A thriller about Kabul’s evacuation with Roschdy Zem or a documentary about Wikileaks founder Julian Assange: Five Days since its opening, the Cannes Film Festival finished its official selection with four additional films on Thursday.
A great French production, “13 days, 13 nights” with Roschdy Zem and Lyna Khoudri, will be presented outside the competition. The film, which was launched on June 27 in France, draws the evacuation of the French embassy in Kabul, which is about to fall into the hands of the Taliban in August 2021.
The 35 -year -old Chinese director, who had presented his previous film in the parallel section (without some respect), joined the competition with Resurrectionwhich will mix the history of China and science fiction in a post-apocalyptic future.
“Final” selection
From now on, 22 films are in the race for the Golden Palm, awarded to “Anora“From the American Sean Baker last year.
The documentary The six billion manFrom Eugene Jarecki, she will be presented in a special session. The film, dedicated to Julian Assange, would be presented at the beginning of the year at the American Festival of Sundance, but its director had finally retired from the national team.
Finally, a duo of young French directors, Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret, noticed for their first feature film Worstwill present My brother In the Premier Cannes section.
The official selection of the 78th Cannes Festival, from May 13 to 24, is now “final,” said the organizers.
Source: BFM TV
