Atom egoyan will once again return to the official section of Cannes, this time with «captives»Your new job.
The director of Egyptian origin living in Canada has chosen up to five times for the Palme d'Or, before his participation in this 67th edition of the Cannes film festival and has received several awards at the French competition.
In 1994 he presented «exotic»At the Cannes Film Festival, where he won the Fipresci Prize, in 1997 he received up to three awards for«The Sweet Hereafter«, In 1999 it presented«Felicia's journey", in 2005 "Where the Truth Lies»And in 2008«Worship«, All of them in the official section of the prestigious contest.
This year he is opting for the Palme d'Or with his new work "Captives", a film starring Ryan Reynolds, protagonist of the Spanish film «Buried», Scott Speedman, who already starred in another Atom Egoyan film, "Adoration," Mireille Enos, famous for the television series "The Killing" and Rosario DawsonRecently seen in Danny Boyle's "Trance."
"Captives", a tape written by the director himself with David fraser, tells the story of a man who eight years after the kidnapping of his daughter finds a clue that she could be alive, so he rebukes the search.