Focus on parallel sections at the international film festival in Cannes: The Directors’ Fortnight and the Critics’ Week.
four years later amin, Frenchman Philippe Faucon returns to Cannes. In Les Harkis, he recounts the tragic fate of Hamid, Kaddour and other destitute young Algerians who joined the French army in 1959. I was born during this period, to a mother who was born in Algeria and lived there until the age of 22 or 24. Who went to school with people who either became auxiliaries to the French army or who ended up in the maquis. This is one of the reasons why I returned twice to this period thanks to the cinema. »
Tunisian cinema is in the spotlight this year, at Cannes, with three films, including under the fig trees. Presented at the Directors’ Fortnight, Erige Sehiri’s first fiction film follows young seasonal workers in the Monastir region. ” It was during rehearsals, while waiting for the figs to ripen, that we were able to readjust certain scenes. Even though there are sometimes conflicts between them, there is also a very strong bond as well. It is the way these people live in the countryside that is inexplicable. »
The parallel sections take us on a journey this year, even when they take us to the heart of Paris. Drop of gold, by Clément Cogitore follows in the footsteps of Ramsès, 35, seeing in Barbès. Ramses is a clever manipulator and his business prospers until the day when homeless children come to shake up his business.
” These are characters who arrived in the scenario, a bit like they arrived in the neighborhood and in Ramses’ apartment, where they broke into. There was this idea of crossing these lines of life. These characters have to go a long way together. »
And tomorrow, the evening will be dedicated to film music composers. Gabriel Yared and Alexandre Desplats, among others, will climb the steps, just to remind you that a film can be listened to as much as seen.