Italy has a strong presence at the
2018 Cannes Film Festival, opening today, with movies by Matteo
Garrone and Alice Rohrwacher in the main competition.
Garrone is in the running for the Palme d'Or with an 'urban
western' - Dogman.
The 49-year-old, best known for his hit 2008 movie Gomorrah
about the Neapolitan movie based on the book of the same name by
Roberto Saviano, also ran in the main Cannes section in 2015
with Tale of Tales.
Rohrwacher is aiming for the prestigious award with Lazzaro
Felice, the story about a man on the margins of society who
manages to travel through time.
It features Spanish actor Sergi Lpez and Rohrwacher's sister
Alba Rohrwacher.
The director's second feature film, The Wonders, won the
Grand Prix at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Valeria Golino's Euphoria, starring her partner Riccardo
Scamarcio and Valerio Mastandrea, is taking part in the Un
Certain Regard section.
It is about the tough relationship between two brothers with
very different characters.
Oscar-winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's new
two-part movie Loro - starring Toni Servillo as Silvio
Berlusconi in a biopic - will screened in some form.
Other big names in the Cannes competition line-up include
Spike Lee with Blackkklansmanm, Jean-Luc Godard (Le Livre
D'Image) and Kore-Eda Hirokazu (Shoplifters).
Oscar-winning Polish-British director Pawel Pawlikowski will
feature with Cold War and the previously announced 'Solo: A Star
Wars Story' will be screened too.
This year's theme is protesting women from harassment and a
freephone number and a special team have been set up.
The fest, which runs till May 19, will be opened by Asghar
Farhadi's 'Todos lo Saben' with Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem.
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