Episode 58: Cannes #7 with Carlos Valladares: Andrea Arnold’s Cow, Libertad, Futura, Drive My Car

The Last Thing I Saw

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. There are only a few days left in the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, but there are still plenty of excellent films left to tak about. So my job here is not done, and joining me today is the critic Carlos Valladares. We’ll talk about the unusual new film Cow, from Andrea Arnold, perhaps best known for American Honey and Red Road as well as work for television. We’ll also hear about the Spanish film Libertad, a sharp Croatian coming-of-age drama called Murina, and a collective film called Futura, which is co-created by Pietro Marcello, Alice Rohrwacher, and Francesco Munzi. Finally Carlos celebrates his favorite film of the festival, the Hamaguchi film, Drive My Car, which you’ll be able to read all about in his dispatch for the Gagosian Quarterly. You can support this podcast and read show notes with links at: rapold.substack.com Opening music: “Monserrate” by The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass