At a Cannes Film Festival of big swings and faceplants, real life takes a back seat
by Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times
May 21, 2024
4 minutes
CANNES, France — "Is it too real for ya?" snarls the Gang of Four-soundalike punk band Fontaines D.C. over a thrumming bass line on the soundtrack to "Bird" as we cruise the streets of Gravesend, Kent, east of London. How's this for too real? Piloting an e-scooter is the shirtless, much-tatted Bug, played by Barry Keoghan, last seen in "Saltburn" wearing significantly less. Hanging onto him is 12-year-old Bailey (Nykiya Adams), his daughter from a previous relationship (something of a stretch, age-wise, but sure).
Ever the optimist, Bug is planning to sell the hallucinogenic slime he skims off the back of a toad he's imported from Colorado to fund his imminent wedding to a
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