Anatole "Zsa-zsa" Korda, an almost immortal tycoon, collects enemies and plane crashes, which he survives despite his saboteurs. In a climate of capitalist predation and imminent death, Korda puts his affairs in order and decides to leave his immense fortune to his daughter, an imperturbable novice, with a pipe and rosary, one step away from taking her vows. Except that our man has nine other children, all boys, whom he does not have the time or desire to love. The presence of Liesl, who accepts the job of temporary heiress in an attempt to identify her mother's murderer, will change the cards on the table and the destiny of a father embarked on a daring industrial project.
Cast
starring Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Tom Hanks
Programme
- June 21, 6:30 PM (ITA sub.)
- June 22, 9:00 PM (ITA sub.)
- June 25, 6:30 PM (ITA sub.)
"The Phoenician Scheme was the most anticipated film of this 2025 Cannes Film Festival. It couldn't have been otherwise because for many, many people, Wes Anderson is too important a director, too unique, too special. Certainly, this is one of his funniest, even most extreme films, with the usual star-studded cast, the usual mastery of colors and shapes. But it is also a well-structured film, with an interesting rhythm and above all a clear and defined identity, in its melancholy. [...] Wes Anderson thinks about sin and guilt, the relationship between morality and religion, between the individual and the community. He does so in a way that is perfectly consistent with his weirdo soul, but with a visual abundance and a screenplay (to which Roman Coppola also contributed) that takes us back to the times of splendor, of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, with the theme of paternity, the one that also reigned in The Royal Tenenbaums." (Giulio Zoppello)
