Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Matthew McConaughey debut steamy Cannes contender.
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STORY:
Nicole Kidman plays an "oversexed Barbie doll" in the hard-hitting murder drama "The Paperboy," which was given the red carpet treatment at the Cannes film festival on Thursday (May 24). Notable for arresting scenes of sex, violence and urination, the adaptation of a Pete Dexter novel has the Australian Oscar winner playing trailer-trash bombshell Charlotte Bless, who is obsessed with a man on death row with whom she exchanges letters. She is drawn into a newspaper investigation of the prisoner, who may have been wrongfully convicted, triggering a frantic series of sexual encounters, humorous exchanges and a dangerous game of violence and death in the Florida swamps. "The Paperboy," which is directed by "Precious" filmmaker Lee Daniels, is one of 22 film competing for the Palme d'Or trophy at the Cannes Film Festival.
STORY:
Nicole Kidman plays an "oversexed Barbie doll" in the hard-hitting murder drama "The Paperboy," which was given the red carpet treatment at the Cannes film festival on Thursday (May 24). Notable for arresting scenes of sex, violence and urination, the adaptation of a Pete Dexter novel has the Australian Oscar winner playing trailer-trash bombshell Charlotte Bless, who is obsessed with a man on death row with whom she exchanges letters. She is drawn into a newspaper investigation of the prisoner, who may have been wrongfully convicted, triggering a frantic series of sexual encounters, humorous exchanges and a dangerous game of violence and death in the Florida swamps. "The Paperboy," which is directed by "Precious" filmmaker Lee Daniels, is one of 22 film competing for the Palme d'Or trophy at the Cannes Film Festival.