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Mother & Son First Reactions
Guy Lodge: I was greatly moved by Leonor Serraille’s quiet, lovely MOTHER AND SON, the last film to screen in this year’s Cannes competition. Expands the palette and worldview of her Camera d’Or-winning debut JEUNE FEMME; keeps her grace and wit.
Caspar Salmon: Léonor Serraille’s UN PETIT FRÈRE is getting a heck of a reception after its screening, and deservedly so – it’s a really tender family epic, beautifully shot, with real detail in its observation of this Black family in Paris and Rouen. Gorgeous.
Francesc Vilallonga: The last film seen in Cannes this year is a chronicle of immigration seen through the eyes of a mother and two children. It clearly goes from less to more and points out interesting elements. However, it may not have been a movie to enter the official section.
Julien Lada: Not really convinced, unfortunately, by Léonor Serraille’s LITTLE BROTHER, a three-part portrait of a family that integrates and falls apart. The dispersion of focus misleads the overall view and the film gradually dries up after a promising first act
Stephanie Bunbury: A little too often, Mother and Son reads that way, as a dossier of the immigrant experience. That experience is admirably well observed and largely absorbing but it’s a little too much in a small space.
Robbie Collin: Right at the end, the Cannes comp lobs in another beaut: Léonor Serraille’s Mother and Son, a sparkling family immigrant drama that skews more Steve McQueen than Dardenne, which is more than fine by me.
Damien Leblanc: Léonor Serraille concludes the competition of Cannes 2022 in style. Recounting the integration of a single-parent family in France at the end of the 20th century through three points of view, the film deploys a poignant narrative breadth and a superb cast.
Euan Cook: An incredibly profound glance into the lives of Côte d’Ivoire migrants living in Paris. The film’s beating heart stems from the POVs of a fractured, tenable relationship between a mother and her two sons – I cried…
Fabien Lemercier: Léonor Serraille raises her game with a highly refined second feature following fifteen years in the tumultuous life of a family trio. The film proves the subtle yet mind-blowing skill of Léonor Serraille.
Juliette Reitzer: Overwhelmed by the romantic and tragic scale of Mother and Son by Léonor Serraille, what a finale! If it’s not on the list, I give my apron back.
Santiago Varela Antúnez: Mother & Son by Léonor Serraille recounts the evolution of a family from the Ivory Coast upon their arrival in Paris. We watch as the years go by with a changing point of view that divides the film into three parts. Interesting, but not enough for the Official Section.
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Un Certain Regard winners
Top Prize: The Worst Ones (Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret)
Jury Prize: Joyland (Saim Sadiq)
Best Director: Alexandru Belc for Metronom
Acting: Vicky Krieps for Corsage AND Adam Bessa for Harka
Screenplay: Mediterranean Fever
Coup de Coeur Prize: Rodeo
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So what are y’all’s predictions at this point for the Palme, Best Director, Actress, Actor, Jury Prize, etc.?
Palme d’Or: Close – Lukas Dhont
Grand Prix: EO – Jerzy Skolimowski
Jury Prize: Crimes of the Future – David Cronenberg
Best Director: Cristian Mungiu – R.M.N.
Best Screenplay: Holy Spider – Ali Abbasi and Afshin Kamran Bahram & Decision to Leave – Park Chan-wook (TIE)
Best Actor: Song Kang-ho – Broker
Best Actress: Mbundu Joely – Tori and Lokita(Probably will get all of these wrong)
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Palme d’Or: Close
Grand Prix: Triangle of Sadness
Jury Prize: Armageddon Time
Director: Park Chan Wook – Decision To Leave
Actress: Lee Ji-eun – Broker
Actor: Pierfrancesco Favino – Nostalgia
Screenplay: Holy SpiderKeep an eye out for Tchaikovsky’s Wife in Actress though…
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Predictions
Palme d’Or: “Close” – Lukas Dhont
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Grand Prix: “RMN” – Cristian Mungiu and “Eo” – Jerzy Skolimowski (tie)
Jury Prize: “Holy Spider” – Ali Abbasi
Best Director: “Decision to Leave” – Park Chan-Wook
Best Screenplay: “Tori and Lokita” – Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Best Actor: Pierfrancesco Favino (“Nostalgia”)
Best Actress: Lee Ji-Eun (“Broker”)I am okay with ties at Cannes because they result in a larger number of films getting highlighted, unless the ties cause the awards to lose some of their prestige.
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-Severance in all categories.
-Ted Lasso in all categories.
-The Dropout in all categories.-Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, Margaret Qualley, Colin Firth
-Jung Ho-Yeon, Lee Yoo-Mi, Sarah Snook, Laura Linney.
-Jean Smart, Kaley Cuoco, Juno Temple, Sarah Lancashire and Martin Short.From Kyle Buchanan:
Cannes gossip: It’ll be a Belgian Palme d’Or, as rumors fly that CLOSE and TORI AND LOKITA are jury faves (and may even share the award). Other films that got the call to come back: DECISION TO LEAVE, BROKER, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, ARMAGEDDON TIME, EO, 8 MOUNTAINS, BOY FROM HEAVEN
STARS AT NOON also possibly asked to return as well.
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