The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will honor big names in cinema but new artists should be talked about (AFP / LOIC VENANCE)
The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25) will honor big names in cinema but, alongside Meryl Streep, Francis Ford Coppola and Catherine Deneuve, new artists should be talked about.
-Sebastian Stan-
His name will soon be on everyone’s lips: at 41, Sebastian Stan slips into the shoes of Donald Trump, a real estate tycoon period long before that of American president in “The Apprentice”, in the running for the Palme d’Or .
American-Romanian actor Sebastian Stan, May 6, 2024 in New York (AFP / Angela WEISS)
The actor of Romanian origin was previously known to Marvel fans, thanks to his recurring role in “Captain America”.
Proof of his eclecticism and his taste for transformation, he was on screen as Tommy Lee in a series about his love affair with Pamela Anderson and was rewarded at the last Berlinale for “A different man”, where he played. . a disfigured man.
– Karla Sofía Gascón –
In “Emilia Perez”, a film in competition, she plays alongside Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña, but she is the star.
Under the direction of Jacques Audiard, the director of “A Prophet”, Spaniard Karla Sofía Gascón plays a Mexican cartel leader who defies the boundaries of identity to become the woman she always knew how to be.
An exciting project mixing musical comedy and drug trafficking. And a golden role for the 52-year-old transgender actress, who has so far subscribed to telenovelas and Mexican productions.
– Barry Keoghan –
Bad boy face and performances on the edge: at 31, Barry Keoghan is the rising Irish star, expected in Cannes in “Bird” as a tattooed gangster.
Irish actor Barry Keoghan on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California (AFP / Michael TRAN)
At the end of 2023, he disturbed more than one spectator in “Saltburn”, a social satire where he plays nothing less than a psychopath.
Mentally deficient in “The Banshees of Inisherin”, the actor who, as a child, was tossed from home to home, has already filmed under the direction of Yorgos Lanthimos (“The Killing of the Sacred Deer”) and Christopher Nolan ( “Dunkirk”). He is also Matt Reeves’ Joker, a role he will soon reprise.
– Anya Taylor-Joy –
We knew her as a redhead and a tormented chess player in “The Queen’s Game”, a hit Netflix series during confinement.
American actress Anya Taylor-Joy on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California (AFP / Frederic J. Brown)
Before this role which earned her a Golden Globe and the favors of the house of Dior, Anya Taylor-Joy, 28, stood out in fantastic films like “The Witch” or costume films like “Emma”.
It is at the wheel of cars and hair in the wind that we find her in “Furiosa” (presented out of competition on May 15), fifth episode of the Max Max saga, where she takes over the role previously played by Charlize Theron in “Fury Road” (2015).
– Agathe Riedinger –
Will she be the new Justine Triet? Agathe Riedinger is one of four directors in competition this year and the only one to present a first film.
The Frenchwoman made a name for herself through her short films including “J’attends Jupiter”, on reality TV, a theme that she re-explores in “Rough Diamond”, in the running for the Palme d’Or, therefore.
In the film, we follow a young girl obsessed with the idea of becoming someone. Destiny finally smiled on her when she managed to pass a casting for “La Villa”.