Cannes 2023: sad anatomy of a ceremony

by time news

2023-05-27 23:47:57

the 76e edition of the Cannes Film Festival ended with the awarding of the Palme d’Or to director Justine Triet, for her Anatomy of a fall. Valery HACHE, AFP

Started with agreed speeches, the closing evening of the festival ended with a political projection against the pension reform. A sight without emotion.

There were too many movies. There are also too many prices. On the Croisette, a cat would not find her young. The jury, eyes shining like a rabbit in the headlights, did what they could. We imagine that the big game consisted in often looking at his watch in the dark, with the required discretion, many films being as long as a meal with Jim Harrison. Indigestion was near. As usual, it began with the procession of agreed speeches and tartignolles thanks.

The festival teaches us amazing things. It was recalled that this was about “dealing with the human condition”. There was talk of supporting Hungarian female students. The train-train, what. In the emotion, the funny Anaïs Demoustier confused palme d’or and camera d’or. All of this is quite puzzling.

At least we escaped Wang Bing and his endless documentary on Chinese textile workers. Otherwise, the prize list was a plan-plan. Koji Yakusho did not regret having…

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