This is a little late, but of note.
Denys Arcand's L'Âge des ténèbres / Age of Darkness closed Cannes on Sunday. The film completes the trilogy began with The Decline of the American Empire (1986) and The Barbarian Invasions (2003).
L'Âge des ténèbres/ Age of Darkness was pulled from competition due to editing delays.
It opens in Canadian cinemas December 7, 2007.
[via CBC]
Denys Arcand has a new film, The Age of Darkness / (L'Âge des ténèbres), out competition at the 60th Cannes Festival this year. He will show along side new works by Joel and Ethan Coen, Quentin Tarrantino, Julian Schnabel, Gus Van Sant, Wong Kar Wai, Steven Soderbergh , Michael Winterbottom and Alexander Sokurov.
Arcands film will be show out of competition due to reported editing delays.
Wong Kar Wai's first English language film, (cross your fingers) Blueberry Nights, opens the festival which runs from May 16-27. Stephen Frears is the president of the jury this year.
6oth Festival De Cannes
