FINAL CANNES CRITICAL VIEWS
Here is a look at the final critical reaction from Cannes regarding 13 films that I have my eye on regarding a possible play at Telluride:
From the Palme Competition category (on a 10 point scale):
The Mastermind: 6.53
Die, My Love: 6.51
Young Mothers: 6.33
The History of Sound: 4.88
A Simple Accident: 7.08
From Un Certain Regard:
Eleanor the Great: 5.58
The Chronology of Water: 6.19
Out of Competition:
Splitsville: 5.65
Orwell: 2+2=5: 7.13
The Disappearance of Joseph Mengele: 5.96
The Wave: 5.88
The Love That Remains (Palmason) 7.72
The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol 6.18
Looking at the Palme competitors, the top five currently are:
1) Sirat (Laxe) 7.90
2) Nouvelle Vague (Linklater) 7.22
3) Sentimental Value (Trier) 7.02
4) The Secret Agent (Filho) 7.01
5) Resurrection (Gan) 7.00
FROM SCREEN DAILY
Palme Competition top five (on a 4 point scale)
1) Two Prosecutors 3.1 (Tie)
1) It Was Just an Accident ( A Simple Accident) 3.1 (Tie)
3) The Secret Agent 2.8 (Tie)
3) Sound of Falling 2.8 (Tie)
And tied with a 2.7: Nouvelle Vague, Romeria, Sentimental Value, Young Mothers and The Mastermind.
FROM IONCINEMA
Palme Competition top five ( on a five point scale):
1) Sirat 3.9
2) The Secret Agent 3.6
3) It Was Just an Accident (A Simple Accident) 3.5
4) Sentimental Value 3.4 (tie)
4) Young Mothers 3.4 (tie)
CANNES WINNERS...ANYONE COMING TO TELLURIDE?
From Erik Anderson and Awards Watch...the big winners from Cannes:
MAIN COMPETITION
Palme d’Or: It Was Just an Accident by Jafar Panahi
Gran Prize: Sentimental Value by Joachim Trier
Jury Prize: Sirât by Oliver Laxe and Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski
Best Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho for The Secret Agent
Best Actor: Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent
Best Actress: Nadia Melliti for The Little Sister
Best Screenplay: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for Jeues Mères
Special Prize: Resurrection by Bi Gan
A CERTAIN REGARD
Un Certain Regard Prize: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo by Diego Céspedes
Jury Prize: A Poet by Simón Mesa Soto
Best Director: Tarzan and Arab Nasser for Once Upon a Time in Gaza
Best Actor: Frank Dillane for Urchin
Best Actress: Cleo Diára for I Only Rest in the Storm
Best Screenplay: Harry Lighton for Pillion
So, if you're looking at what happened at Cannes to predict what might play TFF #52 the awards are important and the critical reaction is important...also important is the distribution deals made at the fest. The key moves were made by Neon and Mubi.
At the conclusion of Cannes Neon held the distribution rights for: It Was Just an Accident (Palme winner), Sentimental Value (Gran Prix winner), Sirat (Jury Prize), The Secret Agent (Best Direction), Alpha, Splitsville and Orwell 2+2=5. That's seven films that Neon will be juggling as we head into Fall Film Fest Season.
Mubi post-Cannes has: Die, My Love, The Sound of Falling (Jury Prize), The History of Sound and The Mastermind.
Analysis: It's tempting to think that Neon might have its biggest presence at Telluride ever. That actually almost seems inevitable. All factors taken together would seem to point to Jafar Panahi's Palme winner as the most logical first possibility. The second most likely might be Splitsville. After that, it's pick 'em. I'm kind of feeling Sentimental Value, Orwell and Sirat...but that's just a gut feeling.
Mubi's best bets right now seem to be Die, My Love and The Mastermind. The History of Sound may be off the TFF list of possibilities as a result of a relatively dismal critical reception.
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