The list spotlights Cannes 2026 favorites beyond the Palme d’Or and other awards. Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord is included, featuring Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan as religious fundamentalists who emigrate from Romania to Norway and face progressive persecution. The roundup also emphasizes lesser-known picks and films still seeking buyers, alongside Netflix acquisition The Black Ball and Neon titles such as All of a Sudden. All of a Sudden is described as a female-driven, talky 196-minute drama that braids care with capitalism, includes Wiseman-like meeting scenes, and detours into avant-garde theater. It is set largely in Paris and is framed as a comfort-focused shift from earlier environmental fatalism.
"A talky, female-driven, 196-minute drama about the infinitely braided relationship between care and capitalism that's prone to Wiseman-like meeting scenes and frequent detours into the world of avant-garde theater? It almost feels redundant to say that Ryusuke Hamaguchi has returned."
"And yet, for a movie that offers such an obvious continuation of his previous work (e.g. "Drive My Car," "Happy Hour"), the sweet and stirring " All of a Sudden" also takes Hamaguchi to places his work has never gone before. Namely: Paris, where most of the Japanese filmmaker's latest feature is set, but also - in an abrupt, almost contrite about-face from the environmental fatalism of 2023's " Evil Does not Exist " - a palliative realm of pure comfort."
"To refresh, Cristian Mungiu's "Fjord" won the Palme d'Or, and that film, starring Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan as religious fundamentalists who emigrate from Romania to Norway and meet progressive persecution, did make IndieWire's list."
"But we also want to highlight hidden gems from a festival that also gave out awards to Netflix acquisition "The Black Ball," Neon titles including "All of a Sudden," as well as several films that are still looking for a buyer."
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