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Reviewer in Cannes: Suddenly the brutal reality appeared at the world's largest film festival | Movies & Series | DR The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyj, emphasized the power of the film medium during the opening ceremony of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. More or less. First, all sorts of movie stars tumble up the red carpet as they pose for movie fans and photographers. Then a beautiful hostess gives a long speech in French. Then this year's jury is presented - not with noise and roaring applause as in Hollywood, but reverently and respectfully. They are artists, after all. And in France you take the art of film - le cinema! - more seriously than in any other place in the world. But this year something completely new happened. In the middle of the celebration of Film Art with huge F, the brutal reality appeared. Suddenly he was sitting there, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Oleksandrovytj Zelensky, wearing a green army t-shirt. Pale and contorted as usual, but also with a huge surplus and eloquence. Kyiv, which was possibly also the case. And then he began, otherwise, calmly, authoritatively and with great certainty, to talk about the film media's ability to change the world. While filmmakers and journalists from all over the world sat as in shock that the bubble around Film Art had been broken by a human being who has something even more important to take care of. about Charlie Chaplin's 'The Dictator' (1940), a film that made fun of Adolf Hitler and his world dreams during World War II, and which not only made Hitler furious, but also opened the world's eyes to the madness of the German Führer. great potential, according to Zelenskyj.The smart thing about mentioning 'The Dictator' was of course also that he thereby points directly to his main opponent in, Vladimir Putin, who - like Hitler - fantasizes about a new era of greatness for his people. - the 75th of its kind - kicked off. With bravura and importance. By emphasizing the great importance of film art. It is definitely something that can be used for something in times of pressure. There is not only war in Europe and a corona pandemic that has shut the world down. The festival and Filmkunsten are also threatened by rumbling and the importance of cinemas - which is almost a sacrilege in French film circles, where the word Filmkunst also means cinema. Le cinema! Shortly before Zelenskyj's speech, this year's jury chairman, acting star Vincent Lindon, gave an emotional speech about Filmkunstens to tell stories of human suffering and distress in the world. The arm movements of film art could not be much bigger last night in. Ironically, this year's opening film, which appeared just ten minutes after Zelenskyj's speech, was NOT exactly such a film as Lindon and Zelenskyj demand. On the other hand, it is probably exactly what Europeans demand. in these times of, war and - a really non-committal laughter of a film.French 'Coupez!' (called 'Final cut' in the international film world), as the opening film is called, tells the story of a film crew that is in full swing to shoot a zombie movie as they are attacked by real zombies.The movie is directed by Michel Hazanavicius, who 11 years ago overthrew the film world with something as strange in 2011 as a silent film, 'The Artist'. ‘Coupez!’ Has the same tone - funny, playful and full of cinematic excess. But not a film that overthrows Putin. Ironically, Hazanavicius tried to follow up the success of 'The Artist' with a film that just tried to tell about human suffering and distress, 'The Promise', about the Russians in Chechnya in the 1990s. That movie was severely beaten by critics in 2014 and became a flop. For example, it never appeared in Danish cinemas. This makes 'Coupez!' Most likely.