Robert Eggers thanks his passionate collaborators Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe in his FIPRESCI acceptance speech

IONCINEMA recorded Rodrigo Teixeira receiving the FIPRESCI Award for #TheLighthouse during Cannes’ Best Directors’ Fortnight Film. Rodrigo during his acceptance speech plays a recorded message from Robert Eggers where Robert thanks his passionate collaborators Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe. Watch the clip below:

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Robert Pattinson BTS Photo from The Lighthouse

Valeriia Karaman (who plays the mermaid in The Lighthouse) shared this great behind the scenes photo of Rob in character as Ephraim.

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Robert Pattinson photographed in Cannes for The Lighthouse promo

Great portrait by the Deadline photographer Violeta Sofia of Rob during Cannes. Here’s a slightly different cropped version below.

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Robert Pattinson talks The Lighthouse and Career with Ruben V Nepales

Rob sat down with Ruben V Nepales whilst he was promoting The Lighthouse in Cannes. Below is an extract of Rob talking about the film and career choices:

How much did you enjoy the physicality of the role?

It was ridiculous. On the first day, I was digging a grave. It was so cold I couldn’t even get the shovel in (laughs). Robert Eggers loves to make things as difficult and real as possible.

And lifting the oil drum up the staircase, we were literally lifting that sh*t up. I’ve never been more fit in my life. You don’t have to act—the elements are forcing you to be reactive.

Robert Pattinson talks The Lighthouse in Cannes

Rob, Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe talk the pitch of The Lighthouse. Rob says it’s a love story. Click on the photo above to watch or head on over to MyCanal

Robert Pattinson The Lighthouse wins Critics’ Award at Cannes 2019

From Variety:

Robert Eggers’ “The Lighthouse,” with Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, won the Cannes Film Festival critics’ award for best first or second feature in Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week, one of the first prizes for which “The Lighthouse” has been eligible at Cannes.

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The Fipresci honor for “The Lighthouse” marks another plaudit for Eggers, who is rapidly emerging as a major talent in many critics’ view, as well as for one of the best-reviewed of movies in any section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Variety called “The Lighthouse” “darkly exciting” and “made with extraordinary skill,” commenting that “the movie, building on ‘The Witch,’ proves that Robert Eggers possesses something more than impeccable genre skill. He has the ability to lock you into the fever of what’s happening onscreen.”