“I wonder if we’re not dancing on the Titanic.”
The opening ceremony of 75th Cannes Film Festival has just ended and its president of the jury Vincent Lindon delivered a very beautiful speech to the public, full of humility and reflection on the commitment of artists and the importance of art.
Interpretation Prize for The law of the market (her “first reward”, he had already expressed in 2015, moved), his speech was preceded by a clip evoking his outstanding roles. saying to themselves first “uncomfortable in comfort and privilege”, but confessing “too human to give it up”he then spoke more deeply about his profession. “The cinema, this weapon of massive emotion to awaken consciences, he said, for example, before addressing the subject of culture more generally, “a great essential whole. It is not on the fringes. It is at the center of society. And it will be its vestige. (…) Your works are immortal.” Evoking the tragedies of war, a few minutes before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took the floor, he ended with these strong words: “I wonder if we’re not dancing on the Titanic.”
Cannes 2015: discover the full speech of Vincent Lindon for his interpretation award
