2025 Cannes Report Part 3: The Personal

Getting intimate: Die My Love, The Phoenician Scheme, Splitsville, Highest 2 Lowest, Sentimental Value

May 29, 2025

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I detected four major through-lines in my nine days and sixteen movies at the Cannes Film Festival: plagues, politics, the personal, and the past.

The films I saw have much more nuance than can be des…

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