Bright Star, Jane Campion's latest movie (she directed In The Cut and The Piano), is in the competition at the Cannes 2009 Film Festival. The gothic romance is based on the three-year relationship between 19th century Romantic poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, which was cut short by Keats' untimely death at age 25.
Out of competition is Marina de Van's latest psychodrama (she directed the gory In My Skin) about eerie physical experiences called Ne te retourne pas starring Monica Belluci and Sophie Marceau...
Official Synopsis: Jeanne a writer, married, with two children - starts to see unsettling changes in her home. Her body is beginning to change. No one around her seems to notice. Her family dismisses these fears as the result of the stress of having to finish her next book, but Jeanne realizes that something far deeper, far more disturbing is taking place. A photograph at her mother's house sends her in search of a woman in Italy. Here, transformed into another woman, RosaMaria, she will discover the strange secret of her true identity.
A scene from Bright Star
Monica Belluci in 'Ne Te Retourne Pas'
Glad to see her making more movies.
Elisabeth Fies, director/writer/producer
http://www.THECOMMUNEmovie.com
http://www.pretty-scary.net/?q=content/commune-2009
See it October 17th at 4 pm!
Tix available at the door, $10
http://www.LaFemme.org