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The shooter’ s bullet pierced me, and I became an angel.’ The day before her death, she learned that the film she appeared in had been selected here, at the Festival de Cannes. Fatima should have been with us tonight. Art endures. It is the powerful witness of our lives and our dreams— and we, the audience, embrace it. May the Festival de Cannes, where everything can shift, contribute to this!”
Another tribute soon followed— this time honoring the legendary filmmaker David Lynch, who passed away this past January. A kindred spirit to the evening’ s next guest, he shared a deep fascination with mystery and the surreal. In his memory, French-Canadian singer Mylène Farmer took the stage, her otherworldly voice delivering an un-released piece— an elegiac lullaby evoking peace and eternal rest.