Umkhosi wefilimu waseFrance mhlawumbe ubaluleke kakhulu emiqhudelwaneni yefilimu eyenziwa emhlabeni wonke futhi, ngenxa yalesi sizathu, abahleli abazange bafune ukuphuthelwa ithuba lokuklomelisa umenzi wefilimu omkhulu: UClint Eastwood.
Kulezi zinsuku, umlingisi nomqondisi UClint Eastwood ufike ezweni laseFrance ezomemezela ifilimu yakhe yakamuva ethi Gran Torino, lapho ngaphezu kokuyiqondisa, udlala inkanyezi kuyo. Kungaba njani ngenye indlela,abaphathi bemicimbi basebenzise ithuba lokuvakashelwa futhi bamnika indondo yokuhlonipha i-Palme d'Orngeqhaza lakhe ebhayisikobho.
Umcimbi ububanjelwe emcimbini wangasese, lapho amajaji aseFrance abambe khona lokho umklomelo uwumvuzo ngomsebenzi wakhe wefilimu omude noyimpumelelo njengomlingisi nomqondisi.
"Eminyakeni edlule, intshiseko ekhulayo yabagxeki bamazwe ngamazwe ijoyine ukuqashelwa kontanga yakhe", ifinyelela "ukuhlanganiswa kwe-classicism kanye nesimanjemanje e-cinema yaseMelika", ikhiphe umkhosi esitatimendeni esithunyelwe kwabezindaba.
Cannes kanye Eastwood banomlando omude ofanayo, kusukela maphakathi nawo-80, lapho umkhosi wawuhlelwa UPale Rider; kamuva babezolandela Inyoni, Umzingeli Omhlophe, Inhliziyo Emnyama (I-White Hunter, Inhliziyo Emnyama), I-Mystic River (Mystic River) kanye neThe Exchange (The Exchange).