Eric Cantona News

May 22, 2009
Cannes 2009: Cantona Continues Cinematic Outings
Former Manchester United soccer superstar Eric Cantona is carving a name for himself as an actor after Ken Loach's Looking for Eric, in which he stars, opened to critical acclaim at Cannes earlier in the week. He's been tapped by Herve P. Gustave, who goes by the moniker HPG, to star in Les mouvements du basin (The Pelvis Moves) in which he'll take the lead role. HPG has previously brought On ne devrait pas existir (We Should Not Exist) to Cannes' Director's Fortnight in 2006. According to Variety, the film will explore the relationship between two characters, Thierry (played by Cantona), a student of self-defense martial arts, and Marion who longs to have a child. More...

May 19, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report ? Antichrist Shocks, Eric Delights
Say what you like about Lars von Trier, the director never fails to find controversy. To one degree or another, most of his films have provoked comment for their themes and for von Trier's passion for breaking taboos. Antichrist, which premiered at Cannes yesterday, for all that has come before, may well be Von Trier's most controversial film yet. The story of a husband and wife (Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg) who retreat to their woodland paradise "Eden" in the wake of the accidental death of their young child. There they hope to heal their grief and repair the fractures within their marriage, but as emotions heighten and nature closes in, things, as the press notes declare, go from bad to worse. More...