MAD MAX « FURIOSA » ON THE ROAD OF THE CANNES FESTIVAL MARKET MAY 15, 2024
Nine years after the film whirlwind of Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller, Australian visionary of production, script and production, orchestrated a triumphal return to the international scene with Furiosa: a Mad Max saga. This latest opus, long-awaited, prepares to illuminate the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in a glitter of glory, marking a new era for one of the most emblematic sagas of modern cinema. On Wednesday, 15 May, in the prestigious writing of the Grand Théâtre Lumière at the Palais des Festivals, a gala session will be held outside the competition to conduct the red carpet for Furiosa. This exceptional moment will see the starry presence of Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, and Tom Burke, the leading trio of this new adventure, who promises to be as exciting as innovative. Diving into the depths of Furiosa's origins, a character who became iconic as soon as he appeared on Mad Max: Fury Road – a work celebrated and crowned with multiple Oscars – this chapter offers a new face to the saga. Anya Taylor-Joy brilliantly embodies a young Furiosa, determined to return home, navigating through the dangers of a post-apocalyptic world populated by armed bands and ruthless deserts. George Miller, in a statement tinted with emotion and passion, shared his enthusiasm: « Carrying Furiosa on screen was a dream fed for more than a decade. The Cannes Film Festival, with its prestige and love for bold cinema, is the ideal place to present this epic to the international public. Miller, including wire


