74th Cannes Film Festival: "There was a low representation of non-European cinemas"

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The jury of the 74th Cannes film festival poses on the red carpet, before the closing evening, Saturday July 17, 2021. Spike Lee, president of the jury, surrounded on his left by Mélanie Laurent, Tahar Rahim, Mylene Farmer and Kleber Mendonca Filho, and to her right, Mati Diop, Jessica Hausner, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Song Kang-ho.

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By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow

9 mins

The 74th Cannes Film Festival ended last night with the awarding of the Palme d'Or to the film

Titane

 by French director Julia Ducournau.

A festival not quite like the others this year since it took place in the middle of summer, and after two years of absence, still against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cannes remained Cannes despite the pandemic?

Jean-Michel Frodon, professor at Sciences Po and film critic at

Slate

and

AOC Medias,

is our guest.  

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► To read also: The Palme d'Or for “Titane”, a monster film by Julia Ducournau, second director in the history of the Cannes Film Festival

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