{"id":582315,"date":"2026-05-13T20:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582315\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T20:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:10:14","slug":"2026-cannes-movie-reviews-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582315\/","title":{"rendered":"2026\u00a0Cannes Movie\u00a0Reviews List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe 2026 Cannes<\/a> Film Festival is underway with French filmmaker Pierre Salvadori\u2019s The Electric Kiss serving as the opening-night pic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong the headline filmmakers debuting new works on the Croisette this year are previous Palme d\u2019Or winners Cristian Mungiu and Hirokazu Kore-eda, two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and American indie veteran Ira Sachs.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Electric Kiss is joined by new films from stalwart auteurs including Pedro Almod\u00f3var, Cristian Mungiu, Guillaume Canet, Nicolas Winding Refn and Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski<\/p>\n

\n\tRead all of Deadline\u2019s takes below throughout the festival, which runs May 12-23. Click on the title to read the full review (some films will be reviewed only on this page) and keep checking back as we update the list.<\/p>\n

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\t\tAshes\t<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Ashes\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCannes Film Festival<\/p>\n

\n\tSection: Special Screenings
Director: Diego Luna
Cast: Anna D\u00edaz, Adriana Paz, Luisa Huertas, Teresa Lozano, Guillermo R\u00edos, Adriana Jacom\u00e9, Sergio Bautista, Benny Emmanuel, Irene Escolar, Anna Alarc\u00f3n, Dailyn Valdivieso, Charlie Rowe, Laura G\u00f3mez
Synopsis: Set in Mexico and Spain, Ashes (Ceniza en la Boca) tells the story of Lucila (Anna Diaz), a young Mexican woman looking for a better life in Spain where she takes her younger brother, Diego (Sergio Bautista), to reunite with their mother (Adriana Paz) who had left them eight years earlier to find a new life and, she says, eventually discover a way to bring her family back together. The ensuing difficulties, tragedy and unexpected obstacles find Lucila in an unforgiving world she doesn\u2019t know and must try to navigate to simply survive.
Deadline\u2019s take: With strong guidance from Diego Luna returning to the director\u2019s chair to tell a very personal story of family, the experience of leaving and being left, of racism, immigration, and finding new life in a foreign country, Ashes is a powerful and moving motion picture. It is also unique in dealing directly with the hot-button topic of immigration, but surprisingly in two countries that speak the same language. This separates it from the usual stories we have been seeing in America where Mexicans try to assimilate themselves in the U.S. and run into a government dead set on keeping them out. In this case though it is Spain, and Luna and his co-writers show that a shared language is not the antidote to hatred and being welcomed in a new land.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe opening of the film, shot in darkness and shadows, shows us a mother tearfully saying goodbye to her sleeping children. This is just the beginning of the long emotional journey for Lucila and Diego as they will find a way to reunite with their mother. Diaz as Lucila is a revelation and the heart and soul of Ashes, which is based on the book by Brenda Navarro. Paz is also effective as the mother who felt she was out of choices and made a fateful decision, one that has tragic consequences. Ashes becomes a rich, and undeniably timely, addition to film depictions of the experiences of immigrants in both heartbreaking and humane ways. \u2014 PH<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"'Butterfly<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Butterfly Jam\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCannes Film Festival<\/p>\n

\n\tSection: Directors\u2019 Fortnight
Director-screenwriter: Kantemir Balagov
Cast:\u00a0Barry Keoghan, Talha Akdogan, Riley Keough, Harry Melling, Jaliyah Richards
Deadline\u2019s takeaway: The machine has yet to be invented that can tie up all the loose ends in this puzzling family drama about a fragile father-son relationship that touches on familiar issues of masculinity in crisis but doesn\u2019t take them anywhere new. Barry Keoghan tries his best with the material, but there\u2019s not really much he can do with it. \u2014 DW<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018The Electric Kiss\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCannes Film Festival<\/p>\n

\n\tSection: Out of Competition
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Screenwriters: Benjamin Charbit, Benoit Graffin, Pierre Salvadori
Cast:\u00a0Pio Marma\u00ef\u00a0, Anais Demoustier, Gilles Lellouche, Vimala Pons, Gustave Kervern, Madeleine Baudot
Deadline\u2019s takeaway: Pierre Salvadori\u2019s charming and very French rom-com touches on loss, grief, deception and renewed love of life and art. With subtle comedy and perfectly cast actors, it\u2019s a crowd-pleaser that could work nicely for audiences seeking escapism. \u2014 PH<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"'Nagi<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Nagi Notes\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMomo Film Co<\/p>\n

\n\tSection: Competition
Director-screenwriter:\u00a0K\u014dji Fukada
Cast: Takako Matsu, Shizuka Ishibashi, Ken\u2019ichi Matsuyama, Waku Kawaguchi, Kiyora Fujiwara, Sawako Fujima
Deadline\u2019s takeaway: Nagi Notes\u00a0could fittingly be described as scenic cinema; slow for sure but revealing in the same way a slow train can really open up the passing landscape. LGTB+-positive in a most unexpected and human way, it\u2019s a modest film that charms by stealth and understatement. \u2014 DW<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018A Woman\u2019s Life\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCannes Film Festival<\/p>\n

\n\tSection: Competition
Director: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Cast: L\u00e9a Drucker, M\u00e9lanie Thierry, Charles Berling, Laurent Capelluto, Marie-Christine Barrault
Deadline\u2019s takeaway: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet\u2019s solid female-centric drama is not what you might call thrilling cinema, but it is worthwhile, and in L\u00e9a Drucker\u2019s hands we have a character who is something special to behold. \u2014 PH<\/p>\n

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