Cannes 2024: The Second Act, An Unfinished Film and Wild Diamond

"Last year, as you know, we had a few polemics," admitted Cannes General Delegate Thierry Fremaux at the opening of the 77th edition on Tuesday. "This year we decided to host a festival without polemics to make sure that the main interest for us all to be here is cinema." With ignorance this willful, you have to laugh. Cannes has gotten so used to sweeping its problems under the rug that no one seems to know when, how, or if the Sous les Écrans la Dèche strike--which would affect some 200 proj...