Cannes 2016. Ma’ Rosa

Ma' Rosa **1/2 Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenient store in a poor neighborhood of Manila where everybody likes her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa and her children are ready to do anything… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Ma’ Rosa

Cannes 2016. Aquarius

Aquarius ** Clara, a 65 year old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. She is the last resident of the Aquarius, an original two-story building, built in the 1940s, in the upper-class, seaside Avenida Boa Viagem, Recife. All the neighboring apartments have already been acquired… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Aquarius

Cannes 2016. Captain Fantastic

Captain Fantastic **1/2 Un certain regard Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. But when a tragedy strikes the family, they are forced to leave this self-created paradise and begin a journey into the outside world… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Captain Fantastic

Cannes 2016. Julieta

Julieta **1/2 Julieta lives in Madrid with her daughter Antía. They both suffer in silence over the loss of Xoan, Antía’s father and Julieta’s husband. But at times grief doesn’t bring people closer, it drives them apart. When Antía turns eighteen she abandons her mother, without a word of explanation. Julieta looks for her in… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Julieta

Cannes 2016. Hell or High Water

Hell or High Water**1/2 Un certain regard Two brothers, an ex-con and a divorced father face the foreclosure of their family's farm and decide to team up for a string of adrenaline filled heists. A seasoned lawman tracks their bank-robbing spree and is determined to take them down. Il nuovo film di David Mackenzie (Young… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Hell or High Water

Cannes 2016. Apprentice

Apprentice *1/2 Un certain regard Aiman, a 28-year-old correctional officer, is transferred to the territory’s top prison. He strikes up a friendship with Rahim, who is revealed to be the chief executioner of the prison, and one of the world’s most prolific. Can Aiman overcome his conscience and a past that haunts him to become… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Apprentice

Cannes 2016. Loving

Loving ***1/2 Loving celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, who married and then spent the next nine years fighting for the right to live as a family in their hometown. Their civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia, went all the way to the Supreme Court, which in… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Loving

Cannes 2016. Paterson

Paterson***1/2 Paterson is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey – they share the name. Every day, Paterson adheres to a simple routine: he drives his daily route, observing the city as it drifts across his windshield and overhearing fragments of conversation swirling around him; he writes poetry into a notebook; he… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Paterson

Cannes 2016. Dogs

Dogs **1/2 Un certain regard Roman returns to the land near the border with Ukraine he has just inherited from his grandfather. Fully decided to sell this vast but desolate property, he is warned by the local cop that his grandfather was a local crime lord and his men will not let go of the… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Dogs

Cannes 2016. Transfiguration

Transfiguration **1/2 Un certain regard Queens, New York…. 14 year-old Milo is an outsider. Orphaned, ignored by his schoolmates and bullied by older kids, he takes refuge in the apartment he shares with his older brother. To escape his solitude, he immerses himself in the world of the vampire. Milo hides a dark secret, but… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Transfiguration

Cannes 2016. American honey

American honey * Star (Sasha Lane), a teenage girl from a troubled home, runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the American Midwest selling magazine subscriptions door to door. Finding her feet in this gang of teenagers, one of whom is Jake (Shia LaBeouf), she soon gets into the group's lifestyle of… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. American honey