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Cannes2025: Our critical diary

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

A film by Julia Ducournau
With: Mélissa Boros, Golshifteh Farahani, Tahar Rahim, Emma Mackey, Finnegan Oldfield, Louai El Amrousy, Jean-Charles Clichet, Christophe Perez, Ambrine Trigo Ouaked, Fabien Giameluca
Our rate: ★★★
Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world…
Our review

Case 137 by Dominik Moll

A film by Dominik Moll
With: Léa Drucker, Jonathan Turnbull, Mathilde Riu, Guslagie Malanda, Stanislas Merhar, Sandra Colombo, Valentin Campagne, Mathilde Roehrich, Côme Peronnet, Solan Machado-Graner
Our rate: ★★
Stéphanie, a police officer working for Internal Affairs, is assigned to a…
Our review

Die, My Love by Lynne Ramsay

A film 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…
Our review

Eddington by Ari Aster

A film 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…
Our review

Fuori by Mario Martone

A film by Mario Martone
With: Valeria Golino, Matilda De Angelis, Elodie, Corrado Fortuna, Francesco Gheghi, Antonio Gerardi, Carolina Rosi, Daphne Scoccia, Francesco Siciliano, Sonia Zhou
Our rate: ★
Rome. The 1980s. After the magnum opus The Art of Joy she has been working on…
Our review

It Was Just An Accident by Jafar Panahi

A film 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, …
Our review

Nouvelle Vague by Richard Linklater

A film 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…
Our review

Resurrection by Bi Gan

A film 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…
Our review

Sentimental Value by Joachim Trier

A film by Joachim Trier
With: Renate Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Cory Michael Smith, Catherine Cohen, Bjørn Alexander, Pia Borgli, Jonas Jacobsen, Anders Danielsen Lie
Our rate: ★★
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic…
Our review

Sirat by Olivier Laxe

A film by Oliver 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…
Our review

Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski

A film 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…
Our review

The History of Sound by Olivier Hermanus

A film by Oliver 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…
Our review

The Little Sister by Hafsia Herzi

A film 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…
Our review

The Mastermind by Kelly Reichardt

A film 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, an unemployed carpenter…
Our review

The Phœnician Scheme by Wes Anderson

A film 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: ★★
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole …
Our review

Woman and Child by Saeed Roustaee

A film 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,…
Our review

Un Certain Regard, Directors’ Fortnight, Critics’ Week, Cannes Classics, Out of Competition

Colours of Time by Cédric Klapisch

A film 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…
Our review

Connemara by Alex Lutz

A film 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…
Our review

Enzo by Robin Campillo

A film 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…
Our review

Her Will Be Done by Julia Kowalski

A film 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….
Our review

Kika by Alexe Poukine

A film 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…
Our review

Leave One Day by Amélie Bonnin

A film by Amélie Bonnin
With: Juliette Armanet, Bastien Bouillon, François Rollin, Tewfik Jallab, Dominique Blanc, Mhamed Arezki, Pierre-Antoine Billon, Amandine Dewasmes, Lorella Cravotta, Mélodie Lauret
Our rate: ★★
Cécile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream …
Our review

Love Me Tender by Anna Cazenave Cambet

A film 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…
Our review

Mirrors No. 3 by Christian Petzold

A film 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…
Our review

Nino by Pauline Loquès

A film 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…
Our review

The Girl in the Snow by Louise Hémon

A film by Louise Hémon
With: Galatea Bellugi, Matthieu Lucci, Samuel Kircher, Oscar Pons, Sharif Andoura, Léna Camillieri Dorléans, Solal Griveau Martin, Lula Guaydan, Greta Saggiorato, André Borel
Our rate: ★★
1899. On a stormy night, Aimée, a young Republican schoolteacher, arrives in …
Our review

The Great Arch by Stéphane Demoustier

A film 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…
Our review

The Love That Remains by Hlynur Pálmason

A film 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…
Our review

The man who saw the bear

A film by Pierre Richard
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…
Our review

Wild Foxes by Valery Carnoy

A film 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…
Our review

Yes! by Nadav Lapid

A film 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…
Our review

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