Results tagged “CANNES FILM FESTIVAL” from Birmingham Mail - Mega Movies

I'VE JUST seen the new Eric Cantona movie Looking for Eric, made by Nuneaton-born director Ken Loach.

It was nominated for a Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival this year and is terrific.

My review is all set to roll in the Mail on Jun 12 when it is released and I can't wait for you to read it.

Beware of reading any other reviews which will spoil it if they give away what happens in the last third.

Blending the best of British with a Gallic twist, Looking For Eric deserves to be a big hit.

THERE are some big hitters going into competition at Cannes this year.

The big 20 include Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces, Jane Campion's Bright Star, Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock, Lars Von Trier's Antichrist and Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.

And, although he'll be 73 in June, let's not forget local hero Ken Loach from Nuneaton.

The Cannes regular will be back in competition with Looking for Eric, in which Steve Evets plays a soccer-mad postman called Eric who receives some help from Eric Cantona.

The film has a UK release date of June 12.

Ken received a BAFTA fellowship award in 2006 after being nominated for seven previous awards from 1971-2002 and never winning.

He seems to be more appreciated abroad than he is at home. At Cannes, he's won seven prizes from 14 nominations, including the Golden Palm for The Wind That Shakes The Barley in 2006.

Like Looking For Eric and many of Ken's recent movies, this was written by Paul Laverty, so the omens are good.

In 2004, Ken also won the 30th Anniversary Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for his entire body of work.

Go, Ken, go!