The Great Return to the Glory of the Cannes Film Festival in France

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I’m back again in the South of France for the Cannes Film Festival, and it feels so good. I had to skip last year as I just couldn’t afford to make the trip, and I really missed it. So I told myself I’d be back again this year, and here I am. There’s just something about this place, a magic in the Mediterranean air that is almost tangible. There’s so much history here, but right now I’m here, I’m a part of it. When I was mirroring Roger Ebert’s book a few years ago (see “Two Weeks in the South of France” posts from 2014) there is a section where he talks about going out to Francis Ford Coppola’s boat after the Apocalypse Now premiere. That’s the kind of history that hangs over this festival, but it’s actually inspiring and exciting, not overwhelming. ›››

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