Cannes Film Festival: Melancholy comes upon viewers May 19, 2011 - 11:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Day 8 of Cannes Film Festival 2011 highlighted Lars Von Trier's Melancholia, a family drama that takes place in the shadow of an imminent apocalypse. Aki Kaurismaki Le Havre, a tender, lovably campy Normandy-set comedy about a shoeshiner who aids a young north African immigrant en route to London, became the main pretender for a victory in the contest. In The Beaver, another film featured at Cannes, Mel Gibson plays Walter Black, a severely depressed family man who finds an unusual medium for expressing the thoughts he’s held inside. Director Jodie Foster - who does double duty here as Gibson’s costar - plays Meredith, Walter’s frustrated wife. The film won wide critical accalim. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |