named seo rae. translation: this premise, | that the detective will find out that it s actually seo rae who killed her husband, and that is really usually the end of a feature length film, right? but that is the end of the first part of my film, and another whole new story unfolds in the second act. other film makers are eyeing up korea as a cross cultural hub, including the japanese palme d or winner hirokazu kore eda. broker, in competition at the festival, was filmed in south korea and with a stellar cast, including parasite actor song kang ho. the film is a story of so called baby boxes, which allows unwanted babies to be dropped off and cared for by others. sadly for cannes, with its back still turned to netflix, it s taken the streamer to produce
on a charm offensive promoting his film. on the french riviera, there was a lot of love for him. he is very nice. he played very good. he s very famous and he s serious about his life, you know? very professional, so i think he s a good guy. your reputation precedes you. i have to admit, i wasn t expecting an invitation back. top gun: maverick looks set to put him back on top and bring some solid, much needed business to cinemas around the world, struggling to recover from the impact of covid 19. a central feature of the cannes film festival this year has been the war in ukraine. that disconcerting reality has made its presence felt in numerous ways, from president zelensky giving a live video address to the opening night audience here at cannes to severalfilms made by ukrainian film makers or shot in ukraine being shown here at the festival. but can these movies really make any difference to what s
at cannes not to stay silent over russia s invasion of ukraine, the reality is that cinema at cannes isn t likely to have much direct impact on the war. but what, at least, film here on the french rivera can do is get people to think about the war and all its complexities. there has been no escape. when the film parasite won the top prize, the palme d or, here at cannes two years ago, and then went on to win the best picture oscar, it really heightened interest in south korean cinema. well, this year, country s cinema has been very much centrestage at cannes, as emma jones reports. a year ago, leejung jae wasn t a global acting star and possibly wouldn t have had a midnight premier at cannes, for his directing debut, the thriller hunt. sir. we ve just intercepted this. but that was before netflix s squid game a gory series where contestants are literally eliminated as they compete for a cash prize
mortensen, cronenberg s collaborator from other works, including 2005 s a history of violence. i think i m losing my mind. ..returns, this time a celebrity artist saul tenser, who s unusual in that he can still feel physical pain. pleasure has also evolved into something quite different. it s always fun with him. i mean, i trust him. he s very open to me and to others in terms of their suggestions, their ideas. he makes you feel part of the storytelling, you know, in a real way and so, i tend to be willing to try things for him that i might hesitate to try for other directors. this is david cronenberg s sixth time in competition at cannes. despite his reputation, he s never won the palme d or. the closest he has ever got to it was a specialjury prize in 1996 for crash. it s something we are all intimately involved in.
crash, about the eroticisation of car collisions, prompted some famous cannes walkouts at the cinema when it was shown in the 1990s. ..surgery is sex, isn t it? isn t it? you noticed? now, one of crimes of the future s leading actors, kristin stewart, thinks audiences are ready to look at cronenberg s directing vision, however provocative. maybe he just is smarter than us! because we have been on the, you know, sort of not to be too dark about things but the path to destruction for a very long time and as quickly as technology develops, i think that he probably was fearful of that well before we were. that he wrote a movie about people who need to cut into each other to feel something or feel close to each other feels really urgently immediate and only very recent. many of cronenberg s directing descendants also found success at cannes. julia ducournau s palme d or s titane a body horror about a woman