Set in Franklin, Virginia, in 1931, this is a Prohibition-era tale of a real family, the Bonderants, who became local legends as notorious moonshiners. "Lawless" by John Hillcoat, the first of four American films in the year's competition, premiered this morning. The alarm goes off and it's time to start another festival day by arriving at the Palais at 8:00 am to get a seat for the 8:30 am press screening. Finally, some natural sounds: birds, including the big screeching gulls that fly inland from the waterfront a few blocks away. Then, comes the metallic scrape of dozens of chairs being dragged into place. That's quickly followed by the watery roaring of the street-cleaning machine as it drives up and down the little plaza where the bistro sets up its outdoor tables and chairs. The sounds of Cannes usually begin for me before daylight, when I'm awakened around 5:00 am by the noise of the big motorized awning of the bistro that's directly under my window being rolled down for the day.
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