Hello, and welcome to International Insider, I’m Jake Kanter. As the Cannes Film Festival draws to a close, join me in reflecting on the past week’s film and TV news.
Want to get in touch? I’m on jkanter@deadline.com. And to get this delivered every Friday, sign up here.Testing times: Cannes was inevitably going to have a high-profile brush with coronavirus, and sure enough it came last weekend when we revealed that Léa Seydoux’s attendance was in doubt due to her testing positive in Paris.
She canceled on Wednesday, meaning the Croisette was robbed of its rendezvous with an actress showcasing four features at the fest, including Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and Arnaud Desplechin’s Deception.
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