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    Stubborn? Arrogant? Irrelevant? The 2018 Cannes Film Festival weathers the storm

    by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times May 09, 2018 4 minutes

    CANNES, France - In May 1968, Jean-Luc Godard and a few of his French New Wave contemporaries famously brought the Festival de Cannes to a halt, an act of solidarity with striking students and workers who were taking France by storm.

    Fifty years later, Godard still looms large at Cannes, quite literally. The official poster for the 71st festival is graced with the immortal image of Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina kissing in the director's 1965 classic, "Pierrot le Fou." This year, the 87-year-old Godard will probably limit his disruptive gestures to the unveiling of his new movie, "The Image Book," which promises to shake up the main competition; it's said to be a characteristically unorthodox reflection on the modern Arab world.

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