70th Cannes Film Festival: Colin Farrell front and centre

The fact that Alien: Covenant starring Michael Fassbender and Dunkirk with Cillian Murphy have given the landmark 70th Cannes Festival the flick means that another prolific Irishman, Colin Farrell, will be front and centre stage at the world’s most prestigious festival—in two films, no less, writes Helen Barlow.

In 2015 when Colin Farrell came to Cannes with The Lobster, everyone thought that his appearance in the second season of True Detective was the big thing on his agenda. Yet The Lobster, by Greek absurdist filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, became Farrell’s big success, invigorating his career.