Cannes Film Festival 2009 :. Dates: May 13th - 24th :. Venue: Palais du Festival :. City: Cannes :. Country: France :. Edition: 2009/62nd :. Official Site: Cannes Film Festival 2009

From May 13th to May 24th, Plume Noire was covering the Cannes film festival to bring you exclusive reviews of the films presented as well as a festival blog. Please note that more reviews will be added within the next few weeks.

.: Palme d'or: The White Ribbon
.: Grand Prix: A Prophet
.: Prix exceptionnel: Alain Resnais
.: Best Actor: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious basterds)
.: Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist)
.: Best Direction: Kinatay
.: Best Script: Spring Fever
.: Jury Prize: Fish tank et Thirst (ex aequo)
.: Caméra d'Or: Samson et Delilah
.: Special Prize: Ajami
.: Best Short: Arena
.: Special Prize - Short: The Six dollar fifty man

Antichrist Antichrist, which wants to be Lars von Trier's most personal and most important film, closes on itself and shows the hooks to hold the audience at a distance, while paradoxically seeking to shock it.

Broken Embraces Pedro Almodovar, as an educated cinephile having assimilated his influences well, from Hitchcock to Eisenstein, while passing by Rossellini and himself, delivers a film noir of protean richness.

Fish Tank Fish Tank is above all the story of a revelation named Katie Jarvis, the lead actress who was discovered at 17 in a train station.

Inglourious Basterds Following famous figures like Stanley Kubrick or Francis Ford Coppola, Quentin Tarantino delivers his war film, which is undoubtedly his most ambitious, but also his laziest.

Looking for Eric Ken Loach films are always highly anticipated and knowing that one of the most mythical figures of English soccer plays his own role makes it even more intriguing.

A Prophet While one might have expected another prison movie, A Prophet goes far beyond the limits of this sub-genre.

Spring Fever With Spring Fever Ye Lou attacks a new sulfurous subject: homosexuality, still considered a mental disease in his country.

Taking Woodstock With Taking Woodstock, he takes advantage of the audience and takes them on a small acid trip, without danger and after effects.

Tetro Served by an outdated but beautiful black and white, with color flashbacks, and rocked by the torpor of Argentinian tango, Tetro does not rate among the essential works of Coppola's career, but affects with the sincerity and faith of the message it conveys.

Vengeance With Vengeance, Johnnie To delivers one of his better successes since at least Election 1 and 2.

The White Ribbon With The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke reverses our expectations, delivering certainly his best film, a work that summarizes his oeuvre while being original at the same time.

.: 05/24: Palme d'Or
.: 05/24: Buzz
.: 05/24: Coco & Jan Kounen
.: 05/24: Cut
.: 05/23: Waiting for the awards
.: 05/23: Pause café
.: 05/22: Cannes by night
.: 05/22: Map of the sounds of Tokyo
.: 05/22: Jean-Pierre Léaud & Laetitia Casta
.: 05/22: Gaspar Noé & Paz de la Huerta
.: 05/22: Award Forecasts
.: 05/22: Overtures
.: 05/21: Les Herbes folles
.: 05/20: Inglorous Basterds
.: 05/20: Michael Haneke
.: 05/19: Giovanna Mezzogiorno
.: 05/19: Penelope Cruz & Pedro Almodovar
.: 05/19: Halfway
.: 05/18: Antichrist
.: 05/18: Eric Cantonna
.: 05/17: Johnny Hallyday & Johnnie To
.: 05/17: Monica Bellucci & Sophie Marceau
.: 05/16: After the rain
.: 05/16: Thirst
.: 05/15: Martin Scorcese
.: 05/15: Abbie Cornish
.: 05/14: Party
.: 05/14: Vincent Gallo
.: 05/14: Coppola & co in Cannes
.: 05/13: Interruption
.: 05/13: Cannes Film Festival 2009 Jury
.: 05/13: Barbarian Invasions
.: 05/13: Cannes, before the storm