As in 2015 and 2021, the French international sales agent Playtime is wielding two contenders for the Palme d’Or in a line-up which it wholly intends to bring to fruition at the Marché du Film (running 16 – 24 May), unspooling within the 76th Cannes Film Festival.

At the front of the pack is About Dry Grasses [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
scheda film] by the Turkish maestro Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who’ll be taking up position in competition for the 7th time in Cannes, where he previously scooped the 2014 Palme d’Or, the 2003 and 2011 Grand Prizes, and the 2008 Best Director Award). The movie is produced by Turkey’s NBC Film, France’s Memento Production, Playtime and Arte France Cinéma, Germany’s Komplizen Film, and Sweden’s Second Land and Film i Väst.

The second jewel in the Playtime crown is Homecoming [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Catherine Corsini
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scheda film] by French director Catherine Corsini, who’ll be taking part in the race for the Palme d’Or for the 3rd time, after Replay in 2001 and The Divide [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Catherine Corsini
scheda film] in 2021. Her film is steered by Chaz Productions.

The team spearheaded by Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, Sébastien Beffa and François Yon also have a third ace in the Cannes showcase: No Love Lost [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Erwan Le Duc
scheda film] by French director Erwan Le Duc (starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Céleste Brunnquell and Maud Wyler), which is set to close Critics’ Week.

Playtime will also have its hands full at the market, with a premiere for Robin Campillo’s Red Island [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] and a flurry of promo reels for 9 titles in post-production: Testament by Canada’s Denys Arcand, Carnival Is Over by Brazil’s Fernando Coimbra, The Devil’s Bath [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Veronika Franz, Severin Fi…
scheda film] by Austria’s Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (Goodnight Mommy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Severin Fiala e Veronika …
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scheda film] by Luc Jacquet (March of the Penguins [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Delphine Girard
scheda film] by Belgium’s Delphine Girard, For Night Will Come [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Céline Rouzet
scheda film] by Céline Rouzet and, last but not least, Molière’s Last Stage by Olivier Py (starring Laurent Lafitte, Stacy Martin and Jeanne Balibar).