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Cannes2025: Our critical diary

The Cannes Film Festival has taken place from May 13 to 24, 2025.

We offer you a critical review.

In order to follow our impressions of the films live during this new edition, in addition to our social networks Twitter and Facebook (and our YouTube channel, where we post our interviews and recordings of press conferences), we offer you critical reviews.

The rating scale used is as follows:

–         very bad film
*         mediocre film
**       good film
***     very good film
****   excellent film
***** masterpiece

Competition

Alpha de Julia Ducournau

Un film de Julia Ducournau
Avec: Mélissa Boros, Golshifteh Farahani, Tahar Rahim, Emma Mackey, Finnegan Oldfield, Louai El Amrousy, Jean-Charles Clichet, Christophe Perez, Ambrine Trigo Ouaked, Fabien Giameluca
Notre avis: ★★★
Alpha, 13 ans, est une adolescente agitée qui vit seule avec sa mère. Leur…
Our review

Die, My Love de Lynne Ramsay

Un film de Lynne Ramsay
Avec: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, LaKeith Stanfield, Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte, Gabrielle Rose, Phillip Forest Lewitski, Sarah Lind, Victor Zinck, Jr., Debs Howard
Notre avis: ★★★
Dans la campagne française, une femme se bat contre ses propres démons.
Our review

Dossier 137 de Dominik Moll

Un film de Dominik Moll
Avec: Léa Drucker, Guslagie Malanda, Dorothée Martinet, Jonathan Turnbull, Mathilde Riu, Yoann Blanc, Antonia Buresi, Kevin DEBONNE, Laurent Bozzi, Etienne Guillou-Kervern
Notre avis: ★★
Le dossier 137 est en apparence une affaire de plus pour Stéphanie,…
Our review

Eddington d’Ari Aster

Un film d’Ari Aster
Avec: Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, Cameron Mann, Matt Gomez Hidaka, Luke Grimes, Amélie Hoeferle
Notre avis: –
Mai 2020 à Eddington, petite ville du Nouveau Mexique, la confrontation entre…
Our review

Fuori de Mario Martone

Un film de Mario Martone
Avec: Valeria Golino, Matilda De Angelis, Elodie, Sylvia De Fanti, Stefano Dionisi, Francesco Gheghi, Antonio Gerardi, Corrado Fortuna
Notre avis: ★
L’histoire de la comédienne et écrivaine italienne Goliarda Sapienza, une…
Our review

La Petite Dernière de Hafsia Herzi

Un film d’Hafsia Herzi
Avec: Nadia Melliti, Park Ji-Min, Amina Ben Mohamed, Rita Benmannana, Melissa Guers, Razzak Ridha, Louis Memmi, Anouar Kardellas, Waniss Chaouki, Madi Dembele
Notre avis: ★★★
Fatima est la cadette d’une famille d’immigrés algériens. De son lycée de…
Our review

Résurrection de Bi Gan

Un film de 毕赣
Avec: Jackson Yee, 舒淇, 趙又廷, 李庚希, 黄觉, 陈永忠, Zhang Zhijian, 曾美慧孜, Guo Mucheng, Nan Yan
Notre avis: ★★
Dans un monde où les humains ne savent plus rêver, un être pas comme les…
Our review

Sirat d’Olivier Laxe

Un film d’Oliver Laxe
Avec: Sergi López, Bruno Núñez, Richard Bellamy, Stefania Gadda, Joshua Liam Herderson, Tonin Javier, Jade Oukid
Notre avis: ★★★★
Au Maroc, dans le massif désertique du Saghro, Louis, accompagné de son fils …
Our review

Sound of Falling de Mascha Schilinski

Un film de Mascha Schilinski
Avec: Luise Heyer, Lena Urzendowsky, Claudia Geisler-Bading, Lea Drinda, Hanna Heckt, Laeni Geiseler, Florian Geißelmann, Andreas Anke, Susanne Wuest, Gode Benedix
Notre avis: ★★★★
Quatre filles de quatre décennies différentes grandissent ensemble dans une…
Our review

The History of Sound d’Olivier Hermanus

Un film d’Oliver Hermanus
Avec: Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor, Molly Price, Alison Bartlett, Michael Schantz, Chris Cooper, Raphael Sbarge, Hadley Robinson, Peter Mark Kendall, Emma Canning
Notre avis: –
Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, deux jeunes hommes, Lionel et David,…
Our review

The Mastermind de Kelly Reichardt

Un film de Kelly Reichardt
Avec: Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, John Magaro, Hope Davis, Bill Camp, Gaby Hoffmann, Amanda Plummer, Eli Gelb, Cole Doman, Javion Allen
Notre avis: ★★★★
In a sedate corner of Massachusetts circa 1970, an unemployed carpenter…
Our review

The Phoenician Scheme de Wes Anderson

Un film de Wes Anderson
Avec: Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson
Notre avis: ★★
Zsa-Zsa Korda est un richissime homme d’affaires, qui a fait fortune dans…
Our review

Two Prosecutors by Sergei Loznitsa

A film by Sergei Loznitsa
With: Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Filippenko, Anatoliy Belyy, Andris Keišs, Vytautas Kaniušonis, Valentin Novopolskij, Ivgeny Terletsky, Orests Paško
Our rate: –
The film focuses on a young prosecutor who sets out to challenge a system…
Our review

Un simple accident de Jafar Panahi

Un film de Jafar Panahi
Avec: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Madjid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, George Hashemzadeh, Delmaz Najafi, Afssaneh Najmabadi
Notre avis: ★★
Après un simple accident, les événements s’enchaînent…
Our review

