Cannes 2021: Seven Musicals To Watch, Besides Annette

Cannes 2021: Here is a list of seven music-themed films in the festival's official selection this year

Music as meditation, music as mystery, music as magic, and, above all, music as celebration: Leos Carax's first English-language film Annette, which will, on the evening of July 6, open the 74th Cannes Film Festival and mark cinema's, and the director's, return to the Theatre Grand Lumiere, promises all that and more. Annette Starring Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard and Simon Helberg, Annette is one 24 titles that will compete for the Palme d'Or. Carax is back on the Croisette after a nine-year hiatus. In 2012, his wildly, and characteristically, whimsical Holy Motors was pipped to the festival's top prize by Michael Haneke's Amour. Set in contemporary LA, Annette, featuring a soundtrack composed by the pop duo Sparks, is about a sharp-tongued stand-up comedian (Driver) and a globally renowned singer (Cotillard) whose first child, "a mysterious girl with an exceptional destiny will change their lives". Annette isn't the only 'musical' in Cannes this year. Music, as an act of rebellion and an affirmation of life, will play in seven other diverse films in the festival's 2021 edition.