The hottest ticket is Malick’s long-gestating The Tree of Life. The drama, starring Pitt and Penn, was originally set to bow last year in Cannes before perfectionist Malick withdrew it to tinker further. The delay has only heightened the film’s enigmatic allure, and expectations are high.
“It was very important for Cannes to have this movie because we have been talking about it for a year now,” says Xavier Leherpeur, a film critic for French movie magazine Studio CineLive. “I want it to be great.”
Malick has been to Cannes only once before — in 1979, when he won the director prize for Days of Heaven. But even sight unseen, Tree of Life, which screens May 16, is the odds-on favorite to win the Palme d’Or.That said, Malick has some stiff competition.
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Nice! I have waited for a year and also want it to be great!!