Cannes Film Festival announced its official movie selection recently, and we have selected 5 featured movies for our readers. A short journey from Leox Carax’s stunning musical to Farhadi’s highly anticipated latest film, to the magical screen of the big screen…
This year, The Cannes Film Festival will meet with movie lovers two months later than its usual date, between July 6-17. The films of the Official Selection seems to have excited many movie critics. The opening film of this year is Annette with Adam Diver and Marion Cotillard. Another movie is from Turkey: Commitment Hasan by Semih Kaplanoğlu at Un Certain Regard section.
The films will be screened on Cannes Film Festival are a gift for lovers of cinema that have been yearning for during the past year.
Annette, Leos Carax
Leos Carax’s new musical film Annette will premiere on Cannes, on July 6. The long-awaited Annette is the first English and French musical of the director. Marion Cotillard plays a world-famous soprano and Adam Driver plays a stand-up comedian in the story of the film, which develops when a couple realizes the special talent of their two-year-old daughter. The film tells the story of a world-famous soprano (Marion Cotillard) and his husband, a stand-up comedian (Adam Driver). Their life takes an unexpected turn when the couple realizes the unique gift of their daughter, Annette. The style of the movies distinguishes from classic Broadway style; the actors both speak and song in the same sentence. Trailer was also released at the event in which Official Selection 2021 was announced.
“Every Leos Carax movie is an event. And this one delivers on its promises. Annette is gift that lovers of cinema, music and culture were hoping for, one that we have been yearning for during the past year,” said Pierre Lescure, president of the festival.
Commitment Hasan, Semih Kaplanoğlu
Commitment Hasan will be screened on “Un Certain Regard” section. Besides that, 18 movies will be screened on “Un Certain Regard” section. is one movive from Hasan Kaplanoğlu’s Commitment trilogy, was the first movie of this trilogy that was nominated for the International Best Film category at the Oscar Awards 2019. tells the story of Hasan who lives on thanks to his father’s orchards and fields, his struggle gets rid of electricity pole that is wanted to be planted in the middle of his field, and his journey through Mecca. Its star is Umut Karadağ. It is expected to the movie will be released after its screening on Cannes. The last film of trilogy will be : The story of a director who tries to make a movie about by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar.