Zan O Bacheh de Saeed Roustaee

Un film de سعید روستایی
Avec: Parinaz Izadyar, پیمان معادی, Soha Niasti, Maziar Seyedi, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee, Hassan Pourshirazi, Sinan Mohebi, Arshida Dorostkar, Sahar Goldust, Javad Pourheidari
Notre avis: ★
Mahnaz, une infirmière de 45 ans, élève seule ses enfants. Alors qu’elle…
Our review

Un Certain Regard, Directors’ Fortnight, Critics’ Week, Cannes Classics, Out of Competition

Colours of Time by Cédric Klapisch

A film by Cédric Klapisch
With: Suzanne Lindon, Abraham Wapler, Vincent Macaigne, Julia Piaton, Zinedine Soualem, Paul Kircher, Vassili Schneider, Sara Giraudeau, Cécile de France, Raïka Hazanavicius
Our rate: ★★
Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural…
Our review

Connemara by Alex Lutz

A film by Alex Lutz
With: Mélanie Thierry, Bastien Bouillon, Jacques Gamblin, Bruno Sanches, Eliot Giraud, Grégory Montel, Clémentine Célarié, Anne Charrier, Alexandre Auvergne, Johanna Lauraire
Our rate: –
Hélène’s burnout leads her back to rural France. There, she reconnects with…
Our review

Enzo by Robin Campillo

A film by Robin Campillo
With: Eloy Pohu, Pierfrancesco Favino, Élodie Bouchez, Maksym Slivinskyi, Nathan Japy, Vladislav Holyk, Malou Khebizi, Philippe Petit
Our rate: ★★
Enzo, 16, defies his bourgeois family’s expectations by starting a masonry…
Our review

Her Will Be Done by Julia Kowalski

A film by Julia Kowalski
With: Maria Wróbel, Roxane Mesquida, Wojciech Skibiński, Kuba Dyniewicz, Przemysław Przestrzelski, Raphaël Thiéry, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Éva Lallier, Laurence Côte
Our rate: ★★★
Nawojka, 20, dreams of escaping her harsh life working at the family farm….
Our review

Kika by Alexe Poukine

A film by Alexe Poukine
With: Manon Clavel, Makita Samba, Thomas Coumans, Thierry Hellin, Ethelle Gonzalez Lardued, Suzanne Elbaz, Anaël Snoek, Kadija Leclère, Bernard Blancan
Our rate: ★★
While pregnant with her second child, Kika faces the sudden death of her…
Our review

Leave One Day by Amélie Bonnin

A film by Amélie Bonnin
With: Juliette Armanet, Bastien Bouillon, François Rollin, Tewfik Jallab, Dominique Blanc, Mhamed Arezki, Pierre-Antoine Billon, Amandine Dewasmes, Lorella Cravotta, Mélodie Lauret
Our rate: ★★
Cécile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream …
Our review

Love Me Tender by Anna Cazenave Cambet

A film by Anna Cazenave Cambet
With: Vicky Krieps, Antoine Reinartz, Monia Chokri, Viggo Ferreira Redier, Aurélia Petit, Park Ji-Min, Salif Cissé, Julien de Saint Jean, Malou Khebizi, Tallulah Cassavetti
Our rate: ★
At the end of summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s had…
Our review

Mirrors No. 3 by Christian Petzold

A film by Christian Petzold
With: Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs, Philip Froissant, Victoire Laly, Marcel Heupermann, Christian Koerner, Hendrik Heutmann, Christoph Glaubacker
Our rate: ★★
On a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura miraculously survives a car…
Our review

Nino by Pauline Loquès

A film by Pauline Loquès
With: Théodore Pellerin, Salomé Dewaels, Jeanne Balibar, Younès Boucif, William Lebghil, Balthazar Billaud
Our rate: ★★★
Nino is a young man on a journey to reconnect with the world and himself in…
Our review

The Girl in the Snow by Louise Hémon

A film by Louise Hémon
With: Galatea Bellugi, Matthieu Lucci, Samuel Kircher, Oscar Pons, Sharif Andoura, Léna Camillieri Dorléans, Solal Griveau Martin, Lula Guaydan, Greta Saggiorato, André Borel
Our rate: ★★
1899. On a stormy night, Aimée, a young Republican schoolteacher, arrives in …
Our review

The Great Arch by Stéphane Demoustier

A film by Stéphane Demoustier
With: Claes Bang, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Swann Arlaud, Michel Fau, Xavier Dolan, Alessandro Bressanello, Viilbjørk Malling Agger, Pierre-François Grunewald
Our rate: ★★
1983. The biggest architectural competition in history, both anonymous and…
Our review

The Love That Remains by Hlynur Pálmason

A film by Hlynur Pálmason
With: Saga Garðarsdóttir, Sverrir Gudnason, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Þorgils Hlynsson, Grímur Hlynsson, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir, Kristinn Guðmundsson, Anders Mossling, Stephan Stephensen
Our rate: ★★★
Tenderly captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate…
Our review

The man who saw the bear

A film by Pierre Richard
With: Pierre Richard, Timi-Joy Marbot, Gustave Kervern, Anny Duperey, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Our rate: ★★
Two men from different generations form an unlikely bond while protecting a…
Our review

Wild Foxes by Valery Carnoy

A film by Valery Carnoy
With: Samuel Kircher, Faycal Anaflous, Jef Jacobs, Anna Heckel, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Hassane Alili, Salahdine El Gharchi, Yoann Blanc, Guillaume Duhesme
Our rate: ★★
At a sports boarding school, talented young boxer Camille narrowly survives a…
Our review

Yes! by Nadav Lapid

A film by Nadav Lapid
With: Ariel Bronz, Naama Preis, אפרת דור, Алексей Серебряков, Sharon Alexander, Idit Teperson, Pablo Pillaud-Vivien
Notre avis: ★★★
Israel in the aftermath of October 7. Y., a struggling jazz musician, and his wife…
Our review
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