Elemental Director Gets Cannes Standing Ovation
If you’ve been following along with MickeyBlog this week, you’ll know that the Cannes Film Festival has just concluded. One of the moving moments of the past week happened at the premiere of the upcoming Pixar release Elemental which closed the fest.
The movie uses the different elements: fire, water, earth, and air to tell a story about how opposites attract. The film proved such a hit with Cannes attendees that it received a five-minute standing ovation from the audience. According to Variety, there were tears from some of the audience members as the credits rolled for Elemental which at its heart is a story about inclusion and how our differences make us stronger.
You can check out the moving Cannes moment when Elemental director Peter Sohn reacted to the applause below:
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Elemental director Paul Sohn said, “My heart is about to explode” when there was a break in the applause. He continued, “This film has been about the richness of diversity. Our lives are better when there are different points of view.”
Elemental was the closing night film at the Cannes Film Festival and was preceded by an hour-long awards ceremony with the Palme D’Or was awarded to Justine Triet‘s “Anatomy of a Fall” and the Grand Prix was given to Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Silence.”
We are mere weeks away from the opening of Disney/Pixar’s latest film. Elemental is slated to arrive in theaters on June 16, 2023. The film tells the story of a world inhabited by elements. Some of these characters blend well together while others don’t. The film explores the friendship between Ember (a fire elemental) and Wade, (a water elemental.) Though these two are very different, Ember is quick-witted and strong while Wade is sentimental and fun-loving, the two elements discover that they actually have a lot in common!
Sohn drew inspiration from some classic films when coming up with the concept for Elemental but they aren’t what you’d expect. Sohn said that Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Moonstruck and Amelie inspired the film!
The voice cast for the film includes Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Catherine O’Hara.
You can check out the latest trailer for the film below:
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Source: Variety