David Cronenberg's 'Crimes of the Future' Premieres at Cannes

David Cronenberg returns to filmmaking with 'Crimes of the Future', competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. The body horror film stars Viggo Mortensen as performance artist Saul Tenser, who undergoes extreme body modifications in a future where such practices are commonplace. Kristen Stewart plays an investigator probing a project about human evolution, while Léa Seydoux portrays Tenser's partner Caprice. Shot in Greece in 2021, the film marks Cronenberg's return to the body horror genre after an eight-year absence from feature films. Despite sharing its title with his 1970 debut, this is not a sequel but may form an informal trilogy with 'Videodrome' (1983) and 'eXistenZ' (1999).