Cahiers du cinéma n°645 - May 2009

This issue of Cahiers du Cinéma focuses heavily on the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, including interviews with directors such as Francis Coppola (on his film *Tetro*) and Marco Bellocchio (*Vincere*). It also provides critical reviews of several films premiering at Cannes, including *Vengeance* by Johnnie To, *Étreintes brisées* by Pedro Almodóvar, and *Visage* by Tsai Ming-liang. A significant portion of the magazine is dedicated to the Nouvelle Vague movement, examining its impact through interviews with Isabelle Huppert, Alain Resnais, Mia Hansen-Løve, and Pedro Almodóvar and featuring documents from the Cahiers archives from 1958-59. The magazine also includes a critical dossier covering films such as *Looking for Eric* by Ken Loach, *La Femme sans tête* by Lucretia Martel, and *United Red Army* by Koji Wakamatsu, alongside reports from New York and a review of a book on Hiroshima. Finally, the first part of the magazine's "Atlas du Cinéma 2009" offers an overview of film production in various European and Middle Eastern countries.