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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Previous Palm d'Or winners can be explained thusly:
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964 -- hatred of precipitation).
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I'd expect more out of you Atticus.
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg was an obvious anti-war screed. It told a generation of Frenchmen that if they joined the army, they'd never get to sleep with Catherine Deneuve again. Why do you think De Gaulle pursued a nuclear weapons program? He couldn't trust the men of France to abandon their chance with
This interpretation makes
Belle de Jour a cryptofascist embrace of capitalism, which is why it failed to win the Palm d'Or but garnered the Golden Lion in Venice.
Alternately, this post was a pretentious excuse to post a couple pictures of France's contribution to my laminated list.
