2025 Cannes Report Part 4: The Past

Reaching back with mixed results: Nouvelle Vague, Sound of Falling, The Mastermind, The History of Sound

May 30, 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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