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Elsa Keslassy
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Virisa Yong for Variety Minutes after unveiling a lineup dominated by European auteurs for Cannes’ 79th edition, festival chief Thierry Frémaux was hit with a barrage of questions about Hollywood’s absence. This year’s roster features a nearly unprecedented number of French-language films and, for now, one single American filmmaker — Ira Sachs — in competition. That could still evolve, however, as Frémaux confirmed to Variety he is hoping to add James Gray’s crime drama “Paper Tiger,” which stars Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver and Miles Teller, at a later stage.
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