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‘Flow’: Cannes Review

Tour-de-force animation about a cat and his fellow tsunami survivors is an Un Certain Regard standout

She's Got No Name

‘She’s Got No Name’: Cannes Review

Peter Chan delivers a stirring widescreen melodrama set in Shanghai of the 1940s to round out Cannes 2024

The Most Precious Of Cargoes

‘The Most Precious Of Cargoes’: Cannes Review

Michel Hazanavicius’s animated Competition title is set against the backdrop of Holocaust

The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’: Cannes Review

Mohammad Rasoulof delivers a flawed but urgent exposure of the societal tensions within Iran

The Count Of Monte-Cristo

‘The Count Of Monte-Cristo’: Cannes Review

 Pathe follows up the Three Musketeers with another lavish spin of a classic Alexandre Dumas swashbuckler 

All We Imagine As Light

‘All We Imagine As Light’: Cannes Review

Payal Kapadia’s eloquent fiction debut follows three women attempting to find their place in modern Mumbai

Nasty - More Than Just Tennis

‘Nasty - More Than Just Tennis’: Cannes Review

Colourful documentary profiles the impact of Romanian player Ilie ‘Nasty’ Nastase on the world of tennis and beyond

Beating Hearts

‘Beating Hearts’: Cannes Review

Adele Exarchopoulos and Francois Civil play teenage lovers reunited in adulthood in Gilles Lellouche’s Competition melodrama

Niki

‘Niki’: Cannes Review

Charlotte Le Bon embodies French artist Niki de Saint-Phalle in Celine Sallette’s vivid biopic

Motel Destino

‘Motel Destino’: Cannes Review

A young hitman hides out in a Brazilian sex hotel in this steamy Competition title from Karim Ainouz

Jim's Story

‘Jim’s Story’: Cannes Review

Karim Leklou’s bittersweet performance anchors this tale of fatherhood from the Larrieu brothers

Filmlovers!

‘Filmlovers!’: Cannes Review

Arnaud Desplechin celebrates his life-long love of cinema through the experiences of alter-ego protagonist Paul Dedalus

Grand Tour

‘Grand Tour’: Cannes Review

Miguel Gomes transposes the traditional European grand tour narrative to Asia for his experimental Competition entry

Being Maria

‘Being Maria’: Cannes Review

Anamaria Vartolomei impresses as Last Tango In Paris star Maria Schneider in Jessica Palud’s sensitive biopic

The Brink Of Dreams

‘The Brink Of Dreams’: Cannes Review

An all-female Egyptian street theatre troupe act out their frustrations in this appealing Critics Week documentary

An Ordinary Case

‘An Ordinary Case’: Cannes Review

Daniel Auteuil directs and stars as a lawyer defending a murder case in this by-the-numbers French legal drama

Viet And Nam

‘Viet And Nam’: Cannes Review

Two gay Vietnamese miners face an uncertain future in Truong Minh Quy’s delicate drama

Animale

‘Animale’: Cannes Review

Emma Benestan directs an atmospheric genre hybrid set in a French bull-riding community

Veteran 2

‘I, The Executioner’: Cannes Review

Ryoo Seung-wan delivers a weighty action sequel to 2015’s blockbuster Veteran

'To A Land Unknown'

‘To A Land Unknown’: Cannes Review

Two Palestinian refugees are stranded in Athens in Mahdi Fleifel’s raw, resonant drama