Little Joe by Jessica Hausner

Cannes 2019: 5 Great films by female directors

The Cannes Film Festival was held in May this year as it did every year. Films from all over the world attended the festival. Among the films that attracted the attention of the festival viewers, five films bearing the signature of female directors were of particular interest and were among the unforgettable films of Cannes 2019. Now let’s briefly outline these five important films.

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Pain and Glory: A self-indulgent movie by Pedro Almodovar

Pain and Glory: A self-indulgent movie by Pedro Almodovar

In Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria), there is a poster on a character’s wall advertising Fellini’s 8 1/2, and that can only mean one thing. It’s going to be one of those films. At some time or another, male auteurs of a certain age feel the need to make a semi-autobiographical drama in which they look back on their youth and their career, and now, at last, it is Almodóvar’s turn.

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