The Daily 2012

17 May

Quote of the day

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 17.05.2012 at 10:14 PM

"Refusing to give it up and bow down before dictatorship, that’s what cinema is all about." Yousry Nasrallah
Yousry Nasrallah: "A political commitment and a commitment to cinema"

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 18.05.2012 at 11:59 AM

Yousry Nasrallah, director of After the Battle, held a press conference accompanied by three of his actors, Bassem Samra, Menna Shalaby and Nahed El Sebaï), his French producer, Georges-Marc Benamou, his Egyptian producer and his co-writer Omar Schama. Some extracts. Yousry Nasrallah, talking about the extraordinary speed...
Jacques Audiard: "The film looks at people in a time of crisis"

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 04.06.2012 at 4:14 PM

Jacques Audiard presented his film De Rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone) at a press conference. Seated with him were the scriptwriter Thomas Bidegain and actors Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts who answered journalists' questions. Here are some selected highlights. Marion Cotillard's quest to interpret the role of...
Did you know? Info points

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 17.05.2012 at 5:48 PM

Lost at the Festival? Several Info Points are provided in and around the Palais. They are marked with a red 'i' on a black background.Inside the Palais:Level 01: central aisle and light wellLevel 0: main entranceLevel 3: indoor walkwayOn the Riviera: sea entrance, seasideOutside the Palais, Croisette gate, on the forecourt to the left...
In attendance at Cannes

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 18.05.2012 at 10:57 AM

The actors and directors expected to be in attendance in Cannes today are:
Omirbayev follows in the steps of the classics of Russian literature

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 30.01.2013 at 3:33 PM

For his sixth feature film, the Kazakh director is inspired by Crime and Punishment, the famous classic by the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky. After About Love (2006), a short film adapted from the story by Anton Chekhov, and Shuga (2007), inspired by Leon Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina, Darezhan Omirbayev signs a new adaptation...
A fiction on the Egyptian Revolution

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 18.05.2012 at 9:06 AM

In After the battle, Yousry Nasrallah sheds new light on the attack of the horse and camel guard in Tahrir Square, on 2 February 2011, in a fictionalised work.It was the 9th day of the Egyptian Revolution, and the image was broadcast around the world: on horseback and on camels, the militia charged the crowd of anti-Mubarak...
Life in the Flesh

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 17.05.2012 at 7:44 PM

Further to A Prophet, which was awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2009, Jacques Audiard brings us his sixth film, De rouille et d’os (Rust and Bone), a very free adaptation of two short stories by Craig Davidson. The film’s title, Rust and Bone, refers to the taste of blood in the mouth when, upon a blow to the face, the lips...
In the footsteps of Woody Allen

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 17.05.2012 at 12:46 PM

American documentary maker Robert Weide, author of several noteworthy biopics (Max Brothers, W.C. Fields, Lenny Bruce, etc.), has plunged into the teeming world of the filmmaker for a documentary combining stories and archives. A handful of anecdotes serve to highlight the patient work undertaken by Robert Weide in making Woody...
Lou Ye presents Mystery, opening Un Certain Regard

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 30.01.2013 at 3:31 PM

After the selection of Purple Butterfly, Summer Palace and Spring Fever in Competition, Lou Ye this year presents Mystery at Un Certain Regard. After a five- year ban on filming, the Chinese director once again defies the censors. The themes in the work of director Lou Ye, ranging from Tiananmen Square to homosexuality, suggest that...
Bond on the beach

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 17.05.2012 at 6:08 PM

In the half-century of his history in the cinema, James Bond hasn’t aged a day. Agent 007 will again be on the big screen at the Cinéma de la Plage for five open-air screenings beginning this evening. On the schedule, Dr. No (Terence Young) followed by Casino Royale (Martin Campbell). Top spy and ladies’ man beyond...
Laurent Bouzereau: "Who’s the magician hiding behind the wall? "

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 30.05.2012 at 4:15 PM

Laurent Bouzereau presents his film Roman Polanski, A film memoir – a documentary on the life of the Franco-Polish director – at the Festival de Cannes Special Screening. Here he answers our questions.What was your first reaction when you heard you were selected for Cannes?My reaction on hearing about the selection of my film at...
Cannes Classics opens with the World Cinema Foundation

the 17.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 17.05.2012 at 3:20 PM

With fourteen restored films in the five years since its creation, the World Cinema Foundation gives the masterpieces of the past a new lease of life. Founded by Martin Scorsese, this organisation offers countries that do not have the necessary means at their disposal the opportunity to preserve their cinematic heritage. Two films...