Shot in New Orleans and Louisiana, the film stars Cage as the Elvis-like Sailor, an ex-prisoner who is recently released from prison and reunites with the love of his life, Lula, played by Laura Dern. , who ran away in Lynch's 'Blue Velvet'.
The problem in their lives continues to be Lula's notorious mother (played by Dern's real-life mother Diane Ladd), who sends hitmen and spies onto Sailor and Lula's street to bring them back. According to Deadline, the film also stars Willem Dafoe, Crispin Glover, Harry Dean Stanton, Blue Velvet actress and former Lynch partner Isabella Rossellini, and Twin Peaks heroines Sherilyn Fenn and Gracie Zabriskie.
'Wild at Heart' received an Oscar nomination for Diane Ladd (Dern's mother) in Supporting Actress. The Cannes Film Festival is paying tribute to longtime addict director David Lynch, who won the Palme d'Or for Wild at Heart in 1990 and served as jury president in 2002, Deadline reports .
Condoling the visionary director's passing, the Cannes Festival statement on Instagram said, “We are extremely saddened to hear the news of the passing of David Lynch. He was a unique and visionary artist whose work changed cinema in a way few would know. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes in 1990 for Cellar and Lula (Wild at Heart), then in 2001 for Mulholland Drive. Winner of the Prix de la Mise en Scène (Best Director), he brilliantly presided over the jury in 2002.” “He leaves behind a rare and timeless body of work whose films will continue to nourish our imagination and inspire all who seek cinema as an art capable of evoking the inexplicable,” the statement said, as reported by Deadline. Let's see.” The filmmaker's family announced the director's demise through a Facebook post on Thursday. (ANI)
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