festival
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The icy, darkly funny drama from Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev was nearly universally praised by critics at the festival.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
The conclusion, a wordless moment between father and daughter set to the strains of Bach played on a broken pipe organ, was the most devastating passage of the entire festival.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Festival supremo Thierry Fremaux stressed that all the juries and the Cannes governing body were gender equal, while the festival alone cannot correct the structural imbalances of the industry.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
It is a microcosm of the world’s society, with one important exception: Nearly everyone attending the festival is well educated.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
If it were up to her, they wouldn’t have acquired it, but it had won all these awards on the film festival circuit, and its absence would have been noticed.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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