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- 5/23/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Midnight movie: Mel Gibson stars in Jean-François Richet’s Blood Father at the Cannes Film Festival Photo: Cannes Film Festival
David Mackenzie’s new film, Hell Or High Water, which stars Ben Foster, Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges has been added to the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section.
The film deals with a divorced father and his ex-con brother who dream up a desperate scheme to save the family farm in West Texas, and it marks Mackenzie’s first feature film outing since Starred Up in 2013.
Scene from The Salesman by Asghar Farhadi Photo: Cannes Film Festival
Other additions to the Festival line-up include The Salesman by Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, which will receive its world premiere in competition.
Mohamed Diab’s Clash will open Un Certain Regard while French director Jean-Francois Richet’s Blood Father, starring Mel Gibson, has secured a Midnight Screening slot.
Thierry Fremaux,...
David Mackenzie’s new film, Hell Or High Water, which stars Ben Foster, Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges has been added to the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section.
The film deals with a divorced father and his ex-con brother who dream up a desperate scheme to save the family farm in West Texas, and it marks Mackenzie’s first feature film outing since Starred Up in 2013.
Scene from The Salesman by Asghar Farhadi Photo: Cannes Film Festival
Other additions to the Festival line-up include The Salesman by Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, which will receive its world premiere in competition.
Mohamed Diab’s Clash will open Un Certain Regard while French director Jean-Francois Richet’s Blood Father, starring Mel Gibson, has secured a Midnight Screening slot.
Thierry Fremaux,...
- 4/22/2016
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Seven additions made to Official Selection, including Blood Father starring Mel Gibson, the new feature from Starred Up director David Mackenzie and a Joseph Kony documentary.Click here for updated Official Selection
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi is to compete for the Palme d’Or with his latest feature, The Salesman, following several additions to Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection.
The addition of the Farsi-language project, which racked up sales for Memento Films International at Berlin in February, takes the total number of films in Competition to 21.
The Salesman revolves around a couple whose relationship turns violent due to societal pressures. Long-time Farhadi collaborators Taraneh Alidoosti, who played the epnymous role in About Elly, and Shahab Hosseini, who appeared in Farhadi’s Golden Bear and Oscar-winning A Separation, co-star as the central couple.
Farhadi was last in Competition at Cannes in 2013 with his previous film, The Past, which won the Ecumenical Jury prize.
Un Certain...
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi is to compete for the Palme d’Or with his latest feature, The Salesman, following several additions to Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection.
The addition of the Farsi-language project, which racked up sales for Memento Films International at Berlin in February, takes the total number of films in Competition to 21.
The Salesman revolves around a couple whose relationship turns violent due to societal pressures. Long-time Farhadi collaborators Taraneh Alidoosti, who played the epnymous role in About Elly, and Shahab Hosseini, who appeared in Farhadi’s Golden Bear and Oscar-winning A Separation, co-star as the central couple.
Farhadi was last in Competition at Cannes in 2013 with his previous film, The Past, which won the Ecumenical Jury prize.
Un Certain...
- 4/22/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
As usual, even though they initially announced the line-up, Cannes has a few more titles to add their slate, including one of our most-anticipated films of the year. Asghar Farhadi will return to the festival with The Salesman, which reunites him with regulars Shahab Hosseini (About Elly, A Separation) and Tareneh Alidoosti (About Elly, Fireworks Wednesday). Playing in competition, it was reported the drama centers on a couple performing together in Arthur Miller’s Death of A Salesman.
Other titles includes the Mel Gibson-led action thriller Blood Father (see the railer here) and David Mackenzie‘s Starred Up follow-up, the western crime drama Hell or High Water, scripted by Sicario’s Taylor Sheridan and starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster, and Jeff Bridges. Check out the additions below.
In Competition
The Salesman by Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
Un Certain Regard
Opening film: Eshtebak (Clash) by Mohamed Diab (Egypt)
Hell Or High Water...
Other titles includes the Mel Gibson-led action thriller Blood Father (see the railer here) and David Mackenzie‘s Starred Up follow-up, the western crime drama Hell or High Water, scripted by Sicario’s Taylor Sheridan and starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster, and Jeff Bridges. Check out the additions below.
In Competition
The Salesman by Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
Un Certain Regard
Opening film: Eshtebak (Clash) by Mohamed Diab (Egypt)
Hell Or High Water...
- 4/22/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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