Cannes has never hid the fact
it loves auteur filmmakers and star - studded casts, so the combination of Farhadi, Cruz, and Bardem made «Everybody Knows» a no - brainer for the opening night slot.
Not exact matches
Arguably among the top five American
auteur filmmakers who works on the larger scale, Paul Thomas Anderson has proved once before (with Punch - Drunk
Love) that he is comfortable working in comedy.
This year's competition of 22 directors from around the globe vying for the Palme d'Or is the usual mix of
auteur godfathers (Abbas Kiarostami, Michael Haneke), much -
loved regulars (Ken Loach, David Cronenberg) and Cannes - nurtured younger
filmmakers back for a second pop at the prize (Matteo Garrone, Sergei Loznitsa).