{"id":24139,"date":"2024-04-11T15:45:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/11\/cannes-2024-official-selection-includes-francis-ford-coppola-kevin-costner-see-lineup\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T15:45:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:45:56","slug":"cannes-2024-official-selection-includes-francis-ford-coppola-kevin-costner-see-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/11\/cannes-2024-official-selection-includes-francis-ford-coppola-kevin-costner-see-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannes 2024: Official Selection Includes Francis Ford Coppola, Kevin Costner – See Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image Instagrammed by Francis Ford Coppola. (courtesy: francisfordcoppola<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola will return to the Cannes Film Festival with his long-awaited epic Megalopolis<\/em>, organisers said on Thursday, announcing a line-up that includes some huge names of world cinema.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 77th edition of the festival on the French Cote d’Azur, considered the most prestigious in the film industry, runs from May 14 to 25.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year’s competition for the top prize, the Palme d’Or, includes another team-up between Emma Stone and Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos — Kinds of Kindness<\/em> — just weeks after Stone’s Oscar win for their Frankenstein-style satire Poor Things<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Apprentice<\/em>, a biopic about the early years of Donald Trump by Iran-born director Ali Abbasi, is expected to draw a lot of attention.\u00a0And Canadian horror maestro David Cronenberg returns with what is billed as his most personal film yet, The Shrouds<\/em>, with Vincent Cassel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But all eyes are likely to be on Coppola’s Megalopolis<\/em>, marking the return of The Godfather<\/em> director to the Cannes Croisette at the age of 85.\u00a0He has twice won the Palme d’Or — for The Conversation<\/em> (1974) and, controversially, for Apocalypse Now <\/em>(1979), which was not even finished when it premiered at the festival.<\/p>\n

He has self-funded Megalopolis,<\/em> said to be a Roman political drama transplanted to modern-day New York, starring Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker and a host of other stars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0‘Emmanuelle’ returns –<\/p>\n

This year’s jury is led by Barbie <\/em>director Greta Gerwig, who “embodies perfectly the soul of the festival”, said Cannes president Iris Knobloch.<\/p>\n

Among the more intriguing entries Gerwig will judge is Emilia Perez<\/em>, a musical comedy about a Mexican cartel boss undergoing a sex-change operation, with popstar-actor Selena Gomez in a supporting role — the latest unlikely creation from Palme-winning French director Jacques Audiard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was already known that Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga<\/em>, the latest instalment of the post-apocalyptic franchise, will get its world premiere at the festival, playing out of competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So will Kevin Costner’s new opus, Horizon, An American Saga<\/em>, in which the veteran star plays alongside Sienna Miller in the first of a planned series about the American West. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, George Lucas — the man behind Star Wars<\/em> and Indiana Jones<\/em> — will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the closing ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A film about women’s rights in China will also play out of competition. She Has No Name <\/em>stars two of the country’s biggest stars, Lei Jiayin and\u00a0Zhang Ziyi.<\/p>\n

Two highly topical films will have special screenings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

La Belle de Gaza<\/em> follows transsexual Palestinians moving to Israel and The Invasion<\/em> by Sergei Loznitsa centres on the war in his native Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Success at Cannes can give a major boost to arthouse films such as last year’s winner, Anatomy of a Fall<\/em>, which went on to win an avalanche of awards, including an Oscar.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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