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Cannes got it wrong this year by awarding Cristian Mungiu's very moderate Fjord Palme d'Or

Most Cannes prizewinning films felt moderate, with Fjord exemplifying European themes using a Hollywood star without delivering illuminating insight.

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A year in hospital and 90% lung damage: how Andrey Zvyagintsev survived Covid and came back to Cannes

His films have been hailed as damning allegories of the Russian population's apathy in the face of state oppression. Yet when director Andrey Zvyagintsev learned of his country's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he too was paralysed, and literally so. A severe infection with Covid-19 had left the film-maker stranded at a clinic in Hanover, Germany, struggling to breathe with 90% lung damage and unable to move or feel his limbs for several months.

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Cannes got it wrong this year by awarding Cristian Mungiu's very moderate Fjord Palme d'Or

A year in hospital and 90% lung damage: how Andrey Zvyagintsev survived Covid and came back to Cannes

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