Last updated on June 9, 2025
The Cannes Film Festival has taken place from May 13 to 24, 2025.
We offer you a critical review.
In order to follow our impressions of the films live during this new edition, in addition to our social networks Twitter and Facebook (and our YouTube channel, where we post our interviews and recordings of press conferences), we offer you critical reviews.
The rating scale used is as follows:
– very bad film
* mediocre film
** good film
*** very good film
**** excellent film
***** masterpiece
Competition
Alpha by Julia Ducournau
With: Mélissa Boros, Emma Mackey, Golshifteh Farahani, Tahar Rahim, Finnegan Oldfield, Jean-Charles Clichet, Christophe Perez, Louai El Amrousy, Ambrine Trigo Ouaked, Fabien Giameluca
Our rate: –
Alpha, 13, is a troubled teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their…
Case 137 by Dominik Moll
With: Léa Drucker, Yoann Blanc, Guslagie Malanda, Antonia Buresi, Kévin Debonne, Laurent Bozzi, Dorothée Martinet, Etienne Guillou-Kervern, Aleksandra Yermak
Our rate: –
Stéphanie, a police officer working for Internal Affairs, is assigned to a…
Die, My Love by Lynne Ramsay
With: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, LaKeith Stanfield, Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte, Gabrielle Rose, Phillip Forest Lewitski, Sarah Lind, Victor Zinck, Jr., Debs Howard
Our rate: –
A woman living in a remote rural area is driven to the brink of insanity by…
Eagles of the Republic by Tarik Saleh
With: Fares Fares, Lyna Khoudri, Zineb Triki, Sherwan Haji, Suhaib Neshwan, Cherien Dabis, Hassan El Sayed, Pedram Hajigholi, Mohammed Nehmi, Haitham Elsaadani
Our rate: –
Egypt’s most adored actor, George Fahmy is pressured to star in a film…
Eddington by Ari Aster
With: Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Deirdre O’Connell, Amélie Hoeferle, Matt Gomez Hidaka, Luke Grimes, Micheal Ward, Cameron Mann
Our rate: –
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a…
Fuori by Mario Martone
With: Valeria Golino, Matilda De Angelis, Elodie, Sylvia De Fanti, Stefano Dionisi, Francesco Gheghi, Antonio Gerardi, Corrado Fortuna
Our rate: –
Rome. The 1980s. After the magnum opus The Art of Joy she has been working on…
It Was Just An Accident by Jafar Panahi
With: Vahid Mobasseri, Maryam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Paak Baten, Majid Panahi, Mohammad Ali Eliyas Mehr, George Hashem Zadeh, Delmaz Najafi, Afsaneh Najm Abadi
Our rate: ★★
Night driver Eghbal, en route with his pregnant wife, kills a dog. Stranded, …
Nouvelle Vague by Richard Linklater
With: Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Alix Bénézech, Paolo Luka Noé, Tom Novembre, Jade Phan-Gia, Nicolas Dozol, Jean-Jacques Le Vessier, Bruno Dreyfürst
Our rate: –
This is the story of Godard making ”Breathless”, told in the style and spirit…
Resurrection by Bi Gan
With: Jackson Yee, Shu Qi, Mark Chao, Li Gengxi, Huang Jue, Chen Yongzhong, Zhang Zhijian, Chloe Maayan, Guo Mucheng, Nan Yan
Our rate: ★★
In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream, one creature remains…
Sentimental Value by Joachim Trier
With: Renate Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Cory Michael Smith, Catherine Cohen, Bjørn Alexander, Pia Borgli, Jonas Jacobsen
Our rate: –
An intimate and moving exploration of family, memories, and the…
Sirat by Olivier Laxe
With: Sergi López, Bruno Núñez, Richard Bellamyun, Stefania Gadda, Joshua Liam Herderson, Tonin Javier, Jade Ouki
Our rate: –
A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in…
Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski
With: Luise Heyer, Lena Urzendowsky, Claudia Geisler-Bading, Lea Drinda, Hanna Heckt, Laeni Geiseler, Florian Geißelmann, Andreas Anke, Susanne Wuest, Gode Benedix
Our rate: –
Over the course of a century, as four girls from different time periods…
The History of Sound by Olivier Hermanus
With: Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor, Molly Price, Alison Bartlett, Michael Schantz, Chris Cooper, Raphael Sbarge, Hadley Robinson, Peter Mark Kendall, Emma Canning
Our rate: –
Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and…
The Little Sister by Hafsia Herzi
With: Nadia Melliti, Park Ji-Min, Amina Ben Mohamed, Rita Benmannana, Melissa Guers, Razzak Ridha, Louis Memmi, Anouar Kardellas, Waniss Chaouki, Madi Dembele
Our rate: –
Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches…
The Mastermind by Kelly Reichardt
With: Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, John Magaro, Hope Davis, Bill Camp, Gaby Hoffmann, Amanda Plummer, Eli Gelb, Cole Doman, Javion Allen
Our rate: –
In a sedate corner of Massachusetts circa 1970, JB Mooney, an unemployed…
The Phœnician Scheme by Wes Anderson
With: Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson
Our rate: –
The story of a family and a family business.
