American movies are among the leading candidates for the biggest award at the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or. Others got booed. The prize for worst reception so far goes to “The Last Face” directed by Sean Penn. The movie star-director-political activist attempts a story about the romantic and humanitarian struggles of two aid workers in Liberia. It stars Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem. Some critics wonder why the film centers on their relationship instead of the horrors faced by the local people they are supposed to help. Benjamin Lee of the Guardian online writes, “This is not a film about Penn helping people, it’s a film to show how much he wants to be seen helping people.” The movie was severely panned on Twitter after its Cannes debut. Tweets described “The Last Face” as racist, “transcendentally bad” and “a chore to sit through.” Joachim Kurz tweeted “The Last Face feels like competition in suffering. Who suffers most: Theron? Bardem? The Refugees? Or maybe the viewers?”
Title: Pans and Praise at 2016 Cannes Film Festival
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/cannes_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Pans and Praise at 2016 Cannes Film Festival' data-article-id='1547'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8938'>American movies are among the leading candidates for the biggest award at the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or. </span> <span data-start-time='8938' data-end-time='11229'>Others got booed.</span> <span data-start-time='11229' data-end-time='21146'>The prize for worst reception so far goes to “The Last Face” directed by Sean Penn.</span> <span data-start-time='21146' data-end-time='34875'>The movie star-director-political activist attempts a story about the romantic and humanitarian struggles of two aid workers in Liberia.</span> <span data-start-time='34875' data-end-time='40375'>It stars Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem.</span> <span data-start-time='40375' data-end-time='51917'>Some critics wonder why the film centers on their relationship instead of the horrors faced by the local people they are supposed to help.</span> <span data-start-time='51917' data-end-time='65333'>Benjamin Lee of the Guardian online writes, “This is not a film about Penn helping people, it’s a film to show how much he wants to be seen helping people.”</span> <span data-start-time='65333' data-end-time='70896'>The movie was severely panned on Twitter after its Cannes debut.</span> <span data-start-time='70896' data-end-time='80979'>Tweets described “The Last Face” as racist, “transcendentally bad” and “a chore to sit through.”</span> <span data-start-time='80979' data-end-time='87417'>Joachim Kurz tweeted “The Last Face feels like competition in suffering.</span> <span data-start-time='87417' data-end-time='94750'>Who suffers most: Theron? Bardem? The Refugees? Or maybe the viewers?”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/cannes_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=6217 data-hint-location='8938' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/what_does_booed_mean.m4a'>What does booed mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to show dislike of something by shouting'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/surpassingly.m4a'><span>surpassingly</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/to_show_dislike_of_something_by_shouting.m4a'><span>to show dislike of something by shouting</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/to_produce_light.m4a'><span>to produce light</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/love_between_two_people.m4a'><span>love between two people</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=6218 data-hint-location='11229' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/which_directors_film_did_not_receive_good_reviews.m4a'>Which director's film did not receive good reviews?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Sean Penn'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/wes_anderson.m4a'><span>Wes Anderson</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/ron_howard.m4a'><span>Ron Howard</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/sean_penn.m4a'><span>Sean Penn</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/steven_spielberg.m4a'><span>Steven Spielberg</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=6219 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/american_movies_are_candidates_for_awards_at_the_cannes__blank__festival.m4a'>American movies are candidates for awards at the Cannes <span class='blank'>film</span> Festival.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='film'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/film.m4a'><span>film</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/television.m4a'><span>television</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/art.m4a'><span>art</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1076/music.m4a'><span>music</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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