Cannes Film Festival 2023: Day 5: 20 May 2023

One of the most anticipated films of the festival. For the first time since 1986, Martin Scorsese presents his new film Killers of the Flower Moon

Searing True-Crime Epic

Robert de Niro also stars – Variety

Remarkable epic about the bloody birth of America

“…With co-writer Eric Roth, Scorsese crafts an epic of creeping, existential horror about the birth of the American century, a macabre tale of quasi-genocidal serial killings which mimic the larger erasure of Native Americans from the US…”– Guardian

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THE ZONE OF INTEREST de / by JONATHAN GLAZER

Stunning look at the Holocaust in a way it has not been seen. Based on the novel by Martin Amis, who died the day after the film’s première.

LES FILLES D’OLFA (FOUR DAUGHTERS) de / by KAOUTHER BEN HANIA

BANEL E ADAMA de / by RAMATA-TOULAYE SY

“Striking and sophisticated debut”

MAY DECEMBER de / by TODD HAYNES

Featuring the A-list pairing of Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore.

ROBOT DREAMS de / by PABLO BERGER

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON de / by MARTIN SCORSESE

LE TEMPS D’AIMER (ALONG CAME LOVE) de / by KATELL QUILLÉVÉRÉ

ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS de / by WEI SHUJUN

“Chinese cinema makes a sophisticated and stylish return with Wei Shujun’s nimble noir”” – Screen Daily

GOODBYE JULIA de / by MOHAMED KORDOFANI

Goodbye Julia is the first ever Sudanese film to play Cannes. It is set in the capital of Khartoum and revolves around the events leading up to the 2011 South Sudanese Independence referendum. Watch the trailer here.

Eiman Yousif plays a former singer from the north who tries to make amends for unwittingly causing the murder of a southern man by hiring his widow as a maid and paying for the education of her son, without revealing her connection to the crime.

Dubai-based, South Sudan-born top model Siran Riak makes her debut as the maid, with veteran Sudanese actor Nazar Goma and U.S-Sudanese actor and refugee advocate Ger Duany (The Good Lie, The Nile Hilton Incident) in supporting roles.

The drama has gained resonance in recent weeks due to fierce fighting between rival military factions in Khartoum, even though it focused on a different moment in Sudan’s history.

First film from Sudan set just before the referendum and secession of South Sudan.

RIDDLE OF FIRE de / by WESTON RAZOOLI

“A nostalgic US indie debut that attempts to capture the wonder of adolescence” – Screen Daily

IN FLAMES de / by ZARRAR KAHN

“In Flames is well-crafted, the sound design capturing the jarring sounds of the city at night which seem designed to set everyone on edge. Production designer Matti Malik fills Mariam’s home with rich red earth and terracotta colours, lending it the warmth of a sanctuary – albeit one that is increasingly under threat.” – Screen Daily

CREATURA de/by ELENA MARTÍN GIMENO