Japan at Cannes

[Mark Nornes]

Cannes announced its competition. Japan is the only Asian country represented, and by two films: Kawase's Hanezu no tsuki and Miike's Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai. The latter will be the first 3D film in Cannes competition. (It's a remake of the Kobayashi film.)

It's a tough slate, including Almodovar, Malick von Trier and the Dardennes. 

Markus




OPENER
"Midnight in Paris," Spain-U.S., Woody Allen

COMPETITION
"Drive," U.S., Nicolas Winding Refn
"Footnote," Israel, Joseph Cedar
"Hanezu no Tsuki," Japan, Naomi Kawase
"Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai," Japan, Takashi Miike
"The Kid With a Bike," Belgium-France-Italy, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
"L'apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close)," FranceBertrand Bonello
"Le Havre," Finland-France-Germany, Aki Kaurismaki
"Once Upon a Time in Anatolia," Turkey, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
"Melancholia," Denmark-Sweden-France-Germany-Italy, Lars von Trier
"Michael," Austria, Markus Schleinzer
"Pater," France, Alain Cavalier
"Polisse," France, Maiwenn
"The Skin That I Inhabit," Spain, Pedro Almodovar
"Sleeping Beauty," Australia, Julia Leigh
"La Source des femmes," France-Belgium-Italy, Radu Mihaileanu
"This Must Be the Place," Italy-France-Ireland, Paolo Sorrentino
"The Tree of Life," U.S., Terrence Malick
"We Have a Pope," Italy-France, Nanni Moretti
"We Need to Talk About Kevin," U.K.-U.S., Lynne Ramsay

UN CERTAIN REGARD
"Arirang," South Korea, Kim Ki-duk
"Bonsai," Chile, Cristian Jimenez
"The Day He Arrives," South Korea, Hong Sang-soo
"Halt auf freier Strecke," Germany, Andreas Dresen
"Hors Satan," France, Bruno Dumont
"The Hunter," France-Russia, Bakur Bakuradze
"Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro," France, Robert Guediguian
"L'exercice de l'Etat," France, Pierre Schoeller
"Loverboy," Romania-France-Serbia-Sweden, Catalin Mitulescu
"Martha Marcy May Marlene," U.S., Sean Durkin
"Miss Bala," Mexico, Gerardo Naranjo
"Restless," U.S., Gus Van Sant (opener)
"Oslo, August 31st," Norway, Joachim Trier
"Skoonheid," South Africa-France-Germany, Oliver Hermanus
"Tatsumi," Singapore, Eric Khoo
"Trabalhar cansa," Brazil, Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra
"Toomelah," Australia, Ivan Sen
"Where Do We Go Now?," France-Lebanon, Nadine Labaki
"The Yellow Sea," South Korea, Na Hong-jin

OUT OF COMPETITION
"The Artist," France, Michel Hazanavicius
"The Beaver," U.S., Jodie Foster
"The Conquest," France, Xavier Durringer
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," U.S., Rob Marshall

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
"Wu Xia," China, Peter Chan Ho-sun
"Days of Grace," Mexico, Everardo Gout

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
"Labrador," Denmark, Frederikke Aspock
"Le Maitre des forges de l'enfer," Cambodia-France, Rithy Panh
"Michel Petrucciani," France-Germany-Italy, Michael Radford
"Tous au Larzac," France, Christian Rouaud
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