the cannes festival continues in development and thousands of moviegoers are fascinated by the media incidents that the event is leaving, such as the arrival of Tom Cruise, the long-awaited premiere of “Top gun: Maverick”, the presence of the famous Peruvian model Natalie Vértiz, among other moments. However, the “shows” of the stars are just the decoration for the main dish of the gala: the films in competition.
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Among the exciting projects that are on display, there is one in particular that has unleashed shocking, although expected reactions. It’s about “Crimes of the Future”the director’s new film David Cronenberg, whose cast includes Kristen Stewart Y Viggo Mortensen.
Its visceral and disturbing sequences, framed in a plot of sexual terror, caused the public in Cannes He was horrified and left the projection room in the first few minutes, as reported by the British portal Metro.co.uk.
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“Crimes of the future” – official synopsis
As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With her partner Caprice (Lea Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Mortensen), celebrated performance artist, publicly displays the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.
Timlin (Stewart), a researcher for the National Organ Registry, obsessively follows their movements, and that’s when a mysterious group is revealed. Their mission: use Saul’s notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.
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All this, without a doubt, may sound quite shocking, but the director of the film already saw it coming. “There are some very strong scenes. I mean, I’m sure there will be departures in the first five minutes of the movie. I’m sure of it,” Cronenberg previously told Deadline.
“Some people who have seen the movie have said that they think the last 20 minutes will be very hard for peopleand that there will be many dropouts,” he added.
This, according to Metro.co.uk, was definitely fulfilled, as many viewers stopped watching the film and left the room. However, there were those who stayed until the end and they were the ones who managed to get “Crimes of the future” a six-minute ovation at Cannes, where it competes for the biggest prize: the Palme d’Or.
Who is David Cronenberg?
He became famous for his contribution to ‘body horror’, a horror subgenre where bodily alterations, as well as their functions and fluids, are essential to tell their story. He is the author of titles such as “Epidemia”, “The fly”, “Crash: strange pleasures”, among others.
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