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Cannes Film Festival 2023

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Bonnard, Pierre Et Marthe (Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Martin Provost; Writer: Martin Provost; Stars: Cécile de France, Stacy Martin, Vincent Macaigne, Anouk Grinberg)
The art and love story of renowned French painters Pierre Bonnard and his wife Marthe.
Close Your Eyes (Cerrar Los Ojos) (Country: Spain; Year: 2023; Director: Victor Erice; Writer: Víctor Erice, Michel Gaztambide; Stars: Jose Coronado, Ana Torrent, María León, Soledad Villamil)
A TV show looking into the mysterious disappearance of an actor leads a director on a journey into his own past while making discoveries in the present.
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Jeanne Du Barry (Country: France, UK; Year: 2023; Director: Maïwenn; Writer: Maïwenn, Teddy Lussi-Modeste, Nicolas Livecchi; Stars: Maïwenn, Benjamin Lavernhe, Melvil Poupaud, Robin Renucci, Pierre Richard, Marianne Basler)
The life story of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
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Kubi (Country: Japan; Year: 2022; Director: Takeshi Kitano; Writer: Takeshi Kitano; Stars: Ken Watanabe)
A fictional interpretation of the Honnō-ji Incident, when the warlord Oda Nobunaga was assassinated in a Kyoto temple in 1582.
Le Temps D'aimer (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2023; Director: Katell Quillévéré; Writer: Katell Quillévéré, Gilles Taurand; Stars: Anaïs Demoustier, Vincent Lacoste, Christian Starr Lassen, Thibault Maunoury)
A hotel waitress, who has a young child, meets a rich student. The relationship between them quickly becomes intense, but over time it is evident that the student is trying to escape by entangling her destiny with his.
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