Grand Tour (film)

2024 film by Miguel Gomes

Grand Tour

Directed by| Miguel Gomes
Screenplay by|

* Telmo Churro
* Maureen Fazendeiro
* Miguel Gomes
* Mariana Ricardo

Produced by| Filipa Reis
Starring|

* Gonçalo Waddington
* Crista Alfaiate
* Cláudio da Silva
* Lang Khê Tran
* Jorge Andrade
* João Pedro Vaz
* João Pedro Bénard
* Teresa Madruga
* Joana Bárcia

Cinematography|

* Gui Liang
* Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
* Rui Poças

Edited by|

* Telmo Churro
* Pedro Filipe Marques

Production
companies

* Uma Pedra no Sapato
* Vivo Film
* Shellac Sud
* Cinéma Defacto

Distributed by|

* Uma Pedra no Sapato (Portugal)
* Lucky Red (Italy)
* Shellac Films and Tandem (France)

Release date

* 22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) (Cannes)

Running time

| 129 minutes[1]
Countries|

* Portugal
* Italy
* France

Language| Portuguese

Grand Tour is a 2024 period drama film co-written and directed by Miguel Gomes.[2]

The film premiered on 22 May 2024 at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in its main competition section, where Miguel Gomes won the Best Director award.

## Plot[edit]

In 1918, Rangoon, Burma is a city under British colonial rule. Civil servant Edward abandons his fiancée Molly on the day they are to be married. He flees in a state of melancholy, contemplating Molly's condition. Determined to be married, Molly follows his trail.[3]

## Cast[edit]

* Gonçalo Waddington as Edward[1]
* Crista Alfaiate as Molly
* Cláudio da Silva as Timothy Sanders
* Lang Khê Tran as Ngoc
* Jorge Andrade as Reginald
* João Pedro Vaz as Reverendo Carpenter
* João Pedro Bénard as Horace Seagrave
* Teresa Madruga as Espia
* Joana Bárcia as Lady Dragon
* Jani Zhao as Noiva Chinesa
* Manuela Couto as Mrs. Cooper
* Diogo Dória as Major Brown
* Américo Silva as Comandante Britanico
* Giacomo Leone as Signor Farnese

## Production[edit]

Grand Tour was produced by the Lisbon-based company Uma Pedra No Sapato, in co-production with Italy's Vivo Film and France's Shellac Sud and Cinéma Defacto. In March 2023, Variety reported that the film was shooting in Italy. It also revealed that the film would combine 16 mm film scenes with the images and sounds Gomes captured during a research trip to Asia.[4]

## Release[edit]

Grand Tour was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 22 May 2024.[5]

International sales are handled by The Match Factory.[6]

## Reception[edit]

### Critical response[edit]

On Rotten Tomatoes, Grand Tour holds an approval rating of 81% based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10.[7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 76 out of 100 based on 8 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[8]

### Accolades[edit]

Award  | Date of ceremony  | Category  | Recipient(s)  | Result  | Ref.

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Cannes Film Festival | 25 May 2024 | Palme d'Or | Miguel Gomes | Nominated  | [9]
Best Director | Won  | [10]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Grand Tour". Uma Pedra no Sapato. Archived from the original on 5 May 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
2. ^ Barraclough, Leo (18 April 2024). "Cannes Competition Title 'Grand Tour' Debuts Trailer, Director Miguel Gomes' Next Film to Be 'Savagery' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
3. ^ Raup, Jordan (18 April 2024). "First Trailer for Miguel Gomes' 'Grand Tour, Premiering in Competition at Cannes 2024". Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
4. ^ Barraclough, Leo (10 March 2023). "The Match Factory Debuts First Image From Miguel Gomes' 'Grand Tour' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
5. ^ "The Screenings Guide of the 77th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. 8 May 2024. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
6. ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (10 May 2024). "The Match Factory pins its hopes on four competition titles at Cannes". Cineuropa. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
7. ^ "Grand Tour". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
8. ^ "Grand Tour". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
9. ^ Ntim, Zac (11 April 2024). "Cannes Film Festival Lineup Set: Competition Includes Coppola, Audiard, Cronenberg, Arnold, Lanthimos, Sorrentino & Abbasi's Trump Movie — Full List". Deadline. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
10. ^ Debruge, Peter (25 May 2024). "Cannes Awards: Female-Centered Stories Win Big in Cannes, as Sean Baker's 'Anora' Earns Palme d'Or". Variety. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

## External links[edit]

* Grand Tour at IMDb

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Films directed by Miguel Gomes

* The Face You Deserve (2004)
* Our Beloved Month of August (2008)
* Tabu (2012)
* Arabian Nights (2015)
* Grand Tour (2024)

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