Palme d'Or of the Cannes Film Festival.

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The question was on the agenda of the Cannes Film Festival board on Tuesday.

Initially scheduled from May 11 to 22, the 74th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival has been postponed from Tuesday July 6 to Saturday July 17, 2021, the organizers announced on Twitter.

This 2021 edition, postponed due to the health crisis, promises to be particularly rich.

Selectors will be spoiled for choice as many films have had to postpone their release due to theatrical closures.

Benedetta

by Paul Verhoeven with Virginie Efira on an Italian lesbian nun,

Annette,

musical film by Leos Carax with Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver or even

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by Wes Anderson carried by Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro hope to be part of the selection.

The arrival and the rise of the steps of the international teams is suspended in the health context.

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