The Cannes Film Festival celebrates its 77th edition from 14 to 25 May. Strikes mark first day of the festival, as the Collective Sous Les Écrans, La Dèche, called all those involved in the event. teleSUR
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00:00 Le Cam's Film Festival celebrates its 77th edition from 14th to 25th May,
00:06 again turning the luxurious French town into the epicentre of the 7th art in the competition for the Palme d'Or.
00:13 For 12 days, more than 35,000 people from different countries around the world
00:22 will attend the festival screenings and walk through the aisles of the Maché du Film.
00:27 In addition to representing films with a more independent presence,
00:31 the event is also the most important festival of the European film industry.
00:36 The official programme for Cannes 2024 has revealed new details, images and trailers of the most anticipated films to be seen,
00:45 including 19 films from the official competition, the festival's most eye-catching section.
00:51 The world's most important film festival rolls out the red carpet for better-known filmmakers such as the American director Francis Ford Coppola,
01:00 who will present his film Megalopolis.
01:02 [Music]
01:18 Time stop!
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02:09 The film is about an ambitious science fiction story,
02:13 starring Adam Driver as an idealistic architect on a mission to rebuild New York after a cataclysmic disaster,
02:20 whose project clashes with the wishes of the corrupt mayor played by Giancarlo Esposito.
02:25 [Music]
02:30 Another film in the competition for the Palme d'Or is Kinds of Kindness by Greek director Georgos Lantimous,
02:37 in which he again directs the American Emma Stone in a triptych fable that tells three stories.
02:43 That of a trapped man who tries to take control of his own life,
02:47 of a policeman terrified because his wife, who had disappeared at sea, has returned and looks like someone else,
02:55 and of a woman determined to find someone with a special gift, destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
03:02 The moment of truth.
03:04 [Music]
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03:39 Isn't it wonderful?
03:41 [Music]
03:43 This year's Cannes jury will be shared by director Greta Gerwisch, author of the hit film Barbie,
03:50 who will award the top prize on May 25 to the successor of Anatomy of a Fall,
03:55 from French director Justin Triet, winner of last edition's honor.
04:00 [Music]
04:09 This context protest for better working conditions also marked the start of the Cannes Film Festival.
04:14 In a communiqué published on Monday, the collective Sources les Écrins La Dèche launched a strike
04:20 called for all those involved in the Cannes Festival and its parallel sections
04:24 due to the increase of precautionness in the sector.
04:27 The aim is to protest against the tightening of the rules of access to unemployment benefits
04:32 decreed by the government of French President Emmanuel Macron,
04:35 which according to the collective leaves festival collaborators
04:39 who before the reform could apply for unemployment benefits without so many obstacles defenseless.