2021 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta
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Paul Verhoeven’s third entry into the comp after 1992’s Basic Instinct and 2016’s Elle was the long awaited Benedetta (hip surgery followed by the pandemic has delayed the release) starring Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia, Louise Chevillotte and Virginie Efira as the nun that is the most fun.
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).
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