12 Must-See Films From the Cannes Film Festival
variety.comVariety‘s critics pick the most notable dozen. Distributor: Neon One of seven women filmmakers in competition, Justine Triet has taken a familiar genre (the court- room drama) and turned it on its head.
A frustrated writer dies of suspicious causes, leaving behind clues that implicate his wife (Sandra Hüller). But it’s the death of the marriage, not the husband, that preoccupies Triet, so that it often feels as if the movie is eavesdropping on moments too intimate to be shared.
Can any couple’s relationship withstand the scrutiny this one is subjected to, as old fights and infidelities are dragged into the open? — Peter Debruge Distributor: N/A A mysterious malady is sweeping France, unlocking something at a genetic level that causes people to transform into hybrid creatures.
The mutations are slow and somewhat unpredictable: One person might sprout feathers and watch their arms become wings, while another grows scales and winds up slithering like a snake.
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