Cannes

They stopped trying to make sense of it all

CANNES - In the new Yorgos Lanthimos film "Kinds of Kindness," a character played by Emma Stone recounts a dream in which she was the denizen of a bizarre world. "There, dogs were in charge," she murmurs. "People were animals, animals were people." But being brought to heel by their canine masters wasn't as bad as it sounds, she says: "I must admit, they treated us pretty well."

Bulgaria's Maria Bakalova Stars in Controversial Trump Biopic 'The Intern' at Cannes

At the Cannes Film Festival, a biographical movie featuring Bulgarian actress Maria Bakalova, titled "The Intern," made its debut, as reported by BTA. Directed by Iranian-born filmmaker Ali Abbasi, the film garnered an eight-minute standing ovation following its premiere screening at the festival palace, with Abbasi commenting that it's time for political films to return.

Coppola's long-awaited 'Megalopolis' divides Cannes

Hollywood titan Francis Ford Coppola returned to the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday to unveil his enormously hyped, wildly experimental and deeply divisive "Megalopolis".

The 85-year-old director's arrival at the world-famous movie festival — where decades earlier he twice scooped the top prize Palme d'Or — has been the frenzied talk on cafe terraces in the swanky Cote d'Azur city.

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