Critics Week at Cannes boasts Latin flavor

“The International Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival will offer a taste of Latin America with a French twist, judging from Thursdays unveiling of the sidebars lineup.

The series kicks off May 17 with Frances “Heros” Heroes, Bruno Merles debut film starring Gallic comedian Michael Youn in an atypically serious role as a man responsible for warming up the audience on the set of a TV show who ends up kidnapping a famous singer.

Mexican actor-turned-helmer Gael Garcia Bernal, the sidebars ambassador, will present his first turn in the directors chair, “Deficit,” a drama centering on a family gathering where different social classes clash.”

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