'Take Shelter' With Jessica Chastain On The Poster For The 2016 Cannes Critics' Week
Is it too soon to call Jeff Nichols' "Take Shelter" a modern masterpiece? I certainly won't stop anyone who makes that claim, and for the organizers of the Cannes Critics' Week, a parallel event to the Cannes Film Festival, they've decided that the film, which was selected for the 2011 festival, should grace the poster of the 2016 edition.
“To have 'Take Shelter' included really was a career high at the time. I started to believe in the reality of this amazing career trajectory I've been on since 2011. The Nespresso Grand Prize most definitely influenced my career, it elevated both the film, and my reputation as a filmmaker, to a level that would have taken years to achieve through other avenues," Nichols said in a statement.
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The Cannes Critics' Week runs from May 12-20. Read the full press release below.
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