 The 75th Cannes Film Festival kicked off Tuesday with an eye turned to Russia's war in Ukraine and a live satellite video address from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who called on a new generation of filmmakers to confront dictators as Charlie Chaplin satirised Adolf Hitler.
After tributes and musical numbers, Zelenskyy was streamed live for the formally attired audience who had gathered for the premiere of Michel Hazanavicius' zombie comedy 바카라Final Cut."Â
Zelenskyy, dressed in his signature olive green shirt, drew a thunderous standing ovation and spoke at length about the connection between cinema and reality. He referenced films like Francis Ford Coppola's 바카라Apocalypse Now바카라 and Charlie Chaplin's 바카라The Great Dictator바카라 as not unlike Ukraine's present circumstances.
Zelenskyy quoted Chaplin's final speech in 바카라The Great Dictator,바카라 which was released in 1940, in the early days of World War II: 바카라The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people.바카라Â
바카라We need a new Chaplin who will demonstrate that the cinema of our time is not silent,바카라 implored Zelenskyy.Â
The Ukrainian president pushed filmmakers not to 바카라stay silent바카라 while hundreds continue to die in Ukraine, the largest war in Europe since WWII, and show that cinema 바카라is always on the side of freedom.바카라Â
The war is to be a regular presence in Cannes, where the festival has barred Russians with ties to the government from attending this year.Â
Set to screen are several films from prominent Ukrainian filmmakers, including Sergei Loznitsa's documentary 바카라The Natural History of Destruction.바카라 Footage shot by Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius before he was killed in Mariupol in April will also be shown by his fiancĂ©e, Hanna Bilobrova.
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