Cannes Film Festival 2013

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For Those In Peril For Those In Peril
For Those In Peril and Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: David Lowery; Writer: David Lowery; Stars: Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Keith Carradine, Nate Parker, Charles Baker, Heather Kafka, Kentucker Audley, Robert Longstreet)
Love story about an escaped outlaw and the wife who waits for him.
Special screening
Le Démantèlment (Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Sébastien Pilote; Stars: Gabriel Arcand, Sophie Desmarais, Gilles Renaud, Lucie Laurier, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Dominique Leduc)
A father sells his beloved farm to help his daughter, in the city, avoid homelessness.
Competition
For Those In Peril (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Paul Wright; Writer: Paul Wright; Stars: George MacKay, Kate Dickie, Brian McCardie, Conor McCarron)
The lone survivor of a shipwreck, blamed for it for superstitious reasons, refuses to believe his fellow sailors are dead and sets out to find them.
Competition
Los Dueños (Country: Argentina; Year: 2013; Director: Agustin Toscano, Ezequiel Radusky)
Social satire.
Competition
The Lunchbox (Dabba) (Country: India; Year: 2013; Director: Ritesh Batra; Writer: Ritesh Batra; Stars: Irrfan Khan, Bharati Achrekar, Nimrat Kaur, Denzil Smith)
A mistakenly delivered lunchbox sparks romance between two lonely people.
Competition
The Lunchbox The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox and You And The Night
The Major (Country: Russia; Year: 2012; Director: Yuri Bykov; Stars: Denis Shvedov)
Rushing to see his wife give birth, the Major accidentally knocks down and kills a boy. He is torn over whether or not to confess to the crime and thereby leave his wife and child alone.
Competition
Nos Héros Sont Morts Ce Soir (Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: David Perrault; Writer: David Perrault; Stars: Denis Ménochet, Jean-Pierre Martins, Constance Dollé, Philippe Nahon)
Two professional wrestlers try to reverse who plays the good guy and who plays the bad guy in a story that develops into a taut thriller.
Competition
Salvo (Country: Italy, France; Year: 2013; Director: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza; Writer: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza; Stars: Saleh Bakri, Sara Serraiocco, Luigi Lo Cascio, Redouane Behache)
Life changes for a professional assassin because of a witness.
Competition
Suzanne (Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Katell Quillévéré; Stars: Sara Forestier, Adèle Haenel, François Damiens)
The close relationship between two sisters and their widowed father becomes complicated when one of them falls pregnant.
Opener. Special screening
You And The Night (Les Rencontres D'Après Minuit) (Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Yann Gonzalez; Writer: Yann Gonzalez; Stars: Kate Moran, Niels Schneider, Nicolas Maury, Eric Cantona, Fabienne Babe, Alain Delon Jr.)
A couple prepare to welcome guests for the evening but the atmosphere is tense.
Special screening
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