One of the fun things at Cannes – which runs, at least in its professional capacity, on a diet of slightly manic speculation – are the rumours that flood the Croisette on the festival’s final day, as the hours tick down to the awards ceremony. Friendly publicists, sleep-deprived executives and loose-lipped hotel staff all report on the various actors and filmmakers being summoned back to accept an award.
What goes up must come down! Whoever authored this statement of life events and business activities should receive the award for the Most Obvious Statement. However, inane the statement it