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Our Man in Cannes: The worst movie at Cannes?
While “Il Divo” and “Synecdoche” wowed many critics, “Frontier of Dawn” repulsed them. The lusty Cannes audience booed heartily during the closing credits on Thursday morning. Frenchman Philippe Garrel directs Louis Garrel and Laura Smet in a tragic love story shot in black and white.
“Frontier” opens promisingly, with a photographer showing up to take shots of an actress who is emotionally available. A love story ensues, and it has all the passion you would expect from a French romance.
But the movie quickly takes a turn for the worse and becomes one of the most insipid exercises in recent cinematic history.
You know it’s bad when the director sets up a tragic scene and the audience breaks out into laughter because of its banality.
Don’t expect to see “Frontier of Dawn” in wide release in the U.S. It’s the worst movie in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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