Cannes Film Festival goes epic to make up for lost time
This year’s event was packed with more films after the pandemic rained on the parade of last year’s festival
15 July 2021 - 19:15
The only things powerful enough to stop the Cannes Film Festival from happening in its 75-year history were World War 2 — the inaugural edition in 1939 was cancelled after Hitler’s invasion of Poland, putting the festival on ice until 1946; May 1968 — protests were made by a number of participants in solidarity with the popular uprisings sweeping France; and 2020, when Covid-19 put paid to the usually much-anticipated gathering of glamorous stars and directors on the famous Boulevard de Croisette in the French Riviera. ..
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