Emptied of its stars, Cannes returns to normal life after the end of the Festival

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After 15 days of screenings, streets full of cinephiles in tuxedos and evening gowns, and lively discussions around the selection, the Cannes Film Festival ended Sunday evening with the Palme d'Or awarded to Frenchwoman Julia Ducournau for

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On the Croisette, we therefore store the glitter to find the normality of everyday life. 

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On the steps of the Palais des Festivals, only the red carpet and the giant poster of this 74th edition remain.

After the last flashes, everything was taken apart.

In his limousine with tinted windows, this private driver, parked in front of a large hotel, is not sad.

"We're happy. We're going to put on shorts, flip-flops, and Ibiza," he confides, rather relieved.

Because for him, the Festival, "it is a lot of work and a lot of hours of driving and waiting. You have to be patient and put up with the traffic".

"It's a very happy ending"

For Christophe, who has not missed a festival for nine years, the time is also for the end clap and return to Lille.

He spent ten days there and saw forty films.

"In summer, things change, it's really hot, whereas we've had festivals with rain ... It's especially good to go back to the cinema and see people in theaters."

Even if the festival-goers were half as numerous this year, everyone is savoring this return to almost normal life.

As the spotlight goes out in Cannes, no sadness for actor Kad Merad.

"What is good is that there was the festival. It's a very happy ending", assures the famous actor. 

"We will have to start over quickly"

An edition that ends with a smile, therefore, and for the festival team, it is already the start of a new adventure, confirms Thierry Frémaux, general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival.

"Usually, in May, we give ourselves two or three months of peace. But there, we will have to start again quickly," he explains.

"So the Festival continues, and in addition, we will support all these films. It is important to give the public, who do not have the chance to come to Cannes, the opportunity to see these films, and to watch them. see accompanied by the authors, but also by the festival itself. "

And many films from the selection have already been released in theaters.

This is the case of the Palme d'Or

, whose fate changed in Cannes.