“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” will be the opening film at the Cannes Film Festival – News

The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will open with “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”, the organizers announced this Thursday

The coveted opening session on May 15th with one of the most anticipated films of the year, shown outside of the official competition, will be attended by director George Miller and the protagonists, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke.

“Furiosa” is the prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road”, where the character was played by Charlize Theron, in which the festival was the launching pad in May 2015 for an acclaimed journey that would culminate in ten nominations and six Oscars of Academy.

“The idea for this prequel has been with me for over a decade. I couldn’t be more excited to be returning to the Cannes Film Festival – together with Anya, Chris and Tom – to share ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’. There is no better place than La Croisette to experience this film with an audience on the world stage”, highlighted Miller in the official statement.

The Festival organization also paid homage to the entire saga: “’Mad Max – The Motorcycles of Death’ (1979), ‘Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior’ (1981), ‘Mad Max 3: Beyond the Dome of Thunder’ (1985), ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ (2015), ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ (2024): in five episodes and in almost five decades, George Miller created a cathartic myth, even a mythology cathartic. ‘Mad Max’ is a chronicle of social and environmental collapse, dealing with gender codes to question these themes, initially visionary and now cruelly current. Originally filmed in the depopulated Australian outback, this revisited ‘Western on Wheels’ depicts a dystopian world where speed and movement are as synonymous with vital energy as they are with death as a result of depleted resources, offering the viewer a dose of adrenaline rarely matched on the big screen. “.

The premiere in Portuguese cinemas, including IMAX, is scheduled for May 23rd.

“As the world falls apart, the young Furiosa is taken from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a large Horde of Bikers led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping across the Desert, they come across the Citadel presided over by Immortan Joe . As the two tyrants war for supremacy, Furiosa must survive many trials while gathering the means to find her way back home”, summarizes the official synopsis.

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