The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho
With: Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Gabriel Leone, Udo Kier, Alice Carvalho, Isabél Zuaa, Suzy Lopes, Joálisson Cunha, Beto Quirino, Buda Lira
Our rate: –
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run….
Two Prosecutors (Deux Procureurs) by Sergei Loznitsa
With: Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Filippenko, Anatoliy Belyy, Andris Keišs, Vytautas Kaniušonis, Valentin Novopolskij, Ivgeny Terletsky, Orests Paško
Our rate: ★★
The film focuses on a young prosecutor who sets out to challenge a system…
Woman and Child by Saeed Roustaee
With: Parinaz Izadyar, Payman Maadi, Soha Niasti, Maziar Seyedi, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee, Hassan Pourshirazi, Sinan Mohebi, Arshida Dorostkar, Sahar Goldoost, Javad Pourheidari
Our rate: ★
Mahnaz, a 40-year-old widowed nurse, struggles with her rebellious son,…
Young Mothers by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
With: Lucie Laruelle, Babette Verbeek, Elsa Houben, Janaïna Halloy Fokan, Samia Hilmi, Jef Jacobs, Günter Duret, Christelle Cornil, India Hair, Joely Mbundu
Our rate: –
Housed in a shelter for young mothers, Jessica, Perla, Julie, Naïma and…
Un Certain Regard, Directors’ Fortnight, Critics’ Week, Cannes Classics, Out of Competition
A Pale View of Hills by Kei Ishikawa
With: Suzu Hirose, Fumi Nikaido, Yoh Yoshida, Camilla Aiko, Kouhei Matsushita, Tomokazu Miura, Lynette Edwards, Rie Shibata, Daichi Watanabe
Our rate: –
Dual timelines explore a Japanese widow’s memories spanning post-war Nagasaki…
A Private Life by Rebecca Zlotowski
With: Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric, Vincent Lacoste, Luàna Bajrami, Noam Morgensztern, Sophie Letourneur, Frederick Wiseman, Aurore Clément
Our rate: –
When renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner learns of the death of one of her…
Brand New Landscape by Yuiga Danzuka
With: Kurosaki Kodai, Ken’ichi Endô, Mai Kiryu, Haruka Igawa, Akiko Kikuchi, Aoi Nakamura, Shingo Nakayama, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Yu-Chun Su, Misaki Hattori
Our rate: –
In the ever-changing landscape of redeveloping Shibuya, Tokyo, Ren works as a…
Colours of Time by Cédric Klapisch
With: Suzanne Lindon, Abraham Wapler, Vincent Macaigne, Julia Piaton, Zinedine Soualem, Paul Kircher, Vassili Schneider, Sara Giraudeau, Cécile de France, Raïka Hazanavicius
Our rate: ★★
Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural…
Connemara by Alex Lutz
With: Mélanie Thierry, Bastien Bouillon, Jacques Gamblin, Bruno Sanches, Eliot Giraud, Grégory Montel, Clémentine Célarié, Anne Charrier, Alexandre Auvergne, Johanna Lauraire
Our rate: –
Hélène’s burnout leads her back to rural France. There, she reconnects with…
Dangerous Animals by Sean Byrne
With: Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston, Ella Newton, James Munn, Rob Carlton, Liam Greinke, Jon Quested
Our rate: –
A savvy and free-spirited surfer is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial…
Enzo by Robin Campillo
With: Eloy Pohu, Pierfrancesco Favino, Élodie Bouchez, Maksym Slivinskyi, Nathan Japy, Vladislav Holyk, Malou Khebizi, Philippe Petit
Our rate: ★★
Enzo, 16, defies his bourgeois family’s expectations by starting a masonry…
Girl on Edge by Jinghao Zhou
With: Zhang Zifeng, Ma Yili, Ding Xiangyuan
Our rate: –
Jiang Ning, who grew up in a single-parent family, is training hard for the…
Heads or Tails? by Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis
With: Alessandro Borghi, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Peter Lanzani, John C. Reilly, Mirko Artuso, Gabriele Silli, Gianni Garko
Our rate: –
When cowboy Billi and his sweetheart Rosa run away together, he is accused of…
Her Will Be Done by Julia Kowalski
With: Maria Wróbel, Roxane Mesquida, Wojciech Skibiński, Kuba Dyniewicz, Przemysław Przestrzelski, Raphaël Thiéry, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Éva Lallier, Laurence Côte
Our rate: –
Nawojka, 20, dreams of escaping her harsh life working at the family farm….
