there are the years to be disappointing or very disappointing, and the good years. The 72nd edition of the Cannes film Festival will be remembered for the excellent standard of the official competition. But the track record is it the reflection? Not so sure. Chaired by the mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, who spoke about «an incredible selection» at the closing ceremony, the jury has had to live in intense discussions to reach a result. The presence of directors confirmed (Pawel Pawlikoswski, Yorgos Lanthimos, Kelly Reichardt, Robin Campillo and Alice Rohrwacher) has certainly helped to recognize one of their own for the palme d’or: the Korean Bong Joon-ho, director of Parasite , that all the world was winning.

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«The jury is emerging from the shadows an actress that nobody had noticed it in this movie of Jessica Hauser filmed with a fish-eye died in a coldness widespread.»

If the supreme award puts everyone in agreement, the other prices are more puzzling, or even absurd. Starting with the prix d’interprétation féminine given to Emily Beecham, role- …

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