Cannes has never been a place to shy away from politics. It's not enough that official competition entry Melancholia's �director Lars Von Trier stirred things�up Wednesday�by singling out Hitler and Nazis for his admiration forcing the Festival to ask for an apology,�the last couple of days have also seen�Presidential politics�creep into the fest lineup in a very prominent way with eyebrow-raising�equal opportunity disses thrown at President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in two very different films screening�in the official selection.
Before the Festival began on May 11 we reported rampant rumors that Sarkozy might be attending�the Cannes kickoff�since his wife, Carla Bruni� was appearing in the�opening night�film selection, Midnight In Paris. As it turned out neither showed on the red carpet but Wednesday Sarkozy finally made his debut in Cannes -- sort of. The night's main event, an out of competition premiere showing of The Conquest launched the nationwide start of what can only be described as a french Primary Colors (a veiled story of Bill Clinton). Unlike that movie this one about the rise to power of French President Nicolas Sarkozy� was not even thinly disguised, using real names and actors who look exactly like the real-life players.� Sarkozy cannot be very happy with this portrait which paints him as a master manipulator who was ... Read More »
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