CANNES.- American filmmaker Oliver Stone present out of competition at Cannes a documentary film about Brazilian president Luiz Incio Lula da Silvaannounced today -April 22- the contest, which also added several feature films in different sections.
The new work by Stone, a filmmaker who has already filmed documentaries about Fidel Castro and Hugo Chvez, addresses Lula’s imprisonment between 2018 and 2019 and his return to power.
Stone, 77, explained in an interview with AFP on March 13 that the documentary revolves around judicial persecution, about what happened when (Lula) had been a successful president and they put him in jail for corruption. , which is how things are usually done in those countries.
Documentary history
Lula was in prison for almost 18 months, between 2018 and 2019, for a conviction for corruption within the framework of the Lava Jato operation. The Supreme Federal Court (STF) later annulled the convictions.
Stone has been a frequent visitor to the Cannes Festival, where he has presented several works.
The filming of this documentary about Lula lasted for months and Stone traveled with the veteran Brazilian politician, according to the author of JFK y Pelotn.
In its statement, the 77th Cannes Film Festival reported three additions to the official competition: The most precious of goodsan animated film by Michel Hazanavicius about a Jewish boy who miraculously escapes deportation to an extermination camp; Three kilometers to the end of the world, by Romanian director Emanuel Parvu; and The seed of the sacred figdel Iran Mohammad Rasoulof.
New version of the Count of Monte Cristo
Winner of a Golden Bear in Berlin in 2020, Rasoulof could not go to Cannes last year to be part of a festival jury due to a decision by the Iranian regime, which sentenced him to prison.
Rasoulof was recently released from prison for health reasons.
In total, 22 films, including the expected Megalpolis by Francis Ford Coppola, will compete for the Palme d’Or.
The film-loving public will also be able to attend in a special session, outside of competition, the premiere of The Count of Monte Cristoa great French production and adaptation of the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas.
They will also be presented Live, Die, Rebornby Gal Morel; Maria, by Jessica Palud; Spectators, by Arnaud Desplechin; Nasty, by Tudor Giurgiu; y An unfinished film, de Lou Ye.
In the Un Certain Regard section there are three new features: When the light breaks, from Iceland Rnar Rnarsson, who will inaugurate that section; Nikki, a film about the French artist Nikki de Saint-Phalle, by Cline Sallette; and Flow3D animation film by Latvian Gints Zilbalodis.
The 77th Cannes Film Festival takes place from May 14 to 25.
FUENTE: AFP
