Adapting Denis Johnson, Claire Denis debuts ‘Stars at Noon’
By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
CANNES, France (AP) — Just days removed from finishing her latest film and hours after arriving in Cannes, Claire Denis sits down in a poolside hotel restaurant and warmly pronounces herself “a mess.” Denis’ latest, the Denis Johnson adaptation “Stars at Noon,” has been percolating in her for more than a decade. But the French filmmaker was only compelled to make it after the author’s death in 2017. “Stars at Noon,” starring Margaret Qualley, marks Denis’ first time in the Cannes Film Festival’s competition lineup since your feature film debut “Chocolat” in 1988.
