"The film uses the pair's shared memories, often with conflicting reflections of what actually happened - Esteban and Emilia argue over lunch whether Esteban got them kicked out of a screening of "Kill Bill 2" when she was a kid - to embellish the potential drama surrounding each"
A Cannes competition lineup centers on strained family dynamics and questions of artistic responsibility. One period drama set in 1930s Western Sahara follows a legendary Spanish director returning to film in his home country after fifteen years. He casts his estranged daughter after seeing her on a low-quality television series, triggering concerns about nepotism and reopening painful memories of his drunkenness and abandonment. Another father-daughter drama presents a visually appealing negotiation of a fraught relationship, using shared memories with conflicting accounts to generate potential drama. The films raise doubts about sincerity, remorse, and the director’s role as leader and visionary.
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