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CANNES. Special Envoy

Just as Sunday was the day of women (two films in competition were filmmakers), Monday was the day the “other” American cinema. After the passage of Hollywood figures like George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Woody Allen, Spielberg and Ryan Gosling, were Paterson , Jim Jarmusch, with the new bad Star Wars , Adam Driver, and the politically correct Loving , which could have Oscar nominations, as it touches the real issue of an interracial couple who was jailed in Virginia, in 1959, precisely for having married. At a time when the Academy Awards seeks to add black talent among candidates, Jeff Nichols’s film will come in handy.

“Paterson” is the tenth time that the director of ” Mystery Train “competes in an official section at Cannes. AFP

Jarmusch’s film is by far the best that American cinema brought here. It is like an ode common life, a bus driver (Driver) who writes poetry. His life is routine, and the director of Stranger Than Paradise shows every day, Monday through Sunday. He wakes up with his wife (Golshifteh Farahani) at about 6:12, eat breakfast the same, writes poetry -are almost observations, not always rhyme, neither he intends to publish-when gets on the bus and before embarking on the he came back. Each night brings Marvin walk your dog before taking a beer in a bar.

Laura amuses himself thinking about the cupcakes that make and sell on Saturday, as new venture. And that is obsessed with shapes and designs in black and white (and want to see films in black and white) is perhaps a way to reinforce what life in this modest home: life is as it is, perhaps without color, without nuances, but they take it well. It is.

Paterson is the name of the character, but also of the city of New Jersey where William Carlos Williams (poet) was born and Lou Costello, the Abbott and Costello. There he spent this unique comedy, seductive in its simplicity, its routine incredibly compelling and certainly poetic.

Australian actor Joel Edgerton poses with the Ethiopian actress Ruth Negga and American director Jeff Nichols: the trio of “Loving”. EFE

Unlike the case of Loving , the interracial drama based on a true story, Jeff Nichols. If history is incredible, but it happened, treatment director of Take Shelter she is the most conventional you could ask for, with musical notes that exasperate the minds of any attentive viewer.

Starring etiíope Ruth Negga and Australian Joel Edgertoin, making Southerners, the film does not have growth, the side characters are one-dimensional, everything is predictable. In short: it seems a TV movie that looks and forgotten. Although it is likely that its commercial release in the US in November, Oscar nominations babies go near the interracial theme.

Chris Pine, star of” Hell or High Water “. , which was in the section Un certain Regard. AFP

And a pleasant surprise was seen in the section Un Certain Regard Hell or High Water , with the star of the new Star Trek , Chris Pine as one of the brothers (the other is Ben Foster) who rob banks in Texas -only notes of 1, 5 and 20 dollars, pursued by the Texas ranger who plays Jeff Bridges, on the edge of retirement.

it is a genre film clearly difficult here to win a prize, but the film of David Mackenzie (Young Adam) delivers a fun 102 minutes relaxed the day.

Cocktail, with choripan and news

with so many people, so that practically was overwhelmed Argentina’s stand in international Pavillón, at 19 Monday took place the cocktail of Argentine cinema. There were guests on the beach eating choripanes, some with chimichurri and lettuce.

The president of INCAA, Alejandro Cacetta, who chairs the delegation, spoke with everyone, presented producers attending the press. And there were many novelties Film Market, where national outdoor titles are sold.

We already have as sold Black Snow ( Black Snow ) , Martin Hodara thriller with Ricardo Darin. FilmSharks is giving functions and selling Kóblic , I married an idiot ( I Married a Dumbass titrated) and The King the Eleven . To Steal From a Thief is as sold on the market 100 years of forgiveness , in which poster highlights Rodrigo De la Serna. The other brother ( The Lost Brother ) is the new Adrian Caetano, who was here in competition for the Palme d’Or with Chronicle of a leak . His new film is starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, repeated face and also in the market is At the End of the Tunnel .

The day began early for the president of the Institute of cinema, as it was invited to share with Thierry Fremaux lunch, General Delegate of the Cannes film Festival, and Leonard Blavatnik, a partner at the Weinstein brothers in film and CEO of Warner Music. It was on the yacht of Blavatnik, born in Odessa and now considered the richest man in England.