By Brent Lang
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Cannes Film Festival Cannes. The word alone instantly conjures visions of cinema gods and goddesses, decked out in haute couture, ascending the red-carpeted steps of the Palais amidst a flurry of flashbulbs and thousands of screaming fans. But as the festival enters its 79th year, Cannes is looking less star-studded than usual, with the major studios sitting this one out.
Neither summer blockbusters like Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” and Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day,” nor predicted Hollywood awards contenders like Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “Digger” and David Fincher’s “Cliff Booth” will hit the Côte d’Azur. Instead, it will fall to international auteurs like Cristian Mungiu (“Fjord“), Paweł Pawlikowski (“Fatherland”) and Nicolas Winding Refn (“Her Private Hell”) to provide the sizzle.
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