SCREENINGS 4:30PM
THE MINISTER (L’EXERCICE DE L’ETAT) (France) Drama, 112mins. Dir: Pierre Schoeller. Key cast: Michel Blanc, Olivier Gourmet. Un Certain Regard, press screening Salle Debussy
4:45PM
ONCE UPON A TIME… A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (France) Documentary, 52mins. Dir: Antoine De Gaudemar. Cannes Classics Salle Bunuel
5:00PM
BREATHING (ATMEN) (Austria) Drama, 98mins. Dir: Karl Markovics. Key cast: Georg Friedrich, Gerhard Liebmann, Karin Lischka. Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette
THE ISLAND (Bulgaria) Drama, 105mins. Dir: Kamen Kalev. Key cast: Boyka Velkova, Laetitia Casta. A romantic trip for a Parisian couple to Bulgaria tests their relationship to the limit. Directors’ Fortnight Le Raimu
5.30PM
ELENA (Russia) Drama, 109mins. Dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev. Key cast: Andrey Smirnov, Nadezhda Markina A dying man decides to disinherit one of his children. Un Certain Regard, press screening Cinema Les Arcades 3
HANEZU (HANEZU NO TSUKI) HANEZU (Japan) Drama, 91mins. Dir: Naomi Kawase. Key cast: Tohta Komizu, Hako Oshima, Tetsuya, Akikawa. Takumi and Kayoko, inheriting the unfulfilled hopes of their grandparents, live out their lives in a landscape filled with memory and tradition. Competition Salle du Soixantieme
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10:30PM
MUSHROOMS (CHATRAK) (India, France) Drama, 90mins. Dir: Vimukthi Jayasundra. Key cast: Paoli Dam, Sudip Mukherjee, Sumeet Thakur. A professional Indian couple head out in search of the boyfriend’s estranged brother, last seen in the forest. Directors’ Fortnight Cinema Les Arcades 1
HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI (Japan) Drama, 126mins. Dir: Takashi Miike. Key cast: Ebizo Ichikawa, Koji Yakusho. Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere
FESTIVAL & PRESS THURSDAY 6:00PM
LOVERBOY (Romania) Drama, 95mins. Dir: Catalin Mitilescu. Key cast: George Pistereanu, Ada Condeescu. Luca is 20 and lives in a small town by the Danube. He seduces girls and sends them
6:00PM
AL BOSTAGUI (Egypt) Drama, 112mins. Dir: Hussein Kamal. Boredom leads a country postman to open the mail belonging to the people in the village. Thus he becomes aware of a love story in which he would like to intervene. Cannes Classics Salle Bunuel
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7:15PM
BACHELOR DAYS ARE OVER (POURQUOI TU PLEURES?) (France) Drama, 99mins. Dir: Katia Lewkowicz. Key cast: Benjamin Biolay, Emmanuelle Devos, Nicole Garcia. With English subtitles only. Four days before a young man gets married — just enough time to rediscover what he is about to give up. Critics’ Week Miramar
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to a human trafficking network. His life seems to change when he meets Veli. The sudden death of an ex-girlfriend and his new love for Veli make him wonder whether he should continue or not. Un Certain Regard Salle Bazin
7:30PM
AT NIGHT THEY DANCE (Canada) Documentary, 90mins. Dir: Isabelle Lavigne. A fly-on-the-wall doc exploring the mysterious and hard-knock reality of a typical Egyptian belly dancer clan in working- class Cairo. Directors’ Fortnight Studio 13
DRIVE (US) Action, 100mins. Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn. Key cast: Ryan gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston. The story of a Hollywood stunt driver by day, getaway driver-for-hire at night. Competition, press screening Salle Debussy
HEAT WAVE (APRES LE SUD) (France) Drama, 92mins. Dir: Jean- Jacques Jauffret. Key cast: Adele Haenel,
Sylvie Lachat, Ulysse Grosjean. Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette
THE SKIN I LIVE IN (LA PIEL QUE HABITO) (Spain) Thriller, 120mins. Dir: Pedro Almodovar. Key cast: Antonio Banderas. Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere
7:45PM
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (UK, US) Drama, 137mins. Dir: Stanley Kubrick. Key cast: Malcolm McDowell. Kubrick classic, served with lashings of ultra- violence. Cannes Classics Salle du Soixantieme
8:30PM
THE MACHINE TO KILL BAD PEOPLE (Italy) Drama, 80mins. Dir: Roberto Rossellini. Key cast: Gennaro Pisano, Marilyn Buferd, William Tubbs. Thanks to the revelation of his protecting saint, photographer Celestino Esposito discovers that his camera has a special power: a simple click can make evil men disappear. Cannes Classics Salle Bunuel
SAUNA ON MOON (China) Drama, 95mins. Dir: Zou Peng. Key
cast: Wu Yuchi, Yang Xiaomin, Lei Ting, Zhan Yi. With French subtitles only. Critics’ Week Cinema de Valbonne
9:30PM
ANT SCREAM (Egypt) Drama, 120mins. Dir: Sameh Abdel Aziz. Cinema on the Beach Plage Mace
10:00PM
THE DAY HE ARRIVES (South Korea) Drama, 79mins. Dir: Hong Sangsoo. Key cast: Yu Junsang, Kim Sangjoong, Song Sunmi. Un Certain Regard, press screening Salle Debussy
ON THE PLANK (SUR LA PLANCHE ) (France, Morocco) Drama, 106mins. Dir: Leila Kilani. Key cast: Mouna Bahmad, Soufia Issami, Nouzha Akel. Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette
10:15PM
DRIVE (US) Action, 100mins. Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn. Key cast: Ryan gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston. Competition, press screening Salle Bazin
SMARKET 8:30AM
THE SKIN I LIVE IN (LA PIEL QUE HABITO) (Spain) Thriller, 120mins. Filmnation Entertainment. Dir: Pedro Almodovar. Key cast: Antonio Banderas. Grand Theatre Lumiere
SAUNA ON MOON (China) Drama, 95mins. Dir: Zou
Peng.Key cast: Wu Yuchi, Yang Xiaomin, Lei Ting, Zhan Yi. Salle Bunuel
9:00AM
BREATHING (ATMEN) (Austria) Drama, 90mins. Films Distribution. Dir: Karl Markovics. Key cast: Georg Friedrich, Gerhard Liebmann, Karin Lischka. Theatre Croisette
10:00AM
THE CONQUEST (LA CONQUETE) (France) 90mins. Gaumont. Dir: Xavier Durringer. Key cast: Denis Podalydes, Florence Pernel, Bernard Le Coq. May 6, 2007. France’s run-up to the presidential elections. As the French people are getting ready to go to the polls to elect
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