Focus Options had the ultimate slot of the Official Choice right here in Cannes this night with Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t!, a darkish comedy reuniting Margaret Qualley with the filmmaker on the heels of final yr’s Drive-Away Dolls. Coen & Co. obtained a 6.5-minute ovation within the wee hours of the morning.
“Enjoyable end to the competition, yah?” mentioned Coen to a full of life crowd.
“It’s quick for a film that began after midnight,” added Coen concerning the film’s 90-minute working time, “very humane!”
Qualley takes on the titular position of Honey O’Donahue, a small-town non-public investigator who delves right into a sequence of unusual deaths tied to a mysterious church led by a preacher performed by Chris Evans.
Aubrey Plaza and Charlie Day additionally characteristic prominently within the forged, which moreover contains Billy Eichner, Lera Abova, Jacnier, Gabby Beans, Talia Ryder, Kristen Connolly, Lena Corridor, Don Swayze, Josh Pafchek, Kale Browne, Alexander Carstoiu and Christian Antidormi.
Coen directed from his script written with spouse Tricia Cooke, the veteran editor who has reduce such Coen Brothers classics as The Large Lebowski and O Brother, The place Artwork Thou?
Cooke additionally co-wrote Drive-Away Dolls.
Stated Cooke tonight following Coen, “Extra queer cinema, on a regular basis!” to massive cheers.
Focus releases domestically on August 22. Common Photos Worldwide is dealing with abroad distribution.
Producers on the mission are Coen, Cooke, Robert Graf and Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.
Coen has been bringing motion pictures to Cannes’ Official Choice because the Eighties, beginning with 1987’s Elevating Arizona which he co-wrote with brother Joel who directed.
Notable Cannes titles from the duo have additionally included Barton Fink (1991/Palme d’Or, Finest Director, Finest Actor); The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), Fargo (1996/Finest Director); O’ Brother, The place Artwork Thou? (2000); The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001/Finest Director); The Ladykillers (2004/Jury Prize); No Nation for Previous Males (2007); and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013/Grand Prize). In 2022, Ethan Coen introduced his documentary Jerry Lee Lewis: Bother in Thoughts for a Particular Screening.
As a result of it’s a midnight screening at Cannes, the black tie and fashionable costume apparel guidelines don’t apply. Nevertheless, there was a particular combine within the crowd.
