London 2009: Gemma Arterton, Nick Park, Jacques Audiard
Gemma Arterton arrives for the premiere of J Blakeson’s The Disappearance of Alice Creed, in which two men (Martin Compston, Eddie Marsan) kidnap a woman (Arterton is the unlucky one) and tie her to a bed, during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Vue West End on October 24. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)
Screenwriter Abdel Raouf Dafri and Director Jacques Audiard attend the photocall for the gritty prison drama A Prophet, winner of the London Film Festival’s best film prize and a strong contender for the 2010 best foreign language film Academy Award, during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Mayfair Hotel on October 24. (Photo [...]
by Joan Lister | October 29, 2009
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Cannes 2009: Palme d’Or Favorites
Palme d’Or 2009, Grand Prix, Special Jury Prize:
Alain Resnais‘ romantic fantasy Wild Grass (adapted by Alex Reval and Laurent Herbiet from Christian Gailly’s novel), about a man who becomes intrigued by a younger woman
Jacques Audiard’s tough prison drama A Prophet (written by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, and Nicolas Peufaillit)
Writer-director Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon, about a northern German community enmeshed in a series of nasty events right before the beginning of World War I
Writer-director Jane Campion’s Bright Star, about the doomed love affair between British poet John Keats and his neighbor, Fanny Brawne
Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes
by Massimo David | May 22, 2009
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