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The Cannes Film Festival has seen some
fireworks onscreen but is starting to lack power
where it matters most: at the generators. French
workers are striking one of the nation's powersuppliers and power is being cut throughout
Cannes grid by grid. So far, they've spared the
main buildings where the festival is held. Butmarket screenings throughout the city have beencancelled here and there. Other stores -- like
FNAC, an electronics store deluged with festgoers
both day and night -- were turning people awayas recently as one hour ago. It's a 24 hour strike
and should end some time tonight, hopefully without affecting the black tie premiere of PedroAlmodovar's "Broken Embraces," which received a ho-hum reception from critics this morning.
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Michael Giltz: Cannes 2009: Liberty, Egalite, But No Electricty!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-giltz/cannes-2009-liberty-egali_b_205129.html [6/23/2009 5:59:25 PM]
Strikes are no stranger to Cannes. One year, people were lining up to empty every ATM in sight of
cash because the security guards who guard the people who bring the cash to the ATMs were on
strike. Money was literally becoming scarce. That strike lasted the entire festival.
And anyone foolish enough to travel on Tuesday (like me) faces another strike: rail-workers are
joining countless others nationwide in a 24 hour walk-out to voice their displeasure with FrenchPresident Nicolas Sarkozy. Hey, someone should make a film about all those strikes. Too bad theywon't be able to screen them in Cannes until the strike is over.
Still think Cannes is glamorous? Check out this unidentified reporter who is writing a story while
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Cannes 2009: Liberty, Egalite, But
No Electricty!
Read More: Cannes , Cannes Electricity , Cannes Film
Festival, Cannes Power , Power Outage , Strike , Entertainment News
The Cannes Film Festival has seen some
fireworks onscreen but is starting to lack power
where it matters most: at the generators. French
workers are striking one of the nation's powersuppliers and power is being cut throughout
Cannes grid by grid. So far, they've spared the
main buildings where the festival is held. Butmarket screenings throughout the city have beencancelled here and there. Other stores -- like
FNAC, an electronics store deluged with festgoers
both day and night -- were turning people awayas recently as one hour ago. It's a 24 hour strike
and should end some time tonight, hopefully without affecting the black tie premiere of PedroAlmodovar's "Broken Embraces," which received a ho-hum reception from critics this morning.
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Michael Giltz: Cannes 2009: Liberty, Egalite, But No Electricty!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-giltz/cannes-2009-liberty-egali_b_205129.html [6/23/2009 5:59:25 PM]
Strikes are no stranger to Cannes. One year, people were lining up to empty every ATM in sight of
cash because the security guards who guard the people who bring the cash to the ATMs were on
strike. Money was literally becoming scarce. That strike lasted the entire festival.
And anyone foolish enough to travel on Tuesday (like me) faces another strike: rail-workers are
joining countless others nationwide in a 24 hour walk-out to voice their displeasure with FrenchPresident Nicolas Sarkozy. Hey, someone should make a film about all those strikes. Too bad theywon't be able to screen them in Cannes until the strike is over.
Still think Cannes is glamorous? Check out this unidentified reporter who is writing a story while
balancing his laptop on a motorcycle parked along the main Croissette.
Queen And Anne
Hathaway's White
Queen: FIRST LOOK
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Exclusive: My Neigbor, My
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On Rwanda (Video)
Coming to Cannes is usually a
no-brainer for any film that gets
invited. But for film-maker AnneAghion, accepting an invitation to
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All charismatic, powerful men
ruthlessly destroy other people'slives as they cheer on "Vincere!"
Karin Badt: Cannes 2009:The Underside of the
Philippines
What I want to show in my film isthe abuse of power; the police are
like god. They can butcher
people. I don't expect people tolike the film, but I want them to
think about it after they go to bed.
Karin Badt: Catherine
Breillat on a Yacht at
Cannes: "Great Directors"
PartyBreillat thinks the French don't
like her because she makes films
where its women, not men, whoare talking about sex.
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