With the 66th Cannes Film Festival kicking off in just three weeks, we’ve got a grab bag of updates today. First up, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, a film we initially pegged for the in Un Certain Regard section (next to its Sundance brethren Fruitvale), will instead be showing up at Critics’ Week in the special screening section. Directed by David Lowery, the drama stars Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara and Ben Foster and one can read our Sundance review here and see the Critics’ Week line-up below.
FEATURES
Suzanne (dir. Katell Quillévéré)
Salvo (dir. Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza)
The Lunchbox (dir. Ritesh Batra)
For Those in Peril (dir. Paul Wright)
The Dismantlement (dir. Sébastien Pilote)
Nos héros sont morts ce soir (dir. David Perrault)
Los Dueños (dir. Agustin Toscano & Ezequiel Radusky)
The Major (dir. Yury Bykov)
SHORTS
Vikingar (dir. Magali Magistry)
Agit Pop (dir. Nicolas Pariser)
Pátio (dir. Ali Muritiba)
Come and Play (Komm und Spiel) (dir. Daria Belova)
The Opportunist (dir. David Lassiter)
Pleasure (dir. Ninja Thyberg)
Océan (dir. Emmanuel Laborie)
Tau Seru (dir. Rodd Rathjen)
La lampe au beurre de Yak (dir. Hu Wei)
Breathe me (dir. Han Eun-young)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (dir. David Lowery)
You and the Night (dir. Yann Gonzalez)
Next up, we’ve got a trailer for Valeria Golino‘s feature directorial debut Miele, a drama that will be playing in the Un Certain Regard section. Starring Jasmine Trinca as Irene, we follow her as she devote herself to people looking for help, and tries to alleviate their suffering even when they make extreme decisions. Check out the intriguing look below, followed by new stills (via Rope of Silicon/The Playlist) of two in competition titles, Asghar Farhadi‘s Berenice Bejo-led The Past and Arnaud Desplechin‘s Benicio Del Toro and Matthieu Amalric-led Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian).
Cannes 2013 kicks off on May 15th, 2013.