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The full line-up of world premieres playing in Un Certain Regard at the 69th Cannes Film Festival with details on each title including sales contacts.
AFTER THE STORM (JAP)
DIR HIROKAZU KORE-EDA
Japanese director Kore-eda is back in Cannes for the second year running (and fourth time in total) following 2015's Our Little Sister. This family drama focuses on a prize-winning author who, after his star has faded, wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and struggles to pay his child support. When a strong storm hits one night, he is afforded the opportunity to bond with his family again. Lead actress Kirin Kiki starred in both Our Little Sister and Naomi Kawase's An at Cannes last year.
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APPRENTICE (SING-GER-FR-HK-QAT)
DIR BOO JUNFENG
Singaporean film-maker Boo tackles the subject of capital punishment in his second feature, which follows a 28-year-old correctional officer transferred to a maximum-security prison where he becomes friends with the chief executioner. Produced locally by Akanga Film Asia, Peanut Pictures and Zhao Wei Films, and co-produced by Augenschein Filmproduktion (Germany) and Cinéma Defacto (France), Apprentice marks the second Cannes invitation for Boo, whose feature debut Sandcastle screened in Critics' Week in 2010.
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BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS (ISR-BEL-GER)
DIR ERAN KOLIRIN
Israeli director Kolirin returns to Cannes for the first time since his debut feature The Band's Visit also premiered in Un Certain Regard in 2007. The plot follows an Israeli soldier who is discharged from the army following 27 years of service. As he tries to reacquaint himself with the civilian world, and to establish himself in the business sector, the veteran finds that modern-day Israel is more difficult to adapt to than he anticipated.
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CAPTAIN FANTASTIC (US)
DIR MATT ROSS
Actor-turned-director Ross returns with his second feature behind the camera following 28 Hotel Rooms in 2012. Captain Fantastic premiered at Sundance in January and has distribution in several territories, including Universum in Germany and Bleecker Street in the US. Viggo Mortensen stars as a father of six who leaves his reclusive existence in the forests of the Pacific Northwest to enter the wider world after the death of his wife. Cinematographer Stéphane Fontaine...