carpets very busy. we got a good part of it. kevin costner was there, appearing in a new western. greta gerwig, director of last year s blockbuster hit barbie, was presiding over thejury. stars from many different generations came, including richard gere and uma thurman, and adam driver was keeping fans happy by signing autographs. the fans in cannes spend hours waiting for an encounter with a star. it s hard to wait a long time to see people, but i really like to do this. i have take a photo with chris hemsworth, anya taylor joy, eva green, faye dunaway. marion cotillard. cannes also reflected the struggles of the real world. there was a documentary on daily life in ukraine since russia s invasion, and there was a heavily anticipated film from iranian director mohammad rasoulof, a critic of the government, who secretly fled iran to make it to europe after being sentenced to prison. cannes has many different personalities and components, but at its heart are the 22 movies in
Film hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks Cinema Releases is mark kermode. So mark, what do we have this week . Very interesting bunch this week. We have in this corner of the world, a very impressive japanese anime. Transformers The Last Knight, the saga rumbles on. And hampstead, a film which does exactly what it says on the tin. So, in this corner of the world, a war movie with a difference . Interesting. It is an anime based on a manga of the same name. It goes from the 30s to the mid 40s. A young girl, when she gets to the age of 18, marries someone she has barely met before. She goes to live in a different home and start a new life of which she makes the most, but meanwhile the spectre of war is looming in the background. But normal life carries on. They speak japanese. Thunder rumbles. What is impressive about this is that, like a film like grave of the fireflies, it talks about dark Subject Matter, with an innocence and universality th
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