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Today’s Cannes Festival will open the 78th edition of the world’s most important film competition, which will not display any Mexican production (not a short and novelist) in any of its multiple competitive sections.
There is also a lot of concern about US President Donald Trump’s plans to impose a 100 % tariff on films produced abroad.
“I suggest talking about this within a year, because I just passed. I would like to answer a question from the US president’s statements that we used to say one thing, then add it, and go to more details, and its contradiction …”, Thierry Frémaux, the Commissioner -General of the Competition, at a press conference.
The sparks can already jump at the opening, when the legendary actor Robert de Niro receives the honorary golden palm. protagonist cabby He is a strong critic of the Republican President.
It is also expected that the collective extermination in the Gaza Strip will take place during the war between Israel and Hamas, because during the festival the documentary will be released during the festival. Put your soul on your hand and walkWho narrates the killing of photographer Fatima well during the bombing of the Israeli army.
In the absence of Mexico
Although some national films in recent years have been included in other sections (I lost at nightBy Amat Escalante, 2023) or Mexico participated through joint production (Emilia PerezBy Jacques Audiad, 2024), a contract will be implemented this year without any movie in the country part of the competition for the golden palm, which is the last time that the tape is chronic From Michelle Franco, who won the Best Screenplay Award.
But the lack of shorts or Mexican feature films in the 2025 edition of the Cannes Festival will not limit the presence of citizens on Costa Azul, such as directors such as Carlos Reagadas or Alejandro Gonzalez Einarto, and Jerho, and Dario. Croisette to achieve a series of obligations in the framework the most important films in the world.
Reagadas, who competed for the golden palm three times with films battle (2005), Silent light (2007) y After the dark light (20012), you will return to the general scene after a long absence to be part of the jury in the official competition that will be headed by Juliet Pinosh and consists of actress Halle Berry, actor Jeremy Strong, the Indian director and screenwriter Payal Capadia and Italian script writer Alice Rohrher.
On the other hand, González Iñárritu will celebrate Amores dogsAnd, which he won in 2000 with the highest award in the Critics Week, which was in sweets, will represent a new stage of Mexican cinema.
The tape written by Guillermo Arriaga and Gael García Bernal will be displayed in a 4K version and with a replaced sound within the CNCLASS Classics section, dedicated to maintaining and publishing wonderful films.
Meanwhile, Guillermo Del Toro will expand the main category scope He studied music, Dictated by the French composer Alexander Dick, scheduled for Sunday, May 18 at 2:00 pm. In the Louis Bonuel room at the Palace of Festivals.
Interestingly, the director attended the same space, but as an audience in 2017, to listen to the main category of his friend Alfonso Cuaron (And your mother too Y attractiveness), Led by French critic Michel Kemeant.
The Acting Ambassadors will be in 2025 at the Cannes Festival, they are the actors, Jail Garcia Bernal (a well -known and repeated ancient assistant), Dario Yazbek Bernal and Andres Almeida, who will accompany their new projects on French Riviera screens.
GAEL and Darío will be offered MagellanWritten by Laf Diaz, in the Cannes Festival (outside the competition), where the protagonist And your mother too And the chain Device The famous Portuguese explorer, Fernando de Majalanis, plays, while Andres Almeida, who appears by the way with a small but fun character in And your mother tooThe Cannes Festival will be attended for the first time as part of the Chilean production crew Flamnco mysterious lookWritten by Diego Sizbes.
For the golden palm
This year, 22 films from all over the world participate in the official competition on the golden palm, where names such as Wes Anderson (Phoenician scheme), Ari Aster (EdingtonJean-Pierre Y Luc Dardenne (Youth), Julia Dukorno (alpha), Richard Lincalter (New waveY Joachim Trier (Emotional value), Among other things.
Golden appearance
While the section is always the famous section, a certain look (the second of the importance of the competition) will receive for the first time in the direction of two actresses in Hollywood: Scarlett Johansson and Christine Stewart, who Elianor the Great Y Water timelineThey explore deep and personal topics.
Others from High From this edition it is a greeting to Robert De Nir ImpossibleThe last sentence with the star presence of the protagonist Tom Cruise, this is tomorrow.
The 78th edition of the Cannes Festival will be concluded next Saturday, May 24, with the announcement of Balris, which includes awards for the interpretation of females and males, the jury award and of course the gold palm from among others.
With AFP information
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