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Wes Anderson addressed Trump’s proposed foreign film tariff at a Cannes press conference for his new film “The Phoenician Scheme,” which screened in competition on Sunday night. The film, which features a sprawling cast of Anderson regulars, shot in Germany.
When asked about the tariffs, Anderson said: “I thought you said he was giving us a plug or something. Did Trump see it?”
He continued: “The tariff is interesting because the 100% tariff, I’ve never heard of a 100% tariff before. I’m not an expert in that area of economics, but I feel that means he’s saying he’s going to take all the money and then what do we what do we get? So it’s complicated to me. Can you hold up the movie in customs? It doesn’t ship that way.”
The film is a droll three-hander, starring Benicio del Toro, Michael Cera and breakout Mia Threapleton, who is the daughter of Kate Winslet. Del Toro plays business magnate Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe and subject of repeated assassination attempts, while Threapleton portrays his estranged daughter, a smoking and alcohol-swilling nun named Sister Liesel. Like Threapleton, Cera is a newcomer to the Anderson troop, playing a duplicitous tutor named Bjorn Lund.
Rounding out the “Phoenician Scheme” cast is Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Riz Ahmed, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Ayoade, Mathieu Amalric, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis and Benedict Cumberbatch, all of whom have starred in at least one previous Anderson feature.
“The Phoenician Scheme” will have a limited theatrical release from Focus Features starting May 30. The film will expand wider June 6.
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