The Cannes Film Festival begins this week and one of the films that is going to debut there will be “Annette,” the movie is helmed by French filmmaker Leos Carax (“Holy Motors“) with a script penned by Carax alongside Ron Mael and Russell Mael, aka The Sparks Brothers, who will also have roles in the film. The siblings were recently the subject of a rock documentary “The Sparks Brothers” directed by Edgar Wright. 

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The contender has a cast consists of two-time Oscar-nominee Adam Driver (“Marriage Story,” “Logan Lucky,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “Silence,” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens“), Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard (“Flesh & Bone,” “Contagion,” “Macbeth,” “La Vie en Rose,” “Inception,” “The Dark Knight Rises“), Rila Fukushima (“The Wolverine,” “Ghost In The Shell“), Simon Helberg (“A Serious Man,” “Big Bang Theory“), and the aforementioned Sparks Brothers. 

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Here’s the official synopsis:

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