Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut LOST RIVER is to screen in the Un Certain Regard category as part of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Formerly known as HOW TO CATCH A MONSTER, the highly-anticipated dark fantasy stars Mad Men siren Christina Hendricks and former Doctor Who Matt Smith.
Gosling has never been known to shy away from taking risks, and an edgy concept combined with an eclectic cast, including Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn and Eva Mendes, combined with the prospect of a definitive actor’s actor in the driving seat could make this something special. Also, hot off the press, is the first image right here:
The festival will also see British directors Mike Leigh and Ken Loach go head to head for the Palme d’Or. Leigh has made MR TURNER, a biopic of the artist JMW Turner with Timothy Spall and Loach is contending with JIMMY’S HALL, about an Irish activist facing deportation in the 1930s.
The Cannes Film Festival runs from the 14th – 25th May
Source: TheFilmStage
