As the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival nears its end, one of the things reviewers and industry observers may remember about this year’s official selection is the number of singing scenes. As the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival nears its end, one of the things reviewers and industry observers may remember about this year’s official selection is the number of singing scenes.
Festival director Thierry Fremaux said when he unveiled the program “For the selection, we saw lots of films with sequences of characters singing songs together — often in a car.” From the Dardenne brothers’ competition entry Two Days, One Night to Critics’ Week film Darker Than Midnight, car (and other) singing scenes have had a presence across the festival.
