After a year off, Leos Carax should have punters at each others’ throats – and Wes Anderson will boost the blood sugar
So, after its unprecedented break last year, Cannes is back, like Euro 2020, although this is, of course, a whole new set of fixtures. Last year’s notionally selected films were simply allowed out on to the world’s streaming platforms with the #Cannes2020 kitemark. At first glance, the big losers this year would appear to be the Britons. The French government has already banned UK nationals from coming to France on account of the Indian variant (although exemptions for UK festival delegates are reportedly being negotiated) and there are no British directors or movies in competition, although British production funds have gone into some and Andrea Arnold’s new film is showing in the inaugural Cannes Premieres section.
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