Télérama updates Cannes notes from 12 mai to 23 mai
At cannes, Télérama is updating its festival table from 12 mai to 23 mai as projections go in, giving readers a running read on the 79ᵉ Festival de Cannes. The tracker covers films in competition for the Palme d’or and films out of competition, so the list changes as each screening lands.
La Vie d’une femme opens the race
La Vie d’une femme, by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, opened the competition and was described as being carried by Léa Drucker. That puts an early marker on a competition that is being judged in real time, not after the fact, and it gives the table immediate weight before the festival reaches its final stretch.
The setup is unusually broad for a festival note: one table follows the Palme d’or contenders while also tracking out-of-competition titles. Télérama says it updates the scores at the time of projections, which means the running list reflects the order films are seen rather than a fixed end-of-week verdict.
Farhadi, Almodovar and the early favorites
Histoires parallèles, by the Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, and Autofiction, by Pedro Almodovar, are both on the slate that Télérama is rating across the festival. That matters because the table is not limited to the official race; it keeps side-by-side coverage of the films most likely to shape the conversation inside and outside the competition.
Télérama has already singled out L’Être aimé by Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Notre Salut by Emmanuel Marre as favorites so far. The critics’ scale runs from “hélas” to “bravo,” using p and o as shorthand, so the table is built to separate the lukewarm from the strongest reactions without waiting for a full roundup.
A live guide through 23 mai
12 mai to 23 mai is a tight window, and the value of the table is in its timing: readers following Cannes can see which titles rise or stall as the screenings happen. For anyone tracking the competition, the practical use is simple — the table is the fastest way to see where the festival’s critical consensus is forming before the final days close the list.
By the end of 23 mai, the running notes should leave a clearer hierarchy among the competition titles, with the strongest early reactions already identified and the weaker ones pushed down by the same festival-long system.
