Cannes 2019: zombie, emerging female directors and rock

The Rocketman's cast at Cannes 2019 Source: https://www.facebook.com/festivaldecannes/

For the first time in its 72-year history, Cannes Film Festival has a film directed by an African woman in its main competition.

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The 2019 kermesse's president, Mexican Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, has launched the French Festival with Jim Jarmusch movie on zombie " The Dead Don't Die".

For the first time in its 72-year history, Cannes Film Festival has a film directed by an African for the Palme d’Or. 

Sandra Bordigoni is in Cannes to tell us the good, the bad and the ugly of this year's edition.

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