Highest 2 Lowest by Spike Lee
With: Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky, Dean Winters, Michael Potts, Ice Spice, LaChanze, Jeremy Sample, Evyn George
Our rate: –
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the “best ears in the…
Homebound by Neeraj Ghaywan
With: Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor
Our rate: –
Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job…
Kika by Alexe Poukine
With: Manon Clavel, Makita Samba, Thomas Coumans, Thierry Hellin, Ethelle Gonzalez Lardued, Suzanne Elbaz, Anaël Snoek, Kadija Leclère, Bernard Blancan
Our rate: ★★
While pregnant with her second child, Kika faces the sudden death of her…
Leave One Day by Amélie Bonnin
With: Juliette Armanet, Bastien Bouillon, François Rollin, Tewfik Jallab, Dominique Blanc
Our rate: –
Cécile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream …
Love Me Tender by Anna Cazenave Cambet
With: Vicky Krieps, Antoine Reinartz, Monia Chokri, Viggo Ferreira Redier, Aurélia Petit, Park Ji-Min, Salif Cissé, Julien de Saint Jean, Malou Khebizi, Tallulah Cassavetti
Our rate: ★
At the end of summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s had…
Love On Trial by Koji Fukada
With: Kyoko Saito, Yuki Kura, Kenjiro Tsuda, Erika Karata
Our rate: ★★★
A rising J-Pop idol named Mai finds her career in jeopardy when she falls in …
Mirrors No. 3 by Christian Petzold
With: Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs, Philip Froissant, Victoire Laly, Marcel Heupermann, Christian Koerner, Hendrik Heutmann, Christoph Glaubacker
Our rate: ★★
On a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura miraculously survives a car…
Nino by Pauline Loquès
With: Théodore Pellerin, Salomé Dewaels, Jeanne Balibar, Younès Boucif, William Lebghil, Balthazar Billaud
Our rate: ★★★
Nino is a young man on a journey to reconnect with the world and himself in…
The Girl in the Snow by Louise Hémon
With: Galatea Bellugi, Matthieu Lucci, Samuel Kircher, Oscar Pons, Sharif Andoura
Our rate: –
1899. On a stormy night, Aimée, a young Republican schoolteacher, arrives in …
The Great Arch by Stéphane Demoustier
With: Claes Bang, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Swann Arlaud, Michel Fau, Xavier Dolan, Alessandro Bressanello, Viilbjørk Malling Agger, Pierre-François Grunewald
Our rate: ★★
1983. The biggest architectural competition in history, both anonymous and…
The Love That Remains by Hlynur Pálmason
With: Saga Garðarsdóttir, Sverrir Gudnason, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Þorgils Hlynsson, Grímur Hlynsson, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir, Kristinn Guðmundsson, Anders Mossling, Stephan Stephensen
Our rate: ★★★
Tenderly captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate…
The man who saw the bear
With: Pierre Richard, Timi-Joy Marbot, Gustave Kervern, Anny Duperey, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Our rate: ★★
Two men from different generations form an unlikely bond while protecting a…
The Man Who Saw the Bear by Pierre Richard
With: Pierre Richard, Timi-Joy Marbot, Gustave Kervern, Anny Duperey
Our rate: –
Two men from different generations form an unlikely bond while protecting a…
The Party’s Over! by Antony Cordier
With: Laurent Lafitte, Élodie Bouchez, Ramzy Bedia, Laure Calamy, Sami Outalbali, Noée Abita, Mahia Zrouki, Candide Sanchez, Ryad Ferrad
Our rate: –
Mehdi had planned to spend a quiet summer in his in-laws’ sumptuous home. But…
Wild Foxes by Valery Carnoy
With: Samuel Kircher, Faycal Anaflous, Jef Jacobs, Anna Heckel, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Hassane Alili, Salahdine El Gharchi, Yoann Blanc, Guillaume Duhesme
Our rate: ★★
At a sports boarding school, talented young boxer Camille narrowly survives a…
Yes! by Nadav Lapid
With: Ariel Bronz, Naama Preis, אפרת דור, Алексей Серебряков, Sharon Alexander, Idit Teperson, Pablo Pillaud-Vivien
Notre avis: ★★★
Israel in the aftermath of October 7. Y., a struggling jazz musician, and his wife…
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