Cannes Interest List 2023
I am the Founder & CEO of IMDb and these are the films which I am most excited about seeing at The Cannes Film Festival 2023. The list is in alphabetical order by English title.
Cannes is a wonderful festival with so many films to see and so many things happening. I will not make it to all of these but I will certainly try to catch as many as possible!
The ones I see will be moved to my Cannes Film Festival 2023 list.
Cannes is a wonderful festival with so many films to see and so many things happening. I will not make it to all of these but I will certainly try to catch as many as possible!
The ones I see will be moved to my Cannes Film Festival 2023 list.
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- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsDeniz CelilogluMerve DizdarMusab EkiciA young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students. After losing hope, a colleague offers him new perspectives on life.
- DirectorJust PhilippotStarsGuillaume CanetLaetitia DoschPatience MunchenbachIn the middle of a heat wave, an ominous cloud appears and with it, a lethal acid rain. A separated family will have to come together to escape this plague ravaging the world.
- DirectorDelphine DelogetStarsVirginie EfiraFélix LefebvreArieh WorthalterBarmaid Sylvie is a single mom living with her two sons, Sofiane and Jean-Jacques. One night, Sofiane is injured while being alone in the flat which results in placing him in a foster home. Sylvie is determined to bring her son back home.
- DirectorThomas CailleyStarsRomain DurisPaul KircherAdèle ExarchopoulosAn adventure between a father and his son, in a world where some humans have started mutating into other animal species.
- DirectorRamata-Toulaye SyStarsKhady ManeMamadou DialloBinta Racine SyA young couple in Senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village.
- DirectorJean-Stéphane SauvaireStarsSean PennTye SheridanGbenga AkinnagbeOllie Cross is a young paramedic assigned to the NYC night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky. Each 911 call is often dangerous and uncertain, putting their lives on the line every day to help others.
- DirectorAnthony ChenStarsDongyu ZhouHaoran LiuChuxiao QuThe blossoming relationship between three young adults in their twenties.
- DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsSong Kang-hoLim Soo-jungOh Jung-seDescribed as an experimental and genre-defying drama shot entirely on sound stages in support of a film-within-a-film narrative.
- DirectorJoanna ArnowStarsScott CohenBabak TaftiJoanna ArnowA mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family.
- DirectorMohamed KordofaniStarsEiman YousifSiran RiakNazar GomaJust before the secession of South Sudan, a married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid.
- DirectorCatherine CorsiniStarsAïssatou Diallo SagnaEsther GohourouSuzy BembaKheìdidja, in her forties, works for a wealthy Parisian family who offers her the opportunity to take care of their children for a summer in Corsica. It's an opportunity for her to return with her daughters, Jessica and Farah, to the island they left fifteen years earlier in tragic circumstances.
- DirectorKim Chang-hoonStarsHong Xa-binSong Joong-kiBibiDangerous people who make risky choices to escape from their hellish realities.
- DirectorKamal LazraqStarsAyoub ElaidAbdellatif MasstouriMohamed HmimsaA father and son in the suburbs of Casablanca get by on petty crimes for a local mob. When a kidnapping goes wrong, they must find a way to dispose of the body.
- DirectorAmjad Al RasheedStarsMouna HawaHaitham AlomariYumna MarwanA widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws.
- DirectorPaloma Sermon-DaïStarsPurdey LombetMakenzy LombetDonovan NizetOne hot and stormy summer by a touristic lake, seventeen-year-old Purdey and her younger brother Makenzy walk the line between experiencing adolescence, finding love and fending for themselves.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsRahul BhatMegha BurmanAamir DalviAn insomniac ex-cop who dwells in different circumstances looking for redemption. The ex-cop, who is presumed dead for a long time, operates secretly for the corrupt system.
- DirectorElias BelkeddarStarsReda KatebBenoît MagimelMeriem AmiarOmar, a gangster on the run, tries to lie low for the rest of his life in Algiers to escape his sentence of 20 years in prison by the French authorities.
- DirectorIris KaltenbäckStarsHafsia HerziAlexis ManentiNina MeurisseLydia, a dedicated midwife, is in the middle of a breakup. At the time, her best friend Salomé tells her she is pregnant. One day, she comes across Milo - a one-night stand - as she is carrying her friend's baby in her arms.
- DirectorBalojiStarsMarc ZingaYves-Marina GnahouaMarcel Otete KabeyaAfter spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
- DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsSonia BragaSeverino CavalcantiTony CurtisDowntown Recife's classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that's just part of the story.
- DirectorLillah HallaStarsAyomi DomenicaLoro BardotGrace PassôOn the eve of a volleyball championship decisive for her future as an athlete, 17-year-old Sofía discovers an unwanted pregnancy. In an attempt to interrupt it clandestinely, she ends up becoming the target of a fundamentalist group.
- DirectorWeston RazooliStarsLio TiptonCharles HalfordWeston RazooliThree mischievous children embark on a woodland odyssey when their mother sends them on an errand.
- DirectorStéphanie Di GiustoStarsNadia TereszkiewiczBenoît MagimelBenjamin BiolayThe story of the first bearded lady attraction.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsEthan HawkePedro PascalPedro CasablancAfter twenty-five years Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend Sheriff Jake. They celebrate the meeting, but the next morning Jake tells him that reason for his trip is not to go down the memory lane of their friendship.
- DirectorStéphan CastangStarsKarim LeklouVimala PonsFrançois ChattotIt follows Vincent who finds himself under attack for no apparent reason overnight. When the phenomenon intensifies, he must run and change his way of life completely.
- DirectorWang BingZhili is one of the centers of the textile industry and people around rural areas flock there for work. They toil away tirelessly, live in squalid conditions, face prejudice from their families, and have to fight for better pay.