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76th Cannes Film Festival: The Palm of suspicion and guilt!

At the end of a selection marked by a majority of films dealing with the duality of suspicion / guilt, the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival went to ‘‘Anatomy of a Fall’’, a French family drama which dissects the mechanisms of suspicion (and the resulting guilt) weighing on a wife after the (accidental?) defenestration of her husband. Thus, the director Justine Triet enters the annals of the Croisette for having won the tenth French Palme d’Or and the third for women, 30 years after ‘‘The piano’’ by New Zealander Jane Campion, and two years after ‘‘Titane’’ by his compatriot Julia Ducournau, member of the Jury this year.

Cannes Film festival | “The zone of interest” by Jonathan Glazer: The “banality of evil” transposed to Auschwitz!

Many films dedicated to Nazi horror and the Holocaust have been welcomed, celebrated and rewarded by the Cannes Film Festival. There was, in particular, the tragicomic ‘‘Life is Beautiful’’ by Roberto Benigni (Grand Prix - 1997), the moving and masterful ‘‘The Pianist’’ by Roman Polanski (Palme d’Or - 2002 ), the dark and poignant ‘‘White Ribbon’’ by Michael Haneke (Palme d’Or - 2009) and the atypical and dazzling ‘‘The son of Saul’’ by Laszlo Nemes (Grand Prix - 2015). These...

Cannes Film festival | “Four Daughters” by Kaouther Ben Hania: How does Islamist brainwashing work?

Inspired by the true story of a family drama that shook Tunisia in 2014: that of Olfa Hamrouni and her 4 daughters, two of whom were indoctrinated by ISIS, director Kaouther Ben Hania dazzled the Croisette with her film ‘‘Olfa and her daughters’’ which brilliantly dissects the process of indoctrination through which the Islamists operate their brainwashing on socially and psychologically fragile people. Thanks to a thrilling narration, halfway between documentary and fiction, this film, which is competing for the...

Cannes Film festival | ‘‘Fallen Leaves’’ by Aki Kaurismäki: burlesque and melancholy masterpiece

After 6 years of absence and 17 years of sobriety, the Finnish master Aki Kauriosmaki retraces the steps of his famous ‘‘trilogy of the losers’’ (‘‘Drifting Clouds’’ - 1996 , ‘‘The Man Without a Past’’ - 2002 , ‘‘Lights in the Dusk’’ - 2006). He is competing for the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival with ‘‘Fallen Leaves’’, a poignant and melancholic masterpiece about the shattered destiny of two marginalized people who are desperately trying to sketch out...

Cinema | Maïwenn crashes the opening of the Cannes Film Festival

What is the most inelegant and unforgivable thing Maïwenn has done? Pulling Edwy Plenel's hair out or plunging the opening of the 76th Cannes Film Festival with her insipid and very disappointing “Jeanne du Barry”? This biopic inspired by the life of Louis XV's last favourite, whose flatness contrasts with the pomp and flamboyance of the Versailles setting, unfortunately failed to embody the complex personality of Jeanne du Barry, who was both light-hearted and non-conformist, audacious and clumsy.

Document | War crimes in Nagorno-Karabakh: the testimony of the former director of Humanity & Inclusion

Georges Dallemagne, former director of Humanity & Inclusion, now Belgian federal deputy, has just returned from Nagorno-Karabakh where he carried out an observation mission in the heart of the conflict between the Armenian minority and Azerbaijan. He claims to have observed "war crimes" and confirms the presence of "jihadist mercenaries" dispatched to the scene by Turkey.

Exclusive Video | Exclusive interview with President François Hollande

Five years have passed since the terrorist attacks in Paris, on November 13, 2015. At the time when France commemorates the event and round tribute to the victims of these attacks, President François Hollande, who was in office during these tragic events, granted an exclusive interview to Global Watch Analysis. The former President evokes the memory of the attacks, the pain of the victims and their families and his concern not to fall into the trap set by the terrorists:...