Could the 65th Cannes Film Festival be the one that has it all?
It’s that classic dilemma we’ve all faced: do you watch an arresting drama by austere Austrian arthouse giant Michael Haneke or a Matthew Maconaughey double-bill? Well, at Cannes 2012, no one has to make that painful choice. Not only do we have new films from Europe’s most lauded filmmakers, we also have not one but two never-before-seen works from Hollywood’s favourite Southern-fried Adonis. We’re still in too much shock to mention that Zac Efron, Robert Pattinson and Kylie are there, too.
For starters, one of the most exciting line-ups in years reads like a who’s who of past Cannes champions. Michael Haneke (Palme d’Or winner for The White Ribbon) brings the laughs with Love, a drama about an elderly woman who suffers a stroke. Rust And Bone, by Jacques Audiard (Gran Prix winner for Un Prophet), sounds almost as cheery: Marion Cotillard plays a woman who – we kid you not – loses her legs thanks to a whale.
