10 Cannes Film Awards worth seeing

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

For more than 70 years, the Cannes Film Festival has been a venue for films with deep meaning. If the picture receives the Palme d'Or, then for real moviegoers this means only one thing: this tape must certainly be watched. Unfortunately, in our today's selection it is simply impossible to include all the masterpieces shown at the time at the Cannes Film Festival, but the films presented in it deserve special attention of the audience.

"The Pianist", 2002, Poland, France, Great Britain, Germany, director Roman Polanski

The story of the famous Polish pianist Wladyslaw Spielman has won numerous awards at various film festivals. It is worth noting that Adrian Brody, the leading actor, moved out of his apartment to immerse himself in the world of his hero, sold his car and refused to watch TV. And in order for his appearance to match the appearance of a prisoner of the Warsaw ghetto, Brody lost 14 kilograms.

"Pulp Fiction", 1994, USA, directed by Quentin Tarantino

This legendary film needs no special introduction, and its many awards speak for themselves. The director, in a manner characteristic only to him, harmoniously mixed philosophy and humor, criminal showdowns and incredible dances, love, laughter and tears in the frame. However, to appreciate the beauty of "Pulp Fiction", you just need to see it once.

"The Cranes Are Flying", 1957, USSR, director Mikhail Kalatozov

The fact that this film became the winner of the Cannes Film Festival, Soviet viewers could learn from a tiny note in Izvestia, where neither the name of the picture nor the names of the creators of this masterpiece was mentioned. And all because Nikita Khrushchev considered the behavior of the main character unworthy. However, viewers all over the world were able to fully appreciate the film.

Apocalypse Now, 1979, USA, directed by Francis Ford Coppola

The film about the Vietnam War was based on Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, written back in 1902, rethought by the screenwriter and director, and moved to another time. But the main thing is preserved in the picture: the attitude to war, as to the greatest horror on the planet, driving mad and destroying everything around.

"Parasites", 2019, South Korea, directed by Bong Joon-ho

It is rare for a film to receive a 15-minute standing ovation after its premiere, but that is exactly what happened at the Cannes Film Festival with Parasites. This is the first South Korean painting to be awarded the Palme d'Or. The main word was said not by the members of the jury, but by the audience, thanks to whose assessment the film became the highest grossing at the box office in different countries.

"La Dolce Vita", 1960, Italy, France, directed by Federico Fellini

It is thanks to "Sweet Life" that the term "paparazzi" has firmly entered our life, which has become a derivative of the name of Paparazzo, a friend of the protagonist. The Vatican condemned the picture for an episode that seemed to the leadership of the Catholic Church as a parody of the coming of Christ, and in Spain the masterpiece from Federico Fellini was categorically banned from showing for 15 years after the premiere.

"Man and Woman", 1966, France, directed by Claude Lelouch

Claude Lelouch's picture was celebrated not only in Cannes. She has received two Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay. On the account of "Men and Women" there are still many awards, and it is simply impossible to describe the picture in a few words. You need to watch it and get unforgettable pleasure from one of the best examples of French cinema.

Viridiana, 1961, Mexico, directed by Luis Buñuel

The film, based on the novel by Benito Perez Galdos "Alma", caused a real public explosion in Spain and Catholic Rome, which led to the official ban of the film from showing in Spain for a long 16 years. Too many uncomfortable questions were raised by Viridiana, leaving the viewer himself looking for answers and, most importantly, thinking before drawing any conclusions.

Dancing in the Dark, 2000, filmmakers from 13 countries, directed by Lars von Trier

A hard, and in some places even cruel film, at the first viewing, puts you in a daze. And it makes you think, first of all, about yourself and your life, about your attitude to people and your own ability to go to any inconvenience (not even sacrifice) for the sake of another person. A very meaningful and poignant picture that exposes the nerves of the viewer.

"Underground", 1995, Yugoslavia (FR), Germany, France, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, director Emir Kusturica

The film based on the play by Dusan Kovachevich "Spring in January" was filmed throughout Eastern Europe: in Belgrade and Sofia, in Prague, Berlin and Plovdiv. Pain and fun, despair and some crazy dancing are mixed here. The viewer who decides to watch the "Underground" must be ready to cry and laugh, watching the tragedy of cheerful people.

It usually takes a director a year or a year and a half to make a film and release it. During this time, individual scenes are filmed, editing, dubbing is performed, special effects and computer graphics are added. This deadline includes time for additional filming and corrections for unforeseen circumstances. But sometimes it takes a lot longer to make a movie. There are pictures that have been filmed for a decade or even longer.