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The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing in France this week after opening ceremonies, and the first wave of screenings made a bit of a splash yesterday. Today, there is some news about Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz, who is premiering his latest pic at the festival, “Mariner of the Mountain,” in the Special Screenings section.

Adam Driver got so bored during a five-minute standing ovation at Cannes that he started smoking a cigarette. The actor was attending at the premiere of his new musical film Annette, in which he stars alongside Marion Cotillard.

An angry comedian fails to “kill it” with his audience, a breathy opera singer dies on stage every night, their torrid affair is a whirlwind of sex and romance, their prodigious child is presented as a creepy puppet, and their collective love may be torn apart by the abyss of fame. Qui, “Annette,” is another weird, dreamy, surreal vision from French maverick filmmaker Leos Carax (“Holy Motors,” “Pola X”).

There was an exciting reunion at the Louis Vuitton Parfum Dinner on Monday night (July 5) at Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, France.

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Amy Robach is wasting no time enjoying her well-earned relaxation after an action-packed holiday in Chamonix, France.The Good Morning America star swapped her hiking boots for a pretty sundress as she shared a loved-up selfie with her husband Andrew Shue during their picturesque stop in Lake Como.MORE: Amy Robach supported by fans after criticism of ageAmy looked gorgeous as she cuddled up to her hubby in a purple sundress, which she accessorised with a large-brimmed hat and designer

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentParis-based Eurozoom has snapped up French distribution rights to “The King of All the World,” a musical drama directed by “Carmen’s” Carlos Saura and lit by “Apocalypse Now” cinematographer Vittorio Storaro.The deal follows on a private screening of “The King…” by sales agent Latido Films, held for European distributors in a Madrid cinema theater.

Ann-Marie Corvin Belgian actor Lubna Azabal, who appeared in Oscar nominated films “Paradise Now” and “Incendies,” and French actor Slimane Dazi, who appeared in Oscar nominated “A Prophet” and Palme d’Or contender “Only Lovers Left Alive,” have joined the cast of Shariff Nasr’s buzzy feature debut “El Houb” (“The Love”).Azabal, 47, ages up to play the role of the protagonist’s elderly mother in the film, which charts a son’s coming out journey to his Moroccan-Dutch family.As previously

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDekanalog, a new theatrical and digital distribution company, has acquired all U.S. rights to Chloé Mazlo’s feature debut “Skies of Lebanon” with Alba Rohrwacher (“Happy as Lazarro”).

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe Cannes Film Festival will close its 74th edition with “OSS 117: From Africa With Love,” the third opus of the spy spoof franchise headlined by Oscar-winning actor Jean Dujardin (“The Artist”). The movie is directed by Nicolas Bedos, the popular French director whose last film, “La Belle Epoque,” world premiered out of competition at Cannes in 2019.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNo doubt playing a serial killer could really mess with one’s psyche. Just ask Tahar Rahim.The actor portrays real-life 1970s French murderer Charles Sobhraj in Netflix’s eight-episode “The Serpent.” When they first began shooting, he thought he was able to leave the work behind him when he went home at the end of the day.

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