The Cannes Film Festival returned to the French Riviera this May, celebrating its 75th anniversary, and it’s been a real treat for moviegoers around the world. Some of the most anticipated films of 2022 premiered at this prestigious festival, and here are five that everyone was talking about by the time it ended.
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
David Cronenberg’s latest body horror has sparked both a standing ovation and massive protests at Cannes, and it’s certainly one of the festival’s most controversial projects this year.
DECISION TO LEAVE
Park Chan Wook won the best director award for his work on this crime drama centered on a detective trying to solve a murder after falling in love with the victim’s mysterious widow.
BROKER
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film is about two men stealing babies from a church baby box and selling them on the black market for adoption, and its premiere at this year’s festival drew 12-minute applause.
ELVIS
Elvis wasn’t one of the films in the competition this year, but that didn’t stop this long-awaited biopic from receiving one of the festival’s longest standing ovations upon its premiere.
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Ruben Ostlund’s black comedy about a couple of fashion models who go on a cruise for the super-rich won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year, so it goes without saying that it’s one of the festival’s biggest hits.
