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The 2026 Cannes Film Festival is underway pinch French filmmaker Pierre Salvadori’s The Electric Kiss serving arsenic the opening-night pic.
Among nan header filmmakers debuting caller useful connected nan Croisette this twelvemonth are erstwhile Palme d’Or winners Cristian Mungiu and Hirokazu Kore-eda, two-time Oscar-winning Iranian head Asghar Farhadi and American indie seasoned Ira Sachs.
It joined by caller films from stalwart auteurs including Pedro Almodóvar, Cristian Mungiu, Guillaume Canet, Nicolas Winding Refn and Paweł Pawlikowski
Read each of Deadline’s takes beneath passim nan festival, which runs May 12-23. Click connected nan title to publication nan afloat reappraisal and support checking backmost arsenic we update nan list.
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The Electric Kiss
Section: Out of Competition
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Screenwriters: Benjamin Charbit, Benoit Graffin, Pierre Salvadori
Cast: Pio Marmaï , Anais Demoustier, Gilles Lellouche, Vimala Pons, Gustave Kervern, Madeleine Baudot
Deadline’s takeaway: Pierre Salvadori’s charming and very French rom-com touches connected loss, grief, deception and renewed emotion of life and art. With subtle drama and perfectly formed actors, it’s a crowd-pleaser that could activity nicely for audiences seeking escapism. — PH
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