Trump biopic hits Cannes Film Festival

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A Donald Trump biopic and the latest dark creation by David Cronenberg premiere in Cannes on Monday as the world-famous film festival

reaches its midway point. "Emilia Perez", a musical about a narco boss having a sex change, is the audacious frontrunner so far, after 11 of the 22 entries for the top prize Palme…

The festival — considered the film industry’s foremost get-together — concludes with its award ceremony on Saturday, with “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig heading the jury.of Trump’s formative years from Iranian-born director Ali Abbasi — bound to stir up controversy in an election year for the United States.

Among entries to score well with critics during the first week was “Bird”, a gritty but sweet and fantastical tale about a young girl in working-class England from director Andrea Arnold. The action-packed “Furiosa: a Mad Max Saga” received largely strong reviews, while Kevin Costner returned to his favourite Western genre with the three-hour “Horizon: An American Saga”, just the first of four mooted chapters.“At a certain moment I just said OK, I’m going to do this myself. And so I mortgaged property, I raised the money,” he told AFP at the festival.But Costner says he is unconcerned about losing his money.

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