Nine
years
after
the
remarkable
Holy
Motors,
presented
in
Competition,
Leos
Carax
will
unveil
in
Cannes
his
new
feature,
a
film
eagerly
awaited
by
cinephiles
around
the
world.
Annette,
Carax's
first
film
in
English,
will
open
the
Cannes
74th
International
Film
Festival
on
Tuesday,
July
6th.
Set
in
contemporary
Los
Angeles,
Annette
tells
the
story
of
Henry,
a
stand-up
comedian
with
a
fierce
sense
of
humor
and
Ann,
a
singer
of
international
renown.
In
the
spotlight,
they
are
the
perfect
couple,
healthy,
happy,
and
glamourous.
The
birth
of
their
first
child,
Annette,
a
mysterious
girl
with
an
exceptional
destiny,
will
change
their
lives.
Produced
by
Charles
Gillibert,
Annette,
the
director's
sixth
feature
film,
based
on
Carax's
original
idea,
featuring
a
soundtrack
composed
by
Sparks
and
starring
Marion
Cotillard,
Adam
Driver
and
Simon
Helberg,
will
premiere
internationally
and
will
enter
the
Competition,
following
the
opening
ceremony
at
the
Grand
Théâtre
Lumière
in
Cannes'
Palais
des
festivals.
It
will
simultaneously
be
released
in
French
cinemas.
Visionary
and
enigmatic,
Leos
Carax
has
authored
some
of
the
most
beautiful
moments
of
French
cinema
in
the
last
35
years,
with
a
filmography
that
has
never
ceased
to
display
his
mastery
of
directing.
A
poetic
genius
with
an
overflowing
imagination,
"l'enfant
terrible" of
French
cinema
has
consistently
transcended
filmic
codes
and
genres
to
create
a
world
full
of
visions
and
ghosts.
At
the
mere
age
of
24,
Carax
began
a
trilogy
from
which
urban
and
nocturnal
beauty
emanated
in
a
magical
Paris.
Shot
in
black-and-white,
Boy
Meets
Girl
(1984)
paid
tribute
to
silent
films,
to
Cocteau's
universe
and
Godard's
cinema.
With
Bad
Blood
(1986),
an
ode
to
rhythm
and
love,
starring
Denis
Lavant,
Juliette
Binoche
and
Michel
Piccoli,
Carax
establishes
his
hard-hitting
emotional
style
and
with
it,
finds
his
first
international
success.
Dominated
by
an
assertive
aesthetic
universe
and
lyricism,
this
expressionist
thriller
offers
a
one-of-a-kind
visual
experience.
In
1991,
the
director
embarked
on
a
most
ambitious
project,
The
Lovers
on
the
Bridge.
Recreating
an
entire
Parisian
neighborhood
and
a
3-year-long
shooting
offered
to
this
ode
to
passionate
love
a
legendary
place
in
French
cinema.
After
8
years
of
silence,
Pola
X
(1999)
marked
Carax's
return
to
the
Festival
de
Cannes'
Competition.
Following
this
adaptation
of
Melville's
Pierre,
or,
The
Ambiguities
he
returned
to
the
Croisette
with
Merde,
a
short
film
part
of
a
collective
fantasy
in
three
movements,
Tokyo!,
co-directed
by
Michel
Gondry
and
Bong
Joon-ho
and
presented
at
Un
Certain
Regard
in
2008.
Finally,
in
2012,
Leos
Carax
returned
in
Competition
in
Cannes
with
Holy
Motors,
a
meandering
filmic
experience
that
puts
magic
in
reality
and
everyday
life
in
fantasy.
Another
declaration
of
love
for
cinema,
with
Edith
Scob,
escaped
from
Georges
Franju's
Eyes
Without
a
Face.
"Every
Leos
Carax
film
is
an
event.
And
this
one
delivers
on
its
promises!
Annette
is
the
gift
that
lovers
of
cinema,
music
and
culture
were
hoping
for,
one
that
we
have
been
yearning
for
during
the
past
year," says
Pierre
Lescure,
President
of
the
Festival
de
Cannes.
"We
couldn't
have
dreamed
of
a
more
beautiful
reunion
with
cinema
and
the
silver
screen,
in
the
Palais
des
festivals
where
films
come
to
assert
their
splendor",
concludes
Thierry
Frémaux,
General
Delegate.
"Carax'
cinema
is
an
expression
of
these
powerful
gestures,
these
mysterious
alchemies
that
makes
the
secret
of
cinema's
modernity
and
eternity."
Annette
is
produced
by
Charles
Gillibert
(CG
Cinéma
International),
Paul-Dominique
Vacharasinthu
(Tribus
P.
Films)
and
Adam
Driver,
in
association
with
Amazon
Studios,
Arte
and
Canal+.
It
is
distributed
in
France
by
UGC,
by
AMAZON
in
the
USA
and
sold
internationally
by
KINOLOGY.
The
film
will
be
released
in
France,
Tuesday,
July
6th,
on
the
day
of
its
Cannes'
premiere.
Mindful
of
the
evolution
of
the
public
health
situation
in
Europe
and
across
the
world,
and
the
reopening
of
cultural
venues
mid-May,
the
Festival
de
Cannes
continues
with
confidence
and
determination
the
planning
of
its
next
edition.
The
Opening
Ceremony
of
the
74th
Festival
de
Cannes
will
take
place
on
July
6,
2021.
It
will
be
broadcast
by
Canal+
in
France,
as
well
as
in
partnering
cinema
theaters.
Chaired
by
the
American
film
director
Spike
Lee,
the
Jury
of
the
Competition
will
announce
the
winners
at
the
Closing
Ceremony
on
Saturday,
July
17th.
The
Official
Selection
will
be
announced
at
the
end
of
May
2021.