Cannes' 40th Director's Fortnight was announced today in Paris with good showings from Latin America, Spain and particularly France with 12 of the 22 films either French or co-productions. The lone U.S. film is
Joshua Safdie's
The Pleasure of Being Robbed, a warm, beautifully lensed, simple story of a curious girl wondering around New York City in search of connections with strangers. The film gained a lot of attention at its premiere at
SXSW and has been building buzz on the regional circuit since. I saw it at
Sarasota earlier this month (where it received the fest's Independent Vision award) and was one of my favorites there.
Below is the full list of Fortnight films:
Four Nights With Anna, France-Poland, Jerzy Skolimowski (opener)
The Pleasure of Being Robbed, U.S., Josh Safdie (closer)
Acne, Uruguay-Spain-Argentina-Mexico, Federico Veiroj
Aquele querido mes de agosto, Portugal-France, Miguel Gomes
Boogie, Romania, Radu Muntean
Les Bureaux de Dieu, France, Claire Simon
El Cant dels ocells, Spain, Albert Serra
De la guerre, France, Bertrand Bonello
Le Dernier Maquis, France-Algeria, Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
Eldorado, Belgium-France, Bouli Lanners
Eleve libre, Belgium-France, Joachim Lafosse
Liverpool, Argentina-France-Netherlands-Spain-Germany, Lisandro Alonso
Monsieur Morimoto, France, Nicola Sornaga
Knitting, China, Yin Lichuan
Now Showing, Philippines-France, Raya Martin
Il Resto della notte, Italy, Francesco Munzi
Salamandra, Argentina-France-Germany, Pablo Aguero
Shultes, Russia, Bakur Bakuradze
Blind Loves, Slovakia, Juraj Lehotsky
Lonely Tune of Tehran, Iran, Saman Salour
“Tony Manero,” Chile-Brazil, Pablo Larrain
"Le Voyage aux Pyrenees," France, Jean-Marie Larrieu, Arnaud Larrieu
# posted by Jason Guerrasio @ 4/25/2008 11:01:00 AM
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