“The Dead Don’t Die,” writer-director Jim Jarmusch’s zombie comedy starring Adam Driver, Bill Murray, Chloe Sevigny and Tilda Swinton, has been selected to open the 72nd Festival de Cannes.
an Elton John biopic starring Taron Egerton, the Jarmusch news suggests that Hollywood may have an especially strong presence on Cannes’ storied Boulevard de la Croisette this year. The director Alejandro González Iñárritu will serve as president of the competition jury.
Recent Cannes openers include Asghar Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows” , Arnaud Desplechin’s “Ismael’s Ghosts” and Woody Allen’s “Café Society” . Jarmusch has long been a Cannes regular, having previously landed in competition with “Paterson” , “Only Lovers Left Alive” , “Broken Flowers” , “Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai” , “Dead Man” , “Mystery Train” and “Down by Law” . He has won multiple prizes from the festival, including the Grand Prix for “Broken Flowers” and the Camera d’Or for “Stranger Than Paradise” .Movie news, screening invitations and reviews from the world of independent film and beyond.
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