Ngesonto eledlule sazi iphosta esemthethweni yohlelo lwama-69 lweCannes Film Festival, futhi namuhla siyasazi isihloko sefilimu ezovula lo mncintiswano wamafilimu odumile. Ukukhetha kwawela phezu “Café Society”, ifilimu yakamuva kaWoody Allen, kudlalwa uKristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg, Steve Carell noBlake Lively.
Akukhona okokuqala ukuthi umenzi wefilimu waseNew York avule le festiveli ifilimu. Ngo-2002 wakwenza nge "A final made in Hollywood", kwathi ngo-2011 nge "Midnight in Paris", awina ngayo i-Oscar ye-Best Original Screenplay. Ukukhonjiswa kwale filimu eCannes kusho isikhathi seshumi nane uWoody Allen ekhombisa umsebenzi wakhe lapho, ngaphandle kokuncintisana. Isikhathi sokuqala kwaba ngo-1979 nge "Manhattan."
I-“Café Society” izokhonjiswa e-Grand Théâtre Lumière edumile ye-Palais des Festivals, ngaphakathi kwesigaba esithi “Ukuphuma Emncintiswaneni”. Itheyiphu isethiwe eHollywood yama-30s, kanti umlingiswa wayo insizwa enesifiso sokuvula igebe kwezokulingisa. Kuleyo ndlela futhi ngenkathi ezama ukuqonda umphakathi oyinqaba omzungezile, uzothola uthando.
Lolu hlelo lwama-69 lweCannes International Festival luzoba nejaji eliholwa nguGeorge Miller, futhi luzoba ngo.Phakathi kukaMeyi 11 no-22. Uhlu lwamafilimu azokhonjiswa luzovela ngo-Ephreli 14.
Ngaphezu kwe-“Café Society”, u-Woody Allen uneminye imisebenzi esalindile. Kusukela ngo-1982, ibikhipha amafilimu ngenani elilodwa unyaka ngamunye. Kanye nomsebenzi wakhe wesikrini esikhulu, umenzi wefilimu ulungiselela uchungechunge lwe-Amazon, oluhlelwe eminyakeni yamashumi ayisithupha, ye izahluko eziyisithupha zesigamu sehora ngasinye, inkanyezi Miley Cyrus. Isihloko salo msebenzi asikaziwa okwamanje, kodwa sizophuma kulo nyaka wezi-2016.