Beachcombing
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VISITORS to the Cannes film festival have come to expect taboos to be broken and cinematic forms to be twisted into new shapes. A typical winner might be a three-hour Turkish adaptation of Chekhov, a Thai journey through reincarnation, or (clutch those pearls) an explicit French romance between two women. The 68th edition of the festival ended on May 24th with many calling it an off-year, but it still had films that could impress, and even shock, with their force and originality.
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