Dominate American Cinema in Cannes

A few touches of exoticism arrivals from Asia, a pinch of independent film Hungarian, or turkish Canadian and Latin quota bound lately, with two films from Argentina and two from Brazil , Trying to hide the domain of the United States in the official competition of 61 Cannes Film Festival.

Because if something highlights of the agenda of the official competition section of this edition-from 14 to May 25-is the weight of American cinema, although that yes, there's more commercial. On one side contrasted the quality of Clint Eastwood, who returns to Cannes with "Changeling", in what will be its fifth prize without any involvement so far. Steven Soderbergh, in the version seriously, take immense version of the life of "Che", 4 hours and 25 minutes, with no less immense Benicio del Toro at the helm of the division, which seek to recover the prestige Cannes gave the Palme d'Or in 1989 for "Sex, lies and videotapes". "Palermo shooting" will always elegant proposal of Wim Wenders, a narrator image greatly appreciated in Cannes, where he took the Palme d'Or in 1984 for "Paris, Texas," film style that contrasts with the commercial James Gray ( "The night is our") with "Two Lovers". Very awaited the debut of Charlie Kaufman (the acclaimed screenwriter of "Forget Me" or "Being John Malkovich") as director, "Synecdoche, New York, whose division is already the best adventure of the sample-Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Emily Watson, Catherine Keener and Michelle Williams.

Faced with the U.S. navy, many options. Four Latin American films: "A woman without a head" Lucrecia Martel, and "Leonera" by Pablo Trapero, both from Argentina, and Brazilian "Linha de Passe", co-led by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, and "Blindness", awaited return to the big screen after Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener. " He also responsible for the harsh "City of God" (2002) will be responsible for opening the Festival on the evening of May 14 with his adaptation of the difficult novel "Blindness", the Nobel Prize for Literature Portuguese Jose Saramago And that has a pair of luxury: Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo. Walter Salles, well known in Cannes for "The Motorcycle Diaries", co-directed with Daniela Thomas (responsible for one of the episodes of "Paris Je t'aime") a story about the "urban jungle of Sao Paulo." And Lucrecia Martel returns to Cannes, where he successfully introduced "The holy girl" in 2004, while Pablo Trapero brings a prison drama. Since closer, Italy, "Il Divo" by Paolo Sorrentino, lover of cinema more visual, and "Gomorrah" by Matteo Garrone, an umpteenth story of the intricacies of the Neapolitan Mafia. More interesting is a priori "Uç Maymun," the turkish Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who "uzak" (2002) left a good taste in the mouth and to public criticism and won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, and "Iklimler" succeeded The FIPRESCI in 2006. And being in Cannes, the French film industry could not miss, with three films: "A container of Christmas" by Arnaud Desplechin; "frontiere de l'aube," Philippe Garrell, and "Entre les murs" by Laurent Cantet. Although not French nationality, language itself, the last of the brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, "Le silence de Lorna," threatens to be another of those dramones to which we are accustomed. Atom Egoyan will tap its maverick with "Adoration" and "Waltz with Bashir," the Israeli Ari Folmer, covers the representation of the animated film and the Middle East conflict. "24 city", the Chinese Jia Zhangke; "My magic," Eric Khoo (Singapore); "Serbis", Brillante Mendoza (Philippines) and "Delta", Kornél Mundruczó (Hungary), completing the 22 films in competition for the Palme d'Or. A handful of diverse and different movies that can please the eclectic jury, chaired by American actor Sean Penn, and with, among others, Alfonso Cuaron, Natalie Portman or Marjane Satrapi.

An official competition that will have to strive to attract the attention of the public and press to an extensive programming in its different sections, from "Un certain regard" to "Directors' Fortnight" going through the classic cinema and shorts, or the aspiring star who is past but certainly by the Croisette. Not to mention the presence of media stars in height as Madonna, who carried a documentary on AIDS in Malawi, or in decline, like Maradona, with another documentary, in this case about her figure, nothing more and nothing signed Unless by Emir Kusturica. And as icing on the cake, the premiere of the latest Woody Allen, with a trio of fashion-Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson-and "Indiana Jones and the realm of crystal skull "The fourth issue of the saga of archaeologist and adventurer, who threatens to convert to Cannes in the lost ark, the temple damned, the last crusade or a little of all of them. Alicia Garcia Francisco, Drafting International (EFE). [ TD] 22562

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