The Cannes Film Festival has finally started. Isabelle Huppert, the president of the jury at this year’s Cannes film festival and the members of the jury have just posed for the Jury Photo Call. Asia was looking absolutely divine! It seems like these months at home, surrounded by the ones she loves, running a radio show with music she loves, and starting to write a new directorial project that’s close to her heart, did wonders for her.
And I have to express my admiration for Isabelle Huppert, a talented actress, who will certainly know how to handle the pressure of choosing a winner and manage the fights and egos. She wisely said: “Perhaps one year we shouldn’t tell the jury who made the films they are watching. Cover their eyes and ears for 10 days.” To her, Cannes is about waiting for the great surprise, the anonymous masterpiece. “Something you least expect. That curiosity and openness, I don’t think Cannes could be any other way. It’s a place that celebrates the intrinsic value of film.”
She hopes Cannes will surprise her. But how do you judge a film? “I don’t think we’re there to judge, we’re there to love films,” she says of the jury. “And that’s the problem. What do we do if we love them all?” She admits the choice of a winning film is totally subjective, and is troubled by the fact that some great films never won prizes. “And how many times have you heard someone say, ‘I really liked that film at that moment in time but I just watched it again and it wasn’t up to it’?” She worries about choosing a winner at Cannes that’s not just good for now but for always. I wish her and the members of the jury much wisdom and good luck with this tough task.
GALLERY LINK:
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