Leave to Wes Anderson to bring a touch of fantasy to Trump’s pricing war.
Asked about Trump’s proposal to introduce a 100% rate on “foreign manufacturing films”, during the Cannes press conference for his new feature film, The Phoenician ProgramAnderson was perplexed.
“I am not an expert in this area of the economy, but a 100%price?” I have the impression that it means that he (Trump) will take all the money, then what do we receive? ” The director rang. “Can you keep the films in customs? I think it will not be shipped that way. I want to know the details, so I will remember my official response.”
Anderson and a bus from stars piled up in the Cannes press conference room to answer questions from his last feature film, which was presented in competition in competition in Cannes on Sunday evening. Anderson was joined by a good part of the Phonecist Together, including Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threrapleton, Michael Cera, Rice Ahmed, Jeffrey Wright, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend and Richard Ayoade. Anderson Bill Murray’s frequent collaborator was also present in the public, and jumped on his feet when Anderson and the rest of the distribution entered, leading the crowd in welcoming applause.
The supplier had the feeling of an Anderson film: light, whimsical and full of laughter. Asked about the themes of the family film, Anderson distinguished his co-author, Roman Coppola, and his daughter, seated in the audience, and noted that it was his 14th anniversary. Murray quickly asked Coppolas to get up and led the crowd singing “happy birthday”.
The Phoenician Program Stars Del Toro in the role of ZSA-Zsa Korda, a dark industrialist from the 1950s who, after having survived another assassination attempt, begins to consider his heritage. His solution? Install her distant daughter Liesl (Thepleton), a novice nun, as heir to her corrupt empire – a proposal that she accepts with meticulousness in strict conditions.
Located in the fictitious fictitious phenicia of the large independent, the film mixes the visual styles signature of Anderson with a story that immerses itself in the heritage, redemption and the moral ambiguities of power. THRThe criticism indicated that the film marked a return to form for Anderson after the meta-paths of The French dispatch And Asteroid city. “”The Phoenician Program… I will not have real hatefuls to reconsider their options, ”writes the Lovia Gyarkye criticism, but that will encourage those who felt alienated to join the rank.”
Anderson said he was initially that the film was “rather dark”, but that he “found himself elsewhere”.
Threrapleton said she had been amazed when she was cast, in her first main role. “I asked my agent to recall them,” she said. “She reminded me and told me” no, it’s not an error. “Then I sat down [and had] A long cry. “The British actress, daughter of the winner of an Oscar, Kate Winslet, said it was a dream to work with Anderson since she was a child. Kingdom of the moon Again. I love this film. I would really like to be able to work with Wes Anderson one day.
The British actor and actor Richard Ayoade, another beginner Anderson, joked that he supposed that it was “an office error” that he was thrown into the film but that when he “discovered that he intended to make the mistake, I presented myself … He is obviously one of the grown -ups”. And it will not be the last time that the pair has been working together. Anderson announced that he co-wrote his next film, but still without intention, with Ayoade, alongside Coppola.
Anderson also said that it was open to work with Cera again, even shaking in the agreement in front of the styling journalists.
Cumberbatch said Anderson works with the Canadian Superbad The actor “was as God discovering water. [Michael] is such a natural element [for Wes] have in your arsenal.
This is Anderson’s fourth film at the first at the festival after Kingdom of the moon (2012), The French dispatch (2021), and Asteroid city (2023).
