I-Cannes 2024: I-Fairytale ihlale ikhona

Kulo nyaka iCannes Film Festival ibonakale inesifiso esihlangene sezinganekwane. Abaqondisi abaningi bethule umbukwane wethemba, ukuguquguquka, kanye nemibono eyingqayizivele ngezenzakalo eziyisiphithiphithi nezimangalisayo ezembulekayo emhlabeni manje. Isidingo sokuguqula iqiniso sizwakala sizwakala, futhi amafilimu anjalo ahlinzeka ngomphumela odingekayo we-psychotherapeutic kubabukeli. Itimu emaphakathi yomkhosi ka-2024 ithuba lokuqala impilo entsha nokuvula ikhasi elisha, kungakhathaliseki izimo.

Kuyafaneleka-ke ukuthi i-Palme d'Or iklonyeliswe ngefilimu kaSean Baker waseMelika, i-Anora. Le filimu ihlanganisa indaba emnandi, ukukhanya kobuntu, ukuhleka okunempilo, nesiphetho esijabulisayo. I-Anora iyi-wild roller coaster ride (noma «izintaba zase-russian») e-New York City, ehlanganisa iqoqo labalingisi baseRussia abahamba phambili. U-Anora, umlingiswa oyinhloko, unguCinderella wesimanje waseBrooklyn osebenza endaweni yezifebe, othola ngokungalindelekile ithikithi lempilo entsha ngoVanya, indodana ye-oligarch yaseRussia, echitha iholide lakhe lasendle laseMelika lapho. Umphumela uba inguqulo ye-hipster kaPretty Woman, lapho odayisa ngomzimba ethola khona uRichard Gere osemncane. Inhloko "yabasanda kushada 'ya eLas Vegas ukuze bashade, kodwa abazali be-oligarch, ngokungangabazeki abangajabuli, bandizela eMelika ukuze bangenele. Nokho, u-Anora ubona lokhu njengesibonakaliso sokudalelwa, ubeka amahlombe akhe, futhi uqala impilo entsha.

Ukulandisa kwabesifazane kukhonjiswe cishe kuwo wonke amafilimu ancintisanayo kulo nyaka, ngisho nasemithandazweni kaSean Baker ejabulisa izethameli, kuyagqama. U-Anora uyenqaba ukuhambisana nezimo nezimfuno zomndeni ocebile nowohlokile. NjengoBabette, uya empini ukuze alwele ikusasa lakhe. Kule filimu, u-Anora akashintshi nje kuphela, kodwa kanjalo nomfana waseRussia, "i-gopnik" evamile enikezwe abazali bakhe umsebenzi wokuqapha i-Cinderella engalawuleki. Edlalwe ngu-Yuri Borisov, owaziwa yizilaleli zasentshonalanga ezivela ku-Compartment No. 6, ubonisa ngokungalindelekile ububele nozwela, eguqula iqiniso le-heroine eyinhloko. Ngevelu yakhona ephezulu yokuzijabulisa, iqhwa elivamile lase-Russian ekugcineni kwendaba, nomoya kaNcibijane, ukuzijabulisa kuka-Sean Baker kungase kube ifilimu elihle kakhulu likaKhisimusi nomndeni ngokuzayo.

Ngokufanayo abafuna ubulungiswa umlingiswa ka-Demi Moore ku-The Substance ka-Coralie Fargeat (umklomelo we-Screenplay ohamba phambili). Kule filimu, isihlabani sikamabonakude esimnkantsh' ubomvu sivalelwa eceleni abakhiqizi besilisa "abamhlophe" ngenxa yeminyaka yaso, kodwa sinquma ukuzama ukubuyisa ubusha nobuhle baso. Lokhu kuphenduka kube esinye sezitatimende ezihamba phambili nezizibhuqayo ezimayelana nokuziphindiselela kwabesifazane kanye nenguquko emhlabeni wezinzalamizi osaphikisa kakhulu ubuhle besifazane. Ephushelwe onqenqemeni, umlingiswa oyinhloko uqala umkhankaso wokuchitha igazi ngokumelene nalezi zimiso, ukuguqula phambi kwamehlo ethu. Izithameli, nazo, zizithola zichaphaza igazi, njengoba izithombe zefilimu ze-visceral ziphula udonga lwesine.

Kokubili i-Anora kanye ne-The Substance ziyisibonelo setimu ye-Cannes yalo nyaka yenguquko nokuqina. Lawa mafilimu, nakuba ehluke kakhulu ngephimbo nesitayela, abelana ngochungechunge olufanayo lwabalingiswa abenqabayo ukwamukela izimo abazinikeziwe futhi balwela ukuthi bangobani kanye nekusasa labo. Ezweni eligcwele iziyaluyalu, lezi zindaba zinikeza ukuphunyuka okuqabulayo, noma okumangalisayo, okukhumbuza ababukeli ngamandla okuvuselela komuntu siqu.

