From 1939 to 1972, every film being selected by its own country of origin, the Cannes Film Festival was a diplomatic ballet and the object of much wider issues than a cinema screen. Post-war, cold war, wars of independence, muffled propaganda ... this historical documentary approaches a Festival under influence and sheds light on controversies that have remained in the blind spot
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