A few seconds before the world premiere of Sean Price Williams’ directorial debut “The Sweet East,” the names of Josh and Benny Safdie rolled on the screen as part of the Directors’ Fortnight vignette.
It feels only prescient, as the Cannes sidebar is destined to do for Williams what it did for the brothers, having launched the Safdies’ career by playing their first two features, “The Pleasure of Being Robbed” and “Daddy Longlegs,” in 2007 and 2009, respectively.
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