Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value and Carla Simon’s Romeria both landed with forceful scores on Screen International’s Cannes jury grid, but crit
Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value and Carla Simon’s Romeria both landed with forceful scores on Screen International’s Cannes jury grid, but critics were less impressed with Oliver Hermanus’ The History Of Sound.
Romeria, Simon’s follow-up to Golden Bear winner Alcarras, has a 2.7 average, with a four-star (excellent) from Filfan.com’s Ahmed Shawkey, plus eight three-stars (good). Positif’s NT Binh awarded it one-star (impoverished), however.
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It is Simon’s third, semi-autobiographical feature and follows 18-year-old budding filmmaker Llucia Garcia, who travels to Spain’s Atlantic coast to meet her paternal grandparents for the first time.
Sentimental Value is also on 2.7. It received two four-stars (excellent), plus seven three-stars. Le Monde’s Mathieu Macheret awarded it a zero-star (bad).
The film sees Trier reunite with Renate Reinsve, star of The Worst Person In The World (2.4 on the grid in 2021), for an exploration of family, memories and the power of art, with Stellan Skarsgard and Elle Fanning also starring.
Hermanus makes his debut in Competition with 1917-set romance The History Of Sound, starring Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal as two music students who bond over a shared love of folk music.
It received a provisional 1.9 average from our critics, with one score still outstanding. Its figures included six two-stars, two one-stars, and another zero-star from Macheret. Time’s Stephanie Zacharek disagreed though, awarding it a four-star.
Four titles remain upcoming on this year’s grid: Saeed Roustaee’s Woman And Child, Bi Gan’s Resurrection, the Dardenne brothers’ Young Mothers, and Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind.
The films to beat are still Two Prosecutors and It Was Just An Accident, in joint-top spot with 3.1.
The grid is updating throughout the festival at screendaily.com/cannes-jury-grid.
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