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Cannes Film Festival Continues with Surprises
The Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard section, the second most prestigious at the festival, has seen a directorial debut by Jordan Firstman that received thunderous applause. Another film, 'The Birthday Party,' starring Monica Bellucci and Benoit Magimel, is also generating buzz.
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Variety
It was Un Certain Regard, the second most prestigious section at the Cannes Film Festival, that brought arguably the event’s biggest surprise hit this year. Jordan Firstman’s directorial debut “Club Kid,” which played to thunderous applause on the first Friday of the festival, was acquired by a whop
2026-05-22 18:33 UTC
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About 11 days ago the 79th Cannes Film Festival opened with a lighthearted French comedy, The Electric Kiss. That indicated to me they were getting the fun stuff out of the way in order to go really dark for the next 10 days. That has been pretty much the case, so it’s not surprising that [
2026-05-22 18:54 UTC