Olivier Assayas‘ Clouds of Sils Maria, starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart and Chloe Grace Moretz doesn’t premiere at the Cannes Film Festival until Friday, which is to say the Palme d’Or may very well be up in the air until it does. Today the trailer for the film has arrived in advance of its premiere. Here’s the synopsis:
At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant (Kristen Stewart) to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal (Chloë Grace Moretz) is to take on the role of Sigrid, and Maria finds herself on the other side of the mirror, face to face with an ambiguously charming woman who is, in essence, an unsettling reflection of herself.
Based on what I’ve been reading it sounds like Xavier Dolan‘s Mommy and Wild Tales from Damian Szifron are the two strongest contenders for the Palme d’Or and just watching this trailer it doesn’t seem like it’s the film to challenge either, at least not for the Palme. Give it a look, what do you think?
