Cannes can, can you?

(en haut) Paysage de Cagnes-sur-mer

(à gauche) la groupe de DePaul avant un film du festival

(à droite) La mer Mediterranée

(en bas/à gauche) LaJoie comme mannequin 

                                                                                      

                         

Quick listing of the movies we viewed at the Cannes Film Festival this past weekend and some photos of our other activities....

Demain dès l'aube  Denis Dercourt

Logorama  François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain

Altiplano Peter Brossens, Jessica Woodworth

Tengri, Le Bleu du Ciel  Marie Joaul de Poncheville

La ville en panique  Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar

Le Nymphe Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Les Herbes Folles Alain Resnais

We viewed the films at a theater in Cannes LaBocca, not in the Croisette, the center of town where all the stars congregate.  We did not see any stars, but we made stars of ourselves with stunning photo-shoots on the beach.  Madame Brault was not only awesome enough to get us tickets to 7 films in Cannes, including one in competition (whose director won a sort of lifetime achievement award), but she also booked us a hotel on the beach, gave us beach-time in our busy weekend, and even took us to Renoir's house, the Picasso Museum (housed in a house where he did some of his work), some picturesque towns, and 2 classically-Cannes restaurants.  Let's just say that I ate fish with its head still attached on more than one occasion.  

                                                                              

Cannes is beautiful, certainly created to uplift one's spirits.  It made me eager to start my life in southern france next year, as opposed to anxious (a product of Paris' coldness and cosmopolitan attitude).  The people actually allow smiles to break across their faces; perhaps it is a product of sea breezes or southern sunshine.  Regardless, I am all about the prospect of collecting my thoughts among the sea-stones (not many shells) by the seaside when stressed or homesick.  It is a useful remedy, and one that I am more than happy to try out.  

                       We ventured to a market in Cagnes-sur-mer where I found some perfect photo opportunities of the local cuisine and color palette.