“Slow Food Story” is an italian documentary presented at the last Berlinale 2013. It is the story of a revolution. A slow revolution, a revolution at a snail’s pace. One that’s been going on now for 25 years and still shows no signs of coming to a stop. Its leader is Carlo Petrini, better known  [ Read More ]

Byoung-Gon Moon (Safe), on the Short Film Palme d’or: I feel like I’ve been reborn. I’m really happy, that’s all I can say today. It’s the first time I’ve bought a tuxedo, the first time I’ve come to Cannes and the first time I’ve won a prize. And I hope all these firsts will help  [ Read More ]

Abdellatif Kechiche‘s  Blue is the Warmest Colour (La Vie d’Adèle – chapitre 1 & 2) received lots of consents at the Cannes FF 2013. Here the press conference report: Abdellatif Kechiche on the graphic novel I was very affected by the story of an encounter that turns the character’s life upside down and makes her  [ Read More ]

Daniel Noah, director of Max Rose, a feature film being presented in a Special Screening, as well as the film’s actors, including the great Jerry Lewis, took part with in the customary excercise of the press conference amid general hilarity. Selected extracts below. Daniel Noah, on the film’s origins: The character of Max was inspired  [ Read More ]

An adaptation of the comic strip Bleu est une couleur chaude, Blue is the warmest colour (La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitre 1 & 2) is the fifth feature film by the Franco-Tunisian director, and the first to be selected in Cannes. It tells the story of a passionate love affair between two young women from  [ Read More ]

From Cannes website: Following the exotic The Descendants, Nebraska is something of a return home for Alexander Payne. The winner of an Oscar in 2011, a member of the Nanni Moretti Jury last year, the director is once again in Competition eleven years after About Schmidt, this time to present a road movie with a  [ Read More ]

J.C. Chandor has come to present his second feature film, All is Lost, Out of Competition, together with Robert Redford, the film's only actor.   Robert Redford, on his performance: It's a very big challenge being alone, with no crutch, no dialogue, no words. It's a challenge that attracted me a lot as an actor.  [ Read More ]

From Cannes Festival website Selected in Special Screenings, Frank Simon's documentary Weekend Of A Champion, will be shown in the presence of the film's two central characters: former Formula 1 World Champion, Jackie Stewart and film-maker Roman Polanski, who is also In Competition this year with La Vénus à la fourrure. Between 1965 and 1973,  [ Read More ]

Julian, an American fugitive from justice, runs a boxing club in Bangkok as a front for his drug business. His mother, the head of a vast criminal organization, arrives from the US to collect the body of her favorite son, Billy. Julian’s brother has just been killed after having savagely murdered a young prostitute. Crazy  [ Read More ]

Steven Soderbergh, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Richard LaGravenese and producer Jerry Weintraub attended the press conference for the biopic about Valentino Liberace: Behind The Candelabra. Selected extracts. About Valentino Liberace Jerry Weintraub : I am the only one old enough at this table to have known him personally. He led an extraordinary life. There was  [ Read More ]