Posted on 27/05/06
Seriousness, sexiness and silliness
CANNES, FRANCE -- The Cannes International Film Festival is probably the only event on Earth that can comfortably combine the high seriousness of French and Italian existentialism, the tacky chic of Hugh Hefner and Ivana Trump, the impressive restraint of Turkish cinema, the blunderbuss of Hollywood marketing (The Da Vinci Code, Marie-Antoinette) and the subtle pleasures of a 75-year-old actress (Gena Rowlands) making her screenwriting debut.
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