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Bruno Dumont’s Red Rocks, a billed arsenic a Romeo and Juliet-style emotion communicative group connected nan French Riviera, has joined nan 2026 lineup of Cannes’ Directors Fortnight.
The image will play arsenic a typical screening pinch Dumont besides giving a masterclass during nan 58th version of nan parallel section, moving from May 13 to 23.
Dumont made his first quality astatine Cannes successful Directors’ Fortnight successful 1997 with The Life of Jesus. The movie was awarded a typical mention wrong nan model of nan Caméra d’Or prize, covering each first films debuting crossed nan Official Selection and parallel sections.
In 2014, nan conception played his four-part tv miniseries Li’l Quinquin and he returned pinch his philharmonic movie Jeannette, nan Childhood of Joan of Arc in 2017.
In a statement, announcing nan Red Rocks screening, Directors’ Fortnight said nan movie marked a caller departure successful Dumont’s filmography.
“Shot successful nan French Riviera, pinch very young children, nan movie adopts a documentary-like approach, led by nan deliberate usage of wide-angle lenses. Once again, Dumont explores nan grace that tin look from cinema,” said nan section.
Red Rocks joins 1 of nan starriest and high-profile editions of Directors’ Fortnight of caller years.
The 58th version opens pinch Kantemir Balagov’s New Jersey-set drama Butterfly Jam, starring Barry Keoghan and Riley Keough, pinch different selections including Reed Van Dyk’s Iraqi warfare seasoned play Atonement, pinch Kenneth Branagh, Hiam Abbass and Boyd Holbrook; Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri’s ‘Mrs Dalloway’-reimagining Clarissa pinch Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo and Ayo Edebiri, and July Jung’s Dora, starring Japanese character Sakura Ando (Shoplifters) and K-pop prima and character Kim Do-yeon.
