Well, the official Cannes Film Festival line-up is here, and it’s a terrific slate for 2015, with lots of big name, international auteurs, but one you might forget as a familiar face on the Croisette is Barbet Schroeder. The Oscar nominated director ("Reversal Of Fortune") has been at Cannes twice previously, with "Barfly" in 1987 and "Terror’s Advocate" in 2007. And now he’s back with "Amnesia," which will get a Special Screening at the fest. The first trailer is here.
Starring Marthe Keller, Max Riemelt, Bruno Ganz, and Corinna Kirchhoff, the movie tells the tale of the relationship that develops between a young man and an older woman, and the secrets from the past that surface. Here’s the official synopsis:
Ibiza, the early nineties, Jo is a twenty-five-year-old music composer. He has come over from Berlin and wants to be part of the nascent electronic music revolution, ideally by getting a job first as a DJ in the new nightclub on the island, Amnesia. Martha has been living alone in her house facing the sea for forty years. One night Jo knocks on her door. Her solitude intrigues him. They become friends even as the mysteries around her accumulate: that cello in the corner she refuses to play, the German language she refuses to speak… As Jo draws her into his world of techno music, Martha puts everything she had previously lived by into question.
"Amnesia" opens in France on August 19th. Watch below.