U-Emilia Perez ka-Jacques Audiard, owine Umklomelo Wejaji kanye Nomklomelo Womlingisi Ongcono Kakhulu, uyisibonelo sendikimba yoguquko yefestivali ngenganekwane engafundile eyethulwa njengomculo. Lo mbukiso obonisa ithemba, omkhulu ngokushesha waba intandokazi phakathi kwabagxeki nababukeli ngokufanayo. Indaba ethinta inhliziyo yenkosi yezidakamizwa enesihluku yase-Mexico efuna ukuhlengwa ngokuqala kabusha iphoqa ngokungenakuvinjwa. Ngosizo lommeli onekhono kanye nenguquko yobulili, lesi sigebengu esiqinile sizalwa kabusha njengowesifazane okhangayo, emukela impilo yakhe entsha ngezandla ezivulekile, ezinikezela ekusizeni nomusa. Ifilimu ka-Audiard ikhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi kungenzeka ngisho nesigebengu esidume kabi siguquke sibe umuntu olungile, sinanela ngobuciko isicaphuno esidumile somzabalazo wezombusazwe waseFrance ongasekho uRobert Badinter, owaqeda isigwebo sentambo eFrance: “Kumelwe sigcinele umuntu ithuba ube ngcono." Uma umphathi wezidakamizwa engase ashintshe abe ngcono, mhlawumbe likhona ithemba lenguquko yezwe—inganekwane engokoqobo okufanele uyikholelwe.

Umklomelo Womqondisi Ongcono Kakhulu walo nyaka unikwe umenzi wefilimu ongumPutukezi u-Miguel Gomes, umeme izethameli zaseNtshonalanga emhlabeni othakazelisayo waseMpumalanga efilimini yakhe ethi Grand Tour. Ngohambo olufana nephupho olumnyama nomhlophe olunqamula iNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, olubonwa ngeso lesisebenzi sikahulumeni saseBrithani esivela eBurma kanye nengoduso yaso elahliwe, uGomes unikeza amazwibela emihlaba ehamba phambili. Ihlelwe ngo-1917, nokho ihlanganiswe nezithombe ezinemibala yesimanje, ifilimu igcizelela ubuhle obungapheli kanye nemvelo eyindida yezwe laseMpumalanga, okungakathintwa futhi okungaqondakali emicabangweni yaseYurophu. U-Gomes udala kabusha leli pharadesi laseMpumalanga ezindaweni zakhe, wenza eyakhe Izingadi ze-Hanging of Babylon, ebonisa ukuthi nge-cinema, inkohliso kanye neqiniso kungahlangana ngaphandle komthungo.

Ngisho nama-manifestos ezepolitiki abucayi athole indawo yawo eCannes kulo nyaka. Umenzi wefilimu wase-Iran u-Mohammad Rasoulof ethi The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Umklomelo Okhethekile) uxoxa indaba enamandla yemibhikisho yabesifazane e-Iran. Le filimu igxile ejajini eliphoqelela ngokwalo izinyathelo zengcindezelo kubabhikishi, lidlulisele ukukhathazeka kwalo emndenini walo siqu—umkakhe namadodakazi akhe amabili. Nokho, amadodakazi akhetha ukumelana nalobu bushiqela, enqaba ukuhambisana nemithetho enjalo ecindezelayo. Le filimu ekhuthazayo, nakuba isekelwe eqinisweni elibuhlungu lase-Iran, ithinta izethameli emhlabeni wonke, inikela ngendaba engokoqobo kodwa enethemba lokunqoba izimo ezinzima.

Isiqephu esihle kakhulu sefestivali yalo nyaka singaba owinile ohlelweni lwe-Un Certain Regard. I-Black Dog, ifilimu enesibindi futhi enomoya okhululekile yomqondisi wase-China u-Guan Hu, ixoxa indaba efana nenganekwane yobungane phakathi kwendoda nenja. Umlingiswa oyinhloko, odlalwa u-Eddie Peng, uhlangana nenja enomthelela omkhulu empilweni yakhe futhi eshintsha isiphetho sakhe. Lokhu kuxhumana okumangalisayo kwedlule isikrini, njengoba u-Peng enza isibopho esiqinile ne-canine co-star yakhe, ingxube kaJack Russell kanye ne-greyhound, kangangokuthi wamukela inja elahlekile ngemva kokuphela kokuqopha, embonga ngokushintsha umbono wakhe ekuphileni. Le ndaba ethinta inhliziyo engokoqobo iwubufakazi bokuthi izinganekwane zingaba ngokoqobo ngempela.

Ngakho-ke, kwaba sobala ukuthi iCannes 2024 ibambe ngempumelelo i-zeitgeist, inganikeli nje ezokuzijabulisa, kodwa nomuzwa wethemba nokuvuselelwa. Ngezindaba zokuguquguquka komuntu siqu kanye nomphakathi, amafilimu akhonjiswa kulo nyaka awazange nje ajabuliswe kodwa futhi anikeze inhlansi yethemba nogqozi, eqinisekisa kabusha inkolelo yokuthi ushintsho lungenzeka njalo. 

Umbhalo: Denis Kataev