This film starring Adam Driver, triumphed at Cannes and is now on Amazon Prime Video

Now, within the Amazon Prime Video catalog, we find a film that triumphed at the Cannes Film Festival 2021, winning Best Director, and which was commissioned to open it. It features performances by Adam Driver and Oscar winner Marion Cotillard. We refer to ‘Annette’a Leos Carax film that can be quite intriguing.

The film has a musical and dramatic cut, with a format very close to the theater and a narration that seems like a dream. Adam Driver plays Henry, a stand-up comedian, who has a romantic relationship with Ann, played by Marion Cotillard, a highly regarded opera singer. Surrounded by glamor, the birth of their daughter Annette will change the course of their lives.

It is directed by Leos Carax, with a screenplay by Ron Mael and Russell Mael and Carax himself, based on an original story, music and songs by the band Sparks. Was released on July 7, 2021 under distribution by UGC Distribution, this will be presented the next day at the opening of the Cannes International Film Festival.

In addition to Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, the film stars Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Dominique Dauwe, Kait Tenison, Latoya Rafaela, Rebecca Dyson-Smith, Timur Gabriel, Kevin Van Doorslaer, Devyn McDowell, Ornella Perl. , Christian Skibinski and the Mexican Natalia Lafourcade. Music is provided by Ron Mael and Russell Mael of the Sparks group.

Before the criticism was welcomed. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 71% approval rating, based on 246 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7 / 10. On Metacritic, Annette has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews.

Who is Leos Carax, the director of ‘Annette’?

Leos Carax is known for his poetic style and the impressive but enigmatic images of his filmography. Likewise, for the tortured treatment she makes of love in his stories. Her stage name is an anagram of Alex, which is her given name and the name of the main character in almost all of her films, along with Oscars, for the Oscars.

Her first film was “Boy Meets Girl”, which she made in 1984, acclaimed for her mature visual style. It was followed by the science fiction film “Bad Blood” in 1986. Five years later he would shoot “Lovers of the Pont-Neuf” and then “Pola X” in 1999. Here he would have a 13-year hiatus before presenting Holy Motors at the Cannes Film Festival 2012.

Although the latter was applauded by many as one of the best in the competition, he did not win any prizes. But in Sitges he was the big winner, taking home the award for best film, best director, the José Luis Guarner critics’ award and the Méliès d’Argent for best European film. In 2016 he announced that he was working on his first English film, which would be “Annette”.