Festivals - FCAD 2021: Discover the films in the Tme of the Croisette selection

By Mulder, 13 august 2021

"The Deauville American Film Festival is once again partnering with the Cannes Film Festival, the foster father of cinema through its history and its high standards. The 2020 edition was a success thanks to the gift that was given to us, a true "king's choice" where ten films of his own were shown. Today, we extend this welcome by renewing this gift of cinema, thus increasing the quality offer presented in Deauville, by showing the artistic and international richness of the Cannes event. Deauville and Cannes are thus celebrating their reunion with the big screen. Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate of the Cannes Festival and Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival, will be present in Deauville. Thierry Frémaux will accompany and present this selection. - Bruno Barde, Festival Director

Compartment n°6 (Compartiment n°6) (Grand Prix (Ex-aequo))


Directed by Juho Kuosmanen  
Produced by Jussi Rantamäki, Emilia Haukka
Written by Juho Kuosmanen, Andris Feldmanis, Livia Ulman
From the Rosa Liksom’s book
Starring  Yuriy Borisov, Yuliya Aug, Dinara Drukarova, Seidi Haarla, Polina Aug, Galina Petrova, Sergey Agafonov
Cinematography : Jani-Petteri Passi
Edited by Jussi Rautaniemi
Production companies : Aamu Film Company, Amrion, Achtung Panda! Media, CTB Film Company
Distributed by Haut et Court (France), B-Plan Distribution (Finland), Sony Pictures Releasing (Russia)
Release date : November 3, 2021 (France), 
Running time : 107 minutes
Synopsis: A young Finnish woman takes a train in Moscow to visit an archaeological site in the Arctic Sea. She is forced to share her compartment with a stranger. This cohabitation and improbable encounters will gradually bring together these two people who have nothing in common.

Jane by charlotte (Jane par Charlotte)


Written and directed by Charlotte Gainsbourg
Produced by Mathieu Ageron, Maxime Delauney, Romain Rousseau
Starring  Janes Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Music by Charlotte Gainsbourg
Cinematography : Adrien Bertolle
Edited by Tianès Montasser
Production companies : Nolita Cinema
Distributed by Jour2fête (France)
Release date : July 7, 2021 (Cannes)
Running time : 88 minutes
Synopsis: Charlotte Gainsbourg began filming her mother, Jane Birkin, to look at her as she had never done before. The modesty of the one in front of the other had never allowed such a connection. But through the camera, the ice is broken to reveal an unprecedented exchange, over several years, which gradually erases the two artists and exposes them in an intimate, unprecedented, and universal conversation, to reveal a mother facing a daughter.

JFK Revisited : through the looking glass (JFK l’enquête)


Directed by Oliver Stone 
Produced by Robert S. Wilson
Based on Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Case by James DiEugenio 
Starring  John R. Tunheim, Henry Lee, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., James K. Galbraith, David Talbot, Cyril Wecht
Music by Jeff Beal
Cinematography : Robert Richardson
Edited by Kurt Mattila 
Production companies : Ixtlan Productions, Ingenious Media
Distributed by L’atelier Distribution (France)
Release date : July 12, 2021 (Cannes)
Running time : 118 minutes
Synopsis: Thirty years after his film JFK, Oliver Stone takes viewers on a journey through the recently declassified files of the assassination of President Kennedy - the most consequential American murder mystery of the 20th century. With the help of a team of scientific, medical, and ballistics experts, historians, and witnesses, Oliver Stone presents compelling evidence that in the Kennedy case, the "conspiracy theory" is now "conspiracy accomplished.

The Worst Person in the World (Julie (en 12 chapitres)) (Best actress award for Renate Reinsve)

Directed by Joachim Trier
Produced by Thomas Robsahm, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
Written by Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
Starring  Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Hans Olav Brenner, Silje Storstein, Marianne Krogh, Vidar Sandem, Anna Dworak, Lasse Gretland
Music by Ola Flottum
Cinematography : Kasper Tuxen Andersen
Edited by Olivier Bugge Coutté
Production companies : MK Film Productions, Oslo Pictures, Snowglobe Films, Be Reel Films
Distributed by Memento Distribution (France)
Release date : October 13, 2021 (France)
Running time : 128 minutes
Synopsis: Julie, soon to be 30 years old, can't seem to settle down in life. Just when she thinks she has found a certain stability with Aksel, a 45 year old successful author, she meets the young and seductive Eivind.

The divide (La fracture)

Directed by Catherine Corsini
Produced by Elisabeth Perez
Written by Catherine Corsini, Agnès Feuvre, Laurette Polmanss
Starring  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Marina Foïs, Pio Marmaï
Cinematography : Jeanne Lapoirie
Edited by Frédéric Baillehaiche
Production companies : Chaz Productions
Distributed by Le pacte (France)
Release date : July 9, 2021 (Cannes), October 27, 2021 (France)
Running time :98 minutes
Synopsis: Raf and Julie, a couple on the verge of breaking up, find themselves in an emergency room close to asphyxiation, on the evening of a Parisian Yellow Vests demonstration. Their meeting with Yann, an injured and angry protester, will shatter the certainties and prejudices of each. Outside, the tension mounts. The hospital, under pressure, must close its doors. The staff is overwhelmed. The night is going to be long...

Stillwater


Directed by Tom McCarthy
Produced by Steve Golin, Tom McCarthy, Jonathan King & Liza Chasin
Written by Tom McCarthy, Marcus Hinchey, Thomas Bidegain & Noé Debr 
Starring Matt Damon, Camille Cotin, Abigail Breslin, Lilou Siauvaud, Deanna Dunagan, Idir Azougli, Anne Le Ny, Moussa Maaskri
Music by Mychael Danna
Cinematography : Masanobu Takayanagi
Edited by Tom McArdle 
Production companies : Participant, DreamWorks Pictures, Slow Pony, Anonymous Content, 3dot Productions, Supernatural Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures (France)
Release date : July 8, 2021 (Cannes), July 30, 2021 (United States), September 29, 2021 (France)
Running time : 140 minutes
Synopsis: Working on oil rigs, Bill Baker is a quiet, taciturn man who has long neglected his family. He decides to travel from Oklahoma to Marseilles to visit his daughter Allison, whom he has never been close to, but who is incarcerated for a murder she claims she did not commit. When Allison tells him about a new clue that could clear her name, Bill is confronted with a language barrier and a complex legal system he doesn't understand. With the help of Virginia, an actress he met by chance, he sets out to take on the case himself and prove his daughter's innocence.

A Hero (Un héros) (Grand Prix (Ex-aequo))

Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi
Produced by Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Asghar Farhadi 
Starring Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Sarina Farhadi, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaie
Cinematography : Arash Ramezani
Edited by Hayedeh Safiyari 
Production companies : Memento Films
Distributed by Amazon Studios (United States), Memento Films (France)
Release date : July 13, 2021 (Cannes), December 22, 2021 (France)
Running time : 127 minutes
Synopsis: Rahim is in jail because of a debt he has not been able to pay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint in exchange for the payment of a part of the amount. But things do not go as planned...

(Source : press release)