The Phoenician Scheme | Cannes Film Festival +… | Little White Lies

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The Phoeni­cian Scheme | Cannes Film Fes­ti­val + Beni­cio Del Toro and Michael Cera

23 May 2025

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On Truth & Movies this week the LWLies team will be talk­ing us through the lat­est from the Cannes Film Fes­ti­val and we spoke to Beni­cio Del Toro and Michael Cera about The Phoeni­cian Scheme.

Join­ing host Leila Latif are David Jenk­ins, Sophie Monks Kauf­man and Ele­na Lazic.

Truth & Movies is the pod­cast from the film experts at Lit­tle White Lies, where along with select­ed col­leagues and friends, they dis­cuss the lat­est movie releas­es. Truth & Movies has all your film needs cov­ered, review­ing the lat­est releas­es big and small, talk­ing to some of the most excit­ing film­mak­ers, keep­ing you across impor­tant indus­try news, and reassess­ing great films from days gone by with the Truth & Movies Film Club.

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