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entertainment21 hours ago•22 min saved

Barry Keoghan Reveals Butterfly Jam, Beatles Film, and Directing Ambitions at Cannes

Barry Keoghan discusses Kantemir Balagov’s Butterfly Jam, a Circassian-family drama opening Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in which he plays the father opposite Riley Keough, with Wolfcub Productions’ first feature; the shoot spanned New Jersey and France. He also teases his work on Sam Mendes’ four-film Beatles project as Ringo Starr, hints at directing his own feature someday, and notes balancing indie and larger projects (including Batman Part II).

via Deadline|

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Keoghan Debuts Butterfly Jam at Cannes, Weighs Fatherhood and Directing

Barry Keoghan talks to The Hollywood Reporter at Cannes about Kantemir Balagov’s Butterfly Jam, a Circle of Circassians-in-New Jersey family drama produced by his Wolfcub Productions and premiering in Directors’ Fortnight, with Talha Akdogan and Riley Keough co-starring; he explains the film’s blend of American setting with European sensibilities, his own experiences as a foster-to-father figure, and how fatherhood informs his performance and approach. He also hints at Netflix projects, a Peppering of unreleased future titles, and his long‑standing interest in directing, while confirming his excitement about playing Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes’ Beatles biopics and continuing to balance commercial work with arthouse opportunities.”,

via The Hollywood Reporter|

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Butterfly Jam Unspools a Surreal Immigrant Coming-of-Age Tale

IndieWire’s Cannes review frames Butterfly Jam as Kantemir Balagov’s English-language debut—a surreal, bittersweet immigrant coming‑of‑age drama led by Barry Keoghan as Azik. The film blends intimate Newark family dynamics with strange, fairy‑tale imagery (from insect pastries to a voyeur pelican) to explore legacy, masculinity, and ambition through Azik’s son Temir, ultimately presenting a dreamlike fable about finding strength beyond the past, with a tentative, ambiguous ending. Grade: B‑; currently seeking U.S. distribution.

via IndieWire|

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