Cannes 2024: Gray's 'Paper Tiger,' Pawlikowski's 'Fatherland,' Hamaguchi's 'All of a Sudden'

The 2024 Cannes Film Festival features a notable lack of Hollywood blockbusters, with only two American films in competition. James Gray's 'Paper Tiger,' starring Miles Teller, Adam Driver, and Scarlett Johansson, is a highlight set in 1986 New York about a waste-disposal consultant for the Russian mafia. Paweł Pawlikowski's 'Fatherland' follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a 1949 road trip through divided Germany, exploring art and propaganda. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's 'All of a Sudden,' the longest film in competition at over three hours, centers on a friendship between a Parisian care home head and a Kyoto theatre director. Guillermo del Toro's 'Pan's Labyrinth' was revived in a 4K restoration, with del Toro denouncing AI. Jury president Park Chan-wook stated art and politics should not be divided. The festival also includes Steven Soderbergh's documentary 'John Lennon: The Last Interview,' which uses Meta's AI tools.