The 2024 Cannes line up is… different.
There are a lot of American films actors on the list. But they’re not the usual fare.
Demi Moore and Selena Gomez star in a horror film. Richard Gere reunites with his “American Gigolo” direcor Paul Schrader. Adam Driver commands Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis.” Kevin Costner is bringing his vanity western.
Coppola’s movie is notable because it has no distributor and cost him personally $100 million — not even the total price. Will he sell it? Who will buy it? How many times will it be shown? More than once?
Demi Moore? Richard Gere? There’s an 80s nostalgia there, certainly. Moore will get a lot of red carpet attention without a doubt. For Gere, this is vindication after he’s said that his political views about Tibet have cancelled him as a studio player — they’re all afraid of insulting China.
Sean Baker is back, this time with a film called “Anora” that has not only no star but no one who’s name is recognizable.
Andrea Arnold has “Bird,” with two hot stars — Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski. You can only imagine the bidding war, with A24 cracking open its piggy bank to get a film with the eccentric star of “Saltburn.”
On the what I would call more Oscar-y side of things, Cate Blanchett and Emma Stone each have films which will raise the bar a lot. There will also be plenty of French stars like Catherine Deneuve, Melvil Poupad, and Adele Exarchopolous.
Thierry Fremaux and Iris Knobloch say more films may be added in the days ahead, and I’m sure they’re right.
A deeper dive later today…
OPENING FILM
LE DEUXIEME ACTE (THE SECOND ACT)
Quentin Dupieux
Out of Competition
COMPETITION
THE APPRENTICE
Ali Abbasi
MOTEL DESTINO
Karim Aïnouz
BIRD
Andrea Arnold
EMILIA PEREZ
Jacques Audiard
ANORA
Sean Baker
MEGALOPOLIS
Francis Ford Coppola
THE SHROUDS
David Cronenberg
THE SUBSTANCE
Coralie Fargeat
GRAND TOUR
Miguel Gomes
MARCELLO MIO
Christophe Honoré
FENG LIU YI DAI (CAUGHT BY THE TIDES)
Jia Zhang-Ke
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
Payal Kapadia
KINDS OF KINDNESS
Yórgos Lánthimos
L’AMOUR OUF
Gilles Lellouche
WILD DIAMOND
Agathe Riedinger
1st film
OH CANADA
Paul Schrader
LIMONOV – THE BALLAD
Kirill Serebrennikov
PARTHENOPE
Paolo Sorrentino
PIGEN MED NÅLEN (THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE)
Magnus von Horn
UN CERTAIN REGARD
NORAH
Tawfik Alzaidi
THE SHAMELESS
Konstantin Bojanov
LE ROYAUME
Julien Colonna
1st film
VINGT DIEUX !
Louise Courvoisier
1st film
WHO LET THE DOG BITE? (LE PROCÈS DU CHIEN)
Laetitia Dosch
1st film
GOU ZHEN (BLACK DOG)
Guan Hu
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE
Mo Harawe
1st film
SEPTEMBER SAYS
Ariane Labed
1st film
L’HISTOIRE DE SOULEYMANE
Boris Lojkine
THE DAMNED
Roberto Minervini
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL
Rungano Nyoni
BOKU NO OHISAMA (MY SUNSHINE)
Hiroshi Okuyama
SANTOSH
Sandhya Suri
VIET AND NAM
Truong Minh Quý
ARMAND
Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
1st film
OUT OF COMPETITION
SHE’S GOT NO NAME
Chan Peter Ho-Sun
HORIZON
Kevin Costner
RUMOURS
Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson & Guy Maddin
FURIOSA : A MAD MAX SAGA
George Miller
