It’s become a time-honored tradition. Every year, Cannes tends to run a spiky provocation towards the end of its 12-day run. Think of it as a foolproof way to give fading festivalgoers one last lift, to let them barrel to the close on a burst of perverse energy.
At the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, the honor went to Yann Gonzalez’s “Knife + Heart,” a lascivious giallo about a tight-knit clan of gay pornographers and the rubber-masked assassin out to kill them, set in the seediest corners of Paris in the late ’70s (the film is now hitting U.S. cinemas).
Vanessa Paradis stars as Anne, the booze-swilling, heartbroken leader of the pack. As much a creative force of nature as she is a troublesome romantic partner, Anne fuels the detritus of her romantic life into her art — and the fact that her art takes shape as seedy 16mm blue movies...
At the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, the honor went to Yann Gonzalez’s “Knife + Heart,” a lascivious giallo about a tight-knit clan of gay pornographers and the rubber-masked assassin out to kill them, set in the seediest corners of Paris in the late ’70s (the film is now hitting U.S. cinemas).
Vanessa Paradis stars as Anne, the booze-swilling, heartbroken leader of the pack. As much a creative force of nature as she is a troublesome romantic partner, Anne fuels the detritus of her romantic life into her art — and the fact that her art takes shape as seedy 16mm blue movies...
- 3/20/2019
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
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