NOT MUCH ARDOR FOR EL ARDOR AT CANNES

Pablo Fendrik's El Ardor is the third of three alternative Westerns to have screened in Cannes this year, and the third to have been met with middling critical responses. The film stars Alice Braga and Gael Garcia Bernal. You can read up on reviews from David Rooney at The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Debruge at Variety and Alexandra Heeney at The Seventh Row here.