Umthendeleko wefilimu waseFransi, mhlawumbi, ubaluleke kakhulu kukhuphiswano lwefilimu olubanjwe kwihlabathi jikelele kwaye, ngenxa yesi sizathu, abaququzeleli abazange bafune ukuphosakela ithuba lokuvuza umenzi wefilimu omkhulu: UClint Eastwood.
Kule mihla, umdlali kunye nomqondisi UClint Eastwood weza kumhlaba waseFransi ukuze apapashe ifilimu yakhe yamva nje iGran Torino, apho ukongezelela ekwalathiseni, uneenkwenkwezi kuyo. Inokuba ngenye indlela, yenaAbo babephethe esi siganeko balixhakamfula elo thuba baza bamnika iPalme d’Or ebekekileyo, ngegalelo lakhe kwi-cinema.
Umsitho wawubanjelwe kwitheko labucala, apho ijaji yaseFransi yayibambe oko ibhaso ngumvuzo womsebenzi wakhe wefilimu omde nonempumelelo njengomdlali weqonga nanjengomlawuli.
"Kwiminyaka edlulileyo, ukuqatshelwa kwabalingane bakhe kuye kwadityaniswa yinzondelelo ekhulayo yokugxekwa kwamazwe ngamazwe", ukuphumeza "i-synthesis ye-classicism kunye nesimanjemanje se-cinema yaseMelika", ikhuphe lo mnyhadala kwingxelo kumajelo eendaba.
Cannes kunye ne-Eastwood zinembali ende efanayo, ukususela phakathi kwiminyaka yama-80, xa kwakucwangcisiwe umthendeleko Umkhweli oPale; kamva babeza kulandela Intaka, Umzingeli oMhlophe, Intliziyo Emnyama, Umlambo oyiMystic kunye neThe Exchange.