The city of Cannes embraced the works of Pawel Pawlikowski Homeland Thursday night, like the new movie from the director Ida and cold war It had its world premiere in competition at the Palace.
The director and his crew received a four-and-a-half-minute standing ovation inside the Grand Theater of the Palais Lumiere. “Thank you so much, and I hope at least half of you really meant it,” Pawlikowski said of the reception. “To be here with these beautiful people who worked on this film in really difficult circumstances, we get to Versailles – to this beautiful temple of cinema – and forget all our struggles and problems. And I think, for once, I really enjoyed watching my film,” he said with a laugh. “Looking at these beautiful actors and the amazing photography, everything. Thank you.”
Pawlikowski walked the red carpet with his co-star Sandra Höller, who wore a feather wrap à la Liza Minnelli, Hans Zischler and August Diehl, as well as supporting cast members David Stresow and Anna Madele. Unsurprisingly, Holler, a Cannes darling, received huge applause before the premiere.
The German-language film explores the relationship between Thomas Mann (Zichler) and his daughter Erika (Höller) upon their return to Germany after the war and self-imposed exile. They travel through West and East Germany where both communist and capitalist governments praised Mann. The trip turns into a reckoning between father and daughter in their former homeland. The cast also includes Diehl (Hidden life), Streso(All is quiet on the Western Front) and Madley (In Bruges).
Pawlikowski was last in Cannes cold war In 2018, like Homeland A black-and-white drama exploring the trauma of modern European history. The film won the Best Director award and was nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards. Pawlikowski Ida It won the Academy Award for Best International Film in 2015. Pawlikowski co-wrote the film Homeland Screenplay with German director Hendrik Handlugten (Love is in thoughts, Babylon Berlin) and re-cooperated with him Ida and cold war Cinematographer Lukas Zall.
Holler was the queen of Cannes three years ago, starring in Justine Tritt’s Palme d’Or-winning film Anatomy of a fall And Jonathan Glazer Area of interestOne punch catapulted the German actress to international fame and Hollywood projects. She’s already having a phenomenal year. Höller won the Best Performance Award at this year’s Berlinale for her title role in the drama directed by Markus Schleinzer. rose He starred alongside Ryan Gosling in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s sci-fi comedy Hail Mary project. the next HomelandShe stars with Tom Cruise in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s upcoming film digger.
Holler will join Scott Feinberg, Hollywood ReporterExecutive Awards Editor Live Recording for THR‘s Awards talks Podcast, in Cannes on Friday.
