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. acquired a 6.5-minute ovation within the wee hours of the morning.
“Enjoyable end to the pageant, yah?” mentioned Coen to a full of life crowd.
“It’s brief for a film that began after midnight,” added Coen in regards to the film’s 90-minute operating time, “very humane!”
Qualley takes on the titular position of Honey O’Donahue, a small-town personal investigator who delves right into a collection of unusual deaths tied to a mysterious church led by a preacher performed by Chris Evans.
Aubrey Plaza and Charlie Day additionally function prominently within the solid, 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 minimize such Coen Brothers classics as The Large Lebowski and O Brother, The place Artwork Thou?
Cooke additionally co-wrote Drive-Away Dolls.
Mentioned Cooke tonight following Coen, “Extra queer cinema, on a regular basis!” to massive cheers.
Focus releases domestically on August 22. Common Footage Worldwide is dealing with abroad distribution.
Producers on the challenge are Coen, Cooke, Robert Graf and Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.
Coen has been bringing motion pictures to Cannes’ Official Choice for the reason that Nineteen 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, Greatest Director, Greatest Actor); The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), Fargo (1996/Greatest Director); O’ Brother, The place Artwork Thou? (2000); The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001/Greatest Director); The Ladykillers (2004/Jury Prize); No Nation for Outdated Males (2007); and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013/Grand Prize). In 2022, Ethan Coen introduced his documentary Jerry Lee Lewis: Hassle in Thoughts for a Particular Screening.
As a result of it’s a midnight screening at Cannes, the black tie and stylish gown apparel guidelines don’t apply. Nonetheless, there was a particular combine within the crowd.
