Cannes 2009: Best Actor Favorites
Best Actor
Tahar Rahim as a young man behind bars in A Prophet.
Ben Whishaw as John Keats in Bright Star.
André Dussollier as the elderly hero in Wild Grass.
François Cluzet as a con man in In the Beginning.
Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes
by Andre Soares | May 22, 2009
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Tags: À l'origine, A Prophet, Abbie Cornish, André Dussollier, Ben Whishaw, Bright Star, Cannes 2009, Cannes Film Festival, Emmanuelle Devos, Film Awards, Film Festivals, François Cluzet, In the Beginning, John Keats, Les Herbes folles, Tahar Rahim, Wild Grass
Cannes 2009: ADRIFT, DRAG ME TO HELL, IN THE BEGINNING
At Firstshowing.net, Alex Billington on À Deriva / Adrift (above, with Laura Neiva), screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar:
"I think I stumbled across a big Cannes sleeper hit. From the beaches of Brazil comes Adrift, known as À Deriva in Portuguese, the third film from Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia. I’m going to say right up front — following in the footsteps of City of God director Fernando Meirelles, Dhalia is the next great Brazilian filmmaker on the verge of breaking out. Adrift is his calling card, a gorgeous family drama about a beautiful young girl and her parents. It’s not a masterpiece, but it is definitely one of the better films I’ve seen here that offers [...]
by Massimo David | May 22, 2009
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Tags: À Deriva, À l'origine, Adrift, Alex Billington, Cannes 2009, Cannes Film Festival, Chicago Sun-Times, Drag Me to Hell, Emmanuelle Devos, Fernando Meirelles, Film Festivals, François Cluzet, Heitor Dhalia, In the Beginning, Ivan Raimi, Laura Neiva, Richard Corliss, Roger Ebert, Sam Raimi, Xavier Giannoli
