‘Fjord’ Starring Sebastian Stan Has Longest Cannes Ovation So Far This Year
Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu‘s latest film, Fjord, starring Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) and Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), had its world premiere in Cannes tonight and received a 12-minute standing ovation.
Fjord marks Mungiu’s English-language debut. In it, the co-stars play a mixed Romanian and Norwegian couple who move to the fjord village where the wife was born with their children. Their planned new life does not go to plan when they come up against a couple with a very different outlook on life.
The film is Mungiu’s first film in three years after 2022 drama R.M.N. The director has competed in Cannes four times, winning the Palme d’Or for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days in 2007, Best Screenplay for Beyond The Hills in 2012 and Best Director for Graduation in 2016.
Neon has already snapped up U.S., Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand rights to the film.
