Overview
- Tangles, which premiered Thursday in Cannes’ Special Screenings, drew a seven-minute standing ovation from a packed audience.
- Rights talks are active, with Charades handling international sales, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group overseeing U.S., and an Annecy screening set for June.
- Director Leah Nelson keeps the graphic novel’s feel with mostly black-and-white, hand-drawn animation that uses flashes of color, and she resets the story in 1999 San Francisco and suburban Maine.
- The voice cast includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Abbi Jacobson, Bryan Cranston and Samira Wiley, with producer Seth Rogen in a supporting role.
- Reviews describe a tender, often funny portrait of dementia, and the Rogens’ personal ties to early-onset Alzheimer’s shaped both the film and their emotional night in Cannes.