Opening of the Cannes Film Festival, ambitions and contradictions of a world in images and in movement

Opening of the Cannes Film Festival ambitions and contradictions of

Even before the opening of the Cannes Film Festival, this Tuesday evening, May 16, the first controversies are already stirring the Croisette: Johnny Depp, Maïwenn, Adèle Haenel… Among the 21 films in competition, seven were directed by women, including a Franco-Senegalese and a Tunisian. At first glance, no major political manifesto in sight for the Palme d’Or, but the biggest film event in the world will inevitably be overtaken by the great challenges and upheavals of our time.

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