July 06, 2021
Hidetoshi Nishijima (left) and Toko Miura in a scene from Drive My Car, an adaptation of a Haruki Murakami short story, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguch. It is just one of the Asian movies that will be in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Bitters End
The Cannes Film Festival is back after a fallow year, when it was reluctantly cancelled due to the pandemic, and has moved to July from its usual May slot.
Artistic director Thierry Fremaux has gathered an impressive roster of movies by art house auteur filmmakers, with the likes of Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch ), Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta and Sean Penn’s Flag Day in competition to win the coveted Palme d’Or for best film.