Cannes Man
About the Film
The Cannes Film Festival. It’s where deals get made, producers get laid, and stars get paid. It’s where all the movie industry meets to buy and sell all the movies on the planet.
And it’s where the art of the deal can be filled with more laughs than the deal itself. Sy Lerner is the quintessential movie producer, when he makes a bet that he can take any kid off the street and turn him into a superstar overnight using the universal language of the festival: hype. He meets Frank Rhinoslavsky ad turns him into ‘Frank Rhino, one of the hottest screenwriters to hit Cannes since Faulkner and Hemingway’.
It’s not long before celebrities and producers are lining up to meet this hot young star. Dennis Hopper, Treat Williams, Johnny Depp, John Malkovich and more, all want to meet the ‘next Quentin Tarantino’. Sy charms them with his own particular blend of hype and substance, and by the end of the festival, has lined up one of the great casts of all time.
But Sy Lerner still has a few tricks up his sleeve for his wife, Frank Rhino and the myriad of people that have invested in this nonexistent, non-scripted film. He drops dead. And all the money the invested in his film goes up in smoke.
But in the end, Sy Lerner has pulled the ultimate con, making him truly the one and only, ‘Cannes Man’.
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp appears as Himself.
Cast & Crew
Cast
Sy LernerSeymour Cassel
Frank ‘Rhino’ RhinoslavskyFrancesco Quinn
Rebecca LernerRebecca Broussard
HimselfJohnny Depp
HimselfTreat Williams
CameoJim Jarmusch
HerselfLara Flynn Boyle
HimselfJames Brolin
HimselfNino Cerruti
Cameo appearanceJon Cryer
Kitty MonacoAnn Cusack
French ActorMarc Duret
