Sicilian Culture: The News & Views: Cannes Chock Full of Big Names

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Cannes Chock Full of Big Names
By Angela Baldassarre
(This article has been HEAVILY edited excluding anything non Italian or Italian American. If you desire to view the complete article it is available at: www.tandemnews.com/movies.html)
The United States, Japan, France and Italy ‹ plus a healthy sprinkling of favourite auteurs ‹ will be dominating the Official Selection of this year¹s Cannes Film Festival, which takes place May 9 to 20....
Italy weighs in with two heavyweights (Nanni Moretti and Ermanno Olmi) in competition, plus Martin Scorsese¹s four-hour docu-tribute on the Italian cinema (previously shown at Venice in a working version) titled Il mio viaggio nel cinema italiano and Francesca Archibugi¹s drama Tomorrow in Un Certain Regard.....
Tribute
The Cannes Film Festival, in collaboration with the Cinecittà Holding, will pay tribute to one of Italian cinema¹s most prolific figures, Vittorio De Sica, who this year would have been 100 years old. For the occasion, special screenings of Miracolo a Milano (Palme d¹or at the 1951 Cannes Festival) and Ladri di biciclette will be shown. An exclusive exhibition in the Press Hall of the Palais will complete the tribute.
IN COMPETITION:
The Profession of Arms dir. Ermanno Olmi (Italy)
The Son¹s Room dir. Nanni Moretti (Italy)

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