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Alicia Vikander & Jude Law Star In Karim Aïnouz’s English-Language Debut, In Competition At Cannes 2023

April 27, 2023

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As the 76th version of the Cannes Film Festival looms, a cavalcade of previews for movies in competitors for the coveted Palme d’Or arrives. Here’s one from the primary wave of titles: Karim Aïnouz‘s “Firebrand,” which stars Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of England’s King Henry VIII.

Jude Law joins Vikander as Henry VIII in Aïnouz’s movie, concerning the finish of the King’s reign and the battles of will, gender, and perception that reverberate between their marriage.

Here’s an official synopsis for “Firebrand”:

In blood-soaked Tudor England, Katherine Parr, the sixth and final spouse of King Henry VIII, is called Regent whereas tyrant Henry is preventing abroad. Katherine has carried out all the things she will to push for a brand new future primarily based on her radical Protestant beliefs. When an more and more ailing and paranoid King returns, he turns his fury on the radicals, charging Katherine’s childhood buddy with treason and burns her on the stake. Horrified and grieving, however pressured to disclaim it, Katherine finds herself preventing for her personal survival. Conspiracy reverberates via the palace. Everyone holds their breath – for the queen to slide up, for Henry to take her head like wives earlier than. With the hope for a future freed from tyranny in danger, will Katherine undergo the inevitable for the sake of King and nation?

Alongside Vikander and Law, “Firebrand” additionally stars Erin Doherty, Simon Russell Beale, Sam Riley, and Eddie Marsan. Ruby Bentall, Byrony Hannah, and Maia Jemmett additionally star. Patsy Ferran and Junia Rees spherical out the principle forged.

“Firebrand” is Aïnouz’s English-language debut, and he directs a script from Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth. Gabrielle Tana produces via Brouhaha Entertainment. Aïnouz has had success at Cannes earlier than. He received the Un Certain Regard award on the 2019 competition for “Invisible Life,” and his earlier movie, “Mariner Of The Mountains,” premiered at Cannes in 2021. “Central Airport THf,” Aïnouz’s documentary about Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport, additionally received the Amnesty International Award on the 2018 Berlinale.

So will “Firebrand” win the Palme d’Or for Karim Aïnouz? Only time will inform, and the beginning of the Cannes Film Festival edges ever shut. The 76th version of the competition begins on May 16. Take a take a look at a first-look picture from “Firebrand” beneath.

Alicia Vikander & Jude Law Star In Karim Aïnouz’s English-Language Debut, In Competition At Cannes 2023

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