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Cannes Film Festival 2018

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Woman At War Woman At War
Woman At War and This Magnificent Cake!
Amor, Avenidas Novas (Country: Portugal; Year: 2018; Director: Duarte Coimbra)
Manel idealizes love, inspired by his parents' relationship. Out of compassion, he hands over his double mattress to Nicolau. On the way back he invades a film set where a group of young women count among the film crew. One of them is Rita. The encounter has a profound effect on Manel who sinks into a magical feeling of passion.
Short
Chris The Swiss (Country: Switzerland; Year: 2018; Director: Anja Kofmel; Writer: Anja Kofmel)
In the middle of the war in Croatia, a young journalists' body was found dressed in the uniform of an international mercenary group. This documentary follows his sister's attempts to unravel his story.
Competition
Diamantino (Tristes Monroes) (Country: Portugal; Year: 2017; Director: Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt; Writer: Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt; Stars: Joana Barrios, Abílio Bejinha, Chico Chapas)
Diamantino was once the greatest football player in Portugal. Now, in the middle of the worst crisis of his life, he decides to fill his void by adopting a refugee boy.
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Competition
Exemplary Citizen (Mo-Bum-Shi-Min) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2018; Director: Kim Cheol-Hwi)
Short
Fugue (Fuga) (Country: Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden; Year: 2018; Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska; Writer: Gabriela Muskala; Stars: Gabriela Muskala, Lukasz Simlat, Malgorzata Buczkowska, Piotr Skiba)
A woman suffering from memory loss is reunited with the family she can't remember having.
Full Review
Competition
Sauvage Sauvage
Sauvage and Wildlife
Guy (Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Alex Lutz; Writer: Alex Lutz; Stars: Alex Lutz, Tom Dingler, Pascale Arbillot, Dani, Brigitte Roüan, Andy Picci)
A man learns that he is the son of a famous performer.
Closing night
Hector Malot: The Last Day Of The Year (Ektoras Malo : I teleftea mera tis chronias) (Country: Greece; Year: 2018; Director: Jacqueline Lentzou)
Short
Normal (Ya Normalniy) (Country: Russia; Year: 2018; Director: Michael Borodin)
Short
One Day (Egy Nap) (Country: Hungary; Year: 2018; Director: Zsófia Szilágyi; Writer: Réka Mán-Várhegyi, Zsófia Szilágyi; Stars: Zsófia Szamosi, Leó Füredi, Ambrus Barcza, Zorka Varga-Blaskó)
A day in the life of a language teacher whose husband cheats on her.
Competition
Our Struggles (Nos Batailles) (Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2018; Director: Guillaume Senez; Stars: Laetitia Dosch, Laure Calamy, Lucie Debay, Marc Robert)
A man who has dedicated his career to fighting injustice must re-evaluate everything when his wife leaves and he has to take care of the kids.
Special screening
Fugue Fugue
Fugue and Diamantino
Pauline Asservie (Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet)
Short
La Persistente (Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Camille Lugan)
Short
Rapaz (Raptor) (Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Felipe Gálvez)
Short
Sauvage (Full Frontal, Savage) (Year: 2017; Director: Camille Vidal-Naquet; Writer: Camille Vidal-Naquet; Stars: Félix Maritaud, Eric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla, Philippe Ohrel, Pavle Dragas, Mehdi Boudina)
A young male sex worker searches for love and companionship.
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Competition
Schächer (Country: Switzerland; Year: 2018; Director: Flurin Giger; Writer: Flurin Giger; Stars: Ernst Jacobi, Vilmar Bieri, Lisa Brand, Erika Engler, Levi Giger, Josef Rüttimann, Marcel Schnell, Niculin Rieder, Urs Hertner, Evan Reoch, Evelyn Aebli, Ernst Jacobi, Vilmar Bieri, Lisa Brand, Erika Engler)
Short
Rapaz Rapaz
Rapaz and Chris The Swiss
Shéhérazade (Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Jean-Bernard Marlin; Writer: Jean-Bernard Marlin, Catherine Paillé)
A young man fresh out of prison falls for a sex worker.
Special screening
Sir (Monsieur) (Country: India, France; Year: 2018; Director: Rohena Gera; Writer: Rohena Gera; Stars: Tillotama Shome, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Rahul Vohra, Ahmareen Anjum, Vivek Gomber)
In Mumbai, Ratna, a young widow from the countryside, works as a servant for Ashwin, a son from a good family whose wedding has just been called off. As he’s trying to pull himself together, he starts to fall in love with Ratna. But these new feelings may not suit their social positions.
Competition
This Magnificent Cake! (Ce Magnifique Gâteau!) (Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands; Year: 2018; Director: Marc James Roels, Emma De Swaef; Writer: Marc James Roels, Emma De Swaef; Stars: Gaston Motambo, Wim Willaert, Goua Grovogui)
A five-part anthology featuring a troubled king, a failed businessman and an army deserter in stories that reflect the cruelty of 19th Century colonialism, told using stop-motion puppets.
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Short
The Tiger (Tiikeri) (Country: Finland; Year: 2018; Director: Mikko Myllylahti)
Short
A Wedding Day (Un Jour De Mariage) (Country: Algeria, France; Year: 2018; Director: Elias Belkeddar)
Short
Exemplary Citizen Exemplary Citizen
Exemplary Citizen and Shéhérazade
Wildlife (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Paul Dano; Writer: Paul Dano, Richard Ford, Zoe Kazan; Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Bill Camp, Lexi Anastasia, Zoe Margaret Colletti, Travis W Bruyer, Mollie Milligan, JR Hatchett, Darryl Cox, Kami King, Cate Jones, Blaine Maye, Laurie Cummings, John Walpole)
A portrait of a family in crisis.
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Opening night
Woman At War (Kona Fer í Stríð) (Country: France, Iceland, Ukraine; Year: 2018; Director: Benedikt Erlingsson; Writer: Ólafur Egilsson, Benedikt Erlingsson; Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson)
A middle-aged woman declares war on the heavy industry in her small town, but everything changes when a Ukrainian orphan enters her life.
Full Review
Competition
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