A few hours after the climax of the 76th Cannes Film Festival and the verdict of the jury chaired by Swede Ruben Ostlund, here are the latest rumors collected by ANSA. With Italy left empty-handed, the Palme d’Or was played between two powerful works: Englishman Jonathan Glazer’s ‘The Zone of Interest’, which is also based on the novel of the same name by Martin Amis, the late great British writer, during the festival which Story of Auschwitz as seen by its director, who lives in a villa right next to the wall of the horror camp, and the suspenseful yellow anatomy d’une chute of the French Justine Triet with a mother who has to defend herself against the accusation that the having killed her husband. The curious thing is that both films have the same leading actress, the German Sandra Huller, who was the favorite until yesterday.
The palm for the actress reportedly went to Juliette Binoche in French-Vietnamese actress Tran Anh Hung’s “La Passion de Doudin Bouffant” instead, while the palm for the actress went to Japanese star of Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days,” Koji Yakusho. If Glazer and Triet compete for the Palme d’Or and the Grand Prix, the third most important directing award could go to Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki’s “Les Feuilles Mortes”. According to the latest rumours, there would be screenplay and jury prizes in the Palmares for “Monster” by the Japanese director Kore-eda and “Les Herbes Seches” by the Turk Nuri Bilge Ceylan. It has to be said that at Cannes (as at the Venice Film Festival) the talents called up know they could get an award but not which one, so the rumors are taken as probabilities rather than certainties. The evening, moderated by Chiara Mastroianni, will feature, among others, Jane Fonda (who will present the Palme d’Or), Roger Corman and Quentin Tarantino, who will present the Grand Prix. The closing ceremony marks the end of the 76th Cannes Film Festival and will be followed by the screening of Peter Sohn’s Pixar Disney film Elemental at the Grand Théâtre Lumière.
Italy is out. Italy wouldn’t be in the Palmares, that’s what the jury, chaired by Swede Ruben Ostlund, decided last night.
Marco Bellocchio’s Rapito, Nanni Moretti’s Il Sol dell’Future and Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera received no recognition, after all the competition was at a high level. Italy is bringing home the visibility of three films in competition like it hasn’t done in years.
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