as i mentioned, annette was the opening night film here at cannes and in many ways it was an appropriate choice to open the festival. it had a glamorous french leading lady, the oscar winning marion cotillard, and it fulfilled the hollywood quotient by having an american actor, adam driver, as its leading man. then there was the director a man by his own admission very much influenced by the french new wave. having given you all that information, here is nicholas barber with his review of annette for talking movies. what a choice to open this year s cannes film festival, a surreal avant garde rock opera in which all the dialogue is set to music and the title character is a pinocchio like puppet. annette is certainly weird and sometimes wonderful.
was the opening night film here at cannes and in many ways it was an appropriate choice to open the festival. it had a glamorous front leading lady, the oscar winning marion cotillard, and it fulfilled the hollywood quotient by having an american actor, adam driver, as its leading man. then there was a director, a man by his own admission very much influenced by the french new wave. having given you all that information, here is nicholas barber with his review of annette for talking movies. what a choice to open this year s cannes film festival, a surreal avant garde rock opera in which all the dialogue is set to music and the title character is a pinocchio like puppet. annette certainly weird and sometimes wonderful. it is a unique, slightly crazy passion project that you want to see here at cannes, but i m not sure if the film is as exciting in practice as it is in