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Cannes You Dig It?

May 15, 2008 by Romy

It’s official – Cannes 2008 has started and promises to showcase this year’s best up-and-coming films. This year started with Blindness, by Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles who directed the incredible City of God (2004) and Constant Gardner (2006). The film is an adaptation of the book of the same name, which is about a world where everyone loses their sight, and in this case actors Gael Garcia Bernal, Sandra Oh and Mark Ruffalo are forced to re-imagine a world without vision. This “white blindness” caused by an unknown virus creates a terrifying world, and makes us think of our own reliance on this sense.

Speaking of Gael Garcia Bernal…

How can we ever forget his role as Che in Motorcycle Diaries? Well, this year Steven Soderbergh tries this very feat with Che. This time, Benicio Del Toro plays the infamous Cuban Revolution hero – the film starts where Bernal left off. For more information on Che check out this book, this biography or this new book: My Life With Che.

Out of the ‘Cannes Competition’ are films like Barry Levinson’s What Just Happened? with Robert De Niro, Sean Penn and Bruce Willis about a faded movie producer trying to figure out his life amongst ex-wives, Los Angeles and a teenage daughter.

Also, there’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen’s latest film with his muse Scarlett Johansson, and the beautiful Penelope Cruz about a painter who simultaneously starts relationships with two American tourists in Spain.

Eat a croissant today and a café au lait in honor of the 61^st Cannes Film Fest!