Wes Anderson, Cannes and The Phoenician Scheme
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The actor plays an industrialist who tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter in this competition entry co-starring Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Wright, Tom Hanks and Scarlett Johansson.
Wes Anderson skewered Donald Trump’s proposed foreign film tariff at a Cannes press conference for his new film "The Phoenician Scheme," questioning how it will work. “Can you hold up the movie in customs?
Wes Anderson, who shot his fourth Cannes premiere, The Phoenician Scheme, at Babelsburg in Germany, was called to the carpet in the press room about his thoughts on President Donald Trump’s suggest film tariffs.
During a Cannes Film Festival press conference, Wes Anderson mocked President Donald Trump's proposed tariff on movies produced outside of America.
Anderson’s leading lady Mia Threapleton — who has acting in her blood thanks to mother Kate Winslet — was overcome with emotion as the applause raged on, smiling as tears poured down her face. Anderson beamed beside her.
Antonia Desplat reveals her memorable experience on Wes Anderson’s Cannes Competition film ‘The Phoenician Scheme.’