Penn has rarely seemed as cruddy and crestfallen as he does here, playing a vet paramedic named Gene Rutkovsky who’s only a divorce or two away from tying the late Larry King’s record. Working the night shift in crime-ridden Brownsville
Premiering in competition Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, Black Flies stars Sean Penn as a grizzled veteran paramedic known as “Rut” now on the nighttime beat with rookie partner Cross, played with conviction by Tye Sheridan, as they answer