A breath of fresh air has floated through Cannes

Thierry Jobin considers that this 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival will be remembered for "an exemplary prize list and above all a 7th art in search of a new role: having observed the world for so long, it now knows and feels that it is capable of playing a role in it. The victories of the Romanian Cristian Mungiu (Golden Palm) and the Turkish Fatih Akin (Best Screenplay), the sudden globalisation of their 'minor films', are indeed able to break their countries' silences and draw artistic, economic and political attention to them. ... The idea is to weave new social ties and give every community on the planet the opportunity to better understand its history by examining its cinematic past, avoiding the forgetting that leads to wars. Never before has the world of cinema dreamt up a more beautiful utopia."

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