Cannes is a casino, the best and worst place to show a film
The Cannes film festival -- the world's greatest movie showcase -- celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. AFP asked actors and directors who made their names at the festival to recount their highs and lows of the star-studded event. - Claude Lelouch - French director Claude Lelouch first attended Cannes in 1959, arriving directly from a military base while on leave. He was denied entry for wearing a uniform and had to sneak in through an emergency exit. He says he picked the right film to see, Marcel Camus' "Black Orpheus", which won the Palme d'Or that year. But his best memory is of winning the Palme d'Or in 1966 for "A Man and A Woman". Cannes is the most beautiful place in the world, and the worst, too, for showing a film," he says. "It's like a casino: you win or you lose." "There is no halfway with Cannes. I've known the worst and the best there, I know what I'm talking about," he added. ...