Nicolas Cage’s Sun-Bleached, Rat-Munching Mind-Bender ‘The Surfer’ Makes Waves at Cannes With Six-Minute Standing Ovation
variety.comNicolas Cage was having fun as his new psychological thriller, “The Surfer,” scored a six-minute standing ovation at a Cannes Film Festival midnight screening on Friday night.
Cage appeared to be having a ball, beaming from ear to ear and waving across the room as cheers erupted around the Palais. At one point he took the mic asks how to say “eat the rat” in French — a line from the film — roaring “mangez le rat!” to the delight of the crowd.
He also claimed that he’d asked Thierry Fremaux if “Pig” could screen in Cannes. The film, directed by “Vivarium” helmer Lorcan Finnegan, stars Cage as a man who “returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son, but is humiliated by a group of powerful locals and drawn into a conflict that rises with the punishing heat of the summer and pushes him right to his breaking point.” “The Surfer” also stars Julian McMahon, Nicholas Cassim, Miranda Tapsell, Alexander Bertrand, Justin Rosniak, Rahel Romahn, Finn Little and Charlotte Maggi.
Oscar winner Cage has previously been at Cannes Film Festival for David Lynch’s 1990 romantic crime drama “Wild at Heart,” in which he starred opposite Laura Dern.
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