Jean-Luc Godard, who died in September, was entitled to a form of posthumous "celebration" Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival. "Godard par Godard" returns --without commentary in voice-over-- on the life of the agitator filmmaker of the New Wave.

The opportunity, through sometimes unpublished images, to see him direct his first feature film, the resolutely innovative "A bout de souffle" The audience included filmmakers Jim Jarmush, Wang Bing (in competition this year with his documentary "Youth") or actress Salma Hayek.