(HL-예술/취미/종교) Pans and Praise at 2016 Cannes Film Festival

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Several American movies are among the leading candidates for the biggest award at the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or. Others got booed. The prize for worst reception so far goes to “The Last Face” directed by Sean Penn. The movie star-director-political activist attempts a story about the romantic and humanitarian struggles of two aid workers in Liberia. It stars Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem. Some critics wonder why the film centers on their relationship instead of the horrors faced by the local people they are supposed to help. Benjamin Lee of the Guardian online writes, “This is not a film about Penn helping people, it’s a film to show how much he wants to be seen helping people.” The movie was severely panned on Twitter after its Cannes debut. Tweets described “The Last Face” as racist, “transcendentally bad” and “a chore to sit through.” Joachim Kurz tweeted “The Last Face feels like competition in suffering. Who suffers most: Theron? Bardem? The Refugees? Or maybe the viewers?”
* leading candidate = 유력한 후보(자)/ award = (부상이 딸린) 상/ Palme d'Or = 황금 종려상(칸 국제 영화제의 대상)/ boo = (우우하고) 야유하다/ reception = (어떠한) 환영[반응/평판]; 연회/ attempt = (특히 힘든 일을) 시도하다, 애써 해보다/ humanitarian = 인도주의적인/ aid worker = 국제 구호원(전쟁이나 기아의 희생자를 구호하는 국제 기관의 직원)/ critic = 비평가, 평론가/ center on ~ = ~에 초점을 맞추다/ pan = (연극・영화 등을) 혹평하다/ describe as ~ = ~로 묘사하다/ racist = 인종 차별주의자(의)/ transcendentally = 탁월하게; 초자연적으로/ chore = 하기 싫은[따분한] 일/ sit through ~ = (지루하거나 장황한 공연·연설 등을) 끝까지 앉아서 보다[듣다]

Two American movies are considered strong candidates for the Palme d’Or. “Loving” from director Jeff Nichols is based on true story of two Americans who were sentenced to prison for marrying each other in the 1950s. Mildred and Richard Loving fled Virginia to avoid jail after they were found guilty of violating state law barring interracial marriage. Mildred Loving was black and Richard Loving was white. The two took legal action against the state of Virginia for its action. They won the case in 1967, when the Supreme Court ruled the law violated the United States Constitution. A joint British-American movie is also on top of some Palme d’Or prediction lists. British filmmaker Andrea Arnold directed the film “American Honey.” It stars American actors Sasha Lane, Shia LeBoeuf and Riley Keough. Lane stars as a poor Texas teenager with little support or supervision from adults in her life. She meets up with a group of similar teenagers and begins a cross-country trip with them. “American Honey” is Arnold’s first film set in America. Reviews have been mostly positive. Critic Eric Kohn of Indiewire praised the film for capturing the “explosive sense of liberty that comes with living dangerously.” Reviewers also expressed excitement about the debut film performance of Sasha Lane. The Hollywood Reporter described the young actor as “luminous.” The Palme d’Or jury this year includes Australian director George Miller, American actor Kirsten Dunst and Iranian producer Katayoon Shahabi. The winning film will receive the prize in a ceremony on the festival’s closing day, Sunday, May 22.
* based on ~ = ~에 근거하여/ be sentenced to prison = 금고형의 판결이 내려지다, 구류가 선고되다/ flee(fled-fled) = 달아나다, 도망하다/ bar = ~에게 ~하는 것을 금(지)하다/ interracial marriage = 타인종간의 결혼(他人種間的結婚)/ take legal action against ~ = ~을 상대로 법적 조치를 취하다/ star as ~ = ~으로 주연하다/ meet up with ~ = ~와 우연히 만나다/ cross-country trip = 국토 종단 여행/ capture = (사진이나 글로 감정・분위기 등을) 정확히 포착하다[담아내다]/ liberty = 자유/ luminous = 빛을 발하는; 어둠에서 빛나는/ (award-)winning film = 수상 영화

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