.
In an exclusive interview with Editor Les Cahiers du Cinema Charlotte Garson, she sings the praises of both Penelope Cruz’s outstanding performance and the impeccable standard of her work with Pedro Almodovar in ‘Broken Embraces’ - which was one of the most highly anticipated films of the festival.
We also meet Jacques Audiard, director of the French prison drama ‘A Prophet’ who talks about the popularity of American prison-based films and television programmes and the importance of providing a ‘French reality’ to these. We even get a sneak peak of the haunting film - which documents the violence and intrigue of life in prison.
He is joined by the controversial director, Lars Von Trier, responsible for the gruesome ‘Anti Christ’ which stars Charlotte Gainsbourg in the forest-based horror, who tells us how he began writing films as a way of combatting his depression - and says of Anti Christ that he “wasn’t looking for anything too logical”.
Finally we meet Marina De Van who directed the “sweet and beautiful” Ne Te Retourne Pas as a way of channelling her “neurosis and anxieties” through the story of a photographer whose photographs take on a different meaning to her intention.
As ever, Cinemoi bring us right up to date with all the latest from Cannes - stay tuned for more from Cannes 2009.
