The Cannes Film Festival said that its closing ceremony on Saturday evening will go ahead as planned despite the massive power outage that reduced electricity in Cannes and through the south of France in the Marimis.
All events of other scheduled festivals, including the Darden brothers press conferences Little mothers And Martin Borulonon 13 days and 13 nights He was to go ahead.
The festival said in a statement.
“However, Cineum offers have been temporarily suspended and will resume once energy restores.”
The closing ceremony of the Cannes Festival is scheduled to start at 6.40 pm local time (9.40 am), where critics expect the prizes of Jokim Terr Emotional valueJaafar Banahi It was just an accident And Mascha Schilinski's The sound of the fall Among other things. Get out of their expectations here.
The staff of the pluscinemaz.comon the ground stated that the electricity came out through the Cannes Festival at about 10 am local time (1 in the morning). The lights were parked in stores and restaurants, which could only take cash payments. Cash insurance was a challenge, because the ATMs were also in a non -communication mode.
Traffic signals also decreased, causing crowding on the roads. The Internet is also affected by famous applications such as uninterrupted WhatsApp.
In addition to the Palais Des festivals, there are still a number of large hotels along the Croisette also thanks to the generators, although it was not clear on the time it could continue to provide electricity.
Press conference for Kelly Richardt The mastermind, With the director and members of the actors team Josh Okunor and Paul Mescal, they advanced as planned at 10.15 am local time.
“The spotlight came out through the Cannes Festival but in the palace, the lights are illuminated. It worked as usual, and the morning press conference went with Kelly Richard without any obstacle.”
“It is a wide city. Prada is closed. Many stores are dark. You can only use money in gift stores in it. Everything is dark.”
Radio France reported Radio information that 160,000 families in the region were affected by the interruption that resulted from the fall of the energy line.
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