Want to feel like you're at Cannes? Watch these 8 films set at the festival

Although rather a fewer movies person taken spot against the whirl of the Cannes Film Festival, lone a fistful person been changeable wrong sanctioned festival spaces — often due to the fact that of artistic, logistical and fiscal constraints. Most films person alternatively relied connected resourceful camerawork, originative licence and shrewd editing to bring an authentic, you-are-there prime to footage lensed chiefly successful and astir Cannes, including iconic festival exteriors and the attendant bustle.

Meanwhile, immoderate productions person chosen to re-create their “official” festival scenes determination other entirely. Case successful point: Barry Levinson’s 2008 Tinseltown satire “What Just Happened,” which saw Hollywood’s erstwhile Kodak Theatre (now the Dolby Theatre) and the Cal State Northridge field doubling for the film’s pivotal Cannes premiere sequence.

Let’s flash backmost to an array of movies acceptable astatine the festival, and the premix of approaches taken to seizure their Cannes-centric moments.

Karina Lombard, left, and French Stewart prima successful 2000’s “Murder astatine The Cannes Film Festival.”

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‘An Almost Perfect Affair’ (1979)

This frothy communicative of an idealistic American filmmaker (Keith Carradine) who falls for the woman (Monica Vitti) of a almighty Italian shaper (Raf Vallone) astatine the Cannes Film Festival was directed by Michael Ritchie (“The Candidate,” “The Bad News Bears”) from a screenplay by Walter Bernstein and Don Petersen. Ritchie archetypal dispatched a French movie unit to sprout second-unit, documentary-style footage astatine the 1978 festival. Principal photography commenced aboriginal that twelvemonth successful Cannes, Nice and the Côte d’Azur, and re-created the festival atmosphere. Unfortunately, the movie received uneven reviews and constricted theatrical play.

‘The Last Horror Film’ (1982)

Director/co-writer David Winters’ low-budget slasher movie was changeable guerrilla-style — initially without permits — crossed the 1981 festival, utilizing its real-time commotion, glitz and cardinal locales arsenic a vivid backdrop. The grisly representation involving a New York cabbie (Joe Spinell) with filmmaking delusions and the horror-movie prima (Caroline Munro) helium pursues successful Cannes had a spotty theatrical run, sometimes nether the rubric “Fanatic.” Through assorted location video incarnations (including a 2023 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray restoration), it gained cult status, chiefly due to the fact that of fan-favorite Spinell, prima of the 1980 grindhouse classical “Maniac” (also with Munro).

Greta Scacchi, left, and Ron Silver prima successful Henry Jaglom’s 2001 movie “Festival successful Cannes.”

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‘Cannes Man’ (1996)

Much of this underseen indie mockumentary, which starred Seymour Cassel arsenic a slippery movie shaper who plots to hype an chartless schlub (Francesco Quinn) into the toast of the Cannes Film Festival, was besides changeable connected location, guerrilla-style, this clip during the 1995 festivities. A ragtag premix of on-site energy, personage cameos (including Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper and John Malkovich) and satirical talking-head interviews makes for an amusing look astatine Hollywood machinations. Richard Martini served arsenic the film’s superior director, with chap co-writer Susan Shapiro credited with helming the on-the-ground Cannes material.

‘Murder astatine the Cannes Film Festival’ (2000)

A useful lawsuit of firm synergy enabled this TV movie to movie a big of indispensable footage astatine the 2000 festival, adjacent if astir of the representation was changeable successful Vancouver. The breezy whodunit, starring French Stewart, then-wife Katherine LaNasa (“The Pitt”) and Karina Lombard, was produced by E! Entertainment Television, which enjoyed an yearly festival beingness arsenic a quality outlet covering the gala activities. As a result, the “Murder” unit utilized E!’s existing permits, credentials and technicians to much economically seizure festival exteriors and Croisette ambience. Harvey Frost directed from a publication by Jeffrey Hatcher.

Rebecca Romijn, left, and Antonio Banderas successful 2002’s “Femme Fatale.”

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‘Festival successful Cannes’ (2001)

Maverick manager Henry Jaglom (“Sitting Ducks,” “Eating”) brought his freewheeling benignant to this film-biz drama changeable successful and astir the 1999 festival. The picture’s eclectic cast, which included Anouk Aimée, Greta Scacchi and Maximilian Schell (with cameos by Faye Dunaway, Holly Hunter and Jeff Goldblum), swirled its merry mode crossed the expansive lawsuit successful hunt of romance, fame and the ever-elusive movie deal. Although independently financed, it was 1 of Jaglom’s fewer movies released via a large workplace (the erstwhile Paramount Classics) and among the polarizing filmmaker’s better-received works.

‘Femme Fatale’ (2002)

A diamond heist that unfolds during a Cannes movie premiere opens this erotic thriller from writer-director Brian De Palma. Shot astatine the 2001 festival, the elaborate robbery series features red-carpet excitement arsenic it spins the picture’s twisty crippled into motion. Interior scenes acceptable astatine the Palais were staged and changeable isolated from the festival period, arsenic was the precise choreography of the jewel theft. The movie, which starred Antonio Banderas and Rebecca Romijn, screened retired of contention astatine the 2002 festival to a mostly tepid response. It met a akin absorption erstwhile released successful theaters aboriginal that year.

Rowan Atkinson heads to the French Riviera and becomes ensnared successful an escapade of cinematic proportions successful “Mr. Bean’s Holiday.”

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‘Mr. Bean’s Holiday’ (2007)

A follow-up to the 1997 deed diagnostic “Bean,” this slapstick farce recovered its rubric quality (played by Rowan Atkinson) winning a travel to the French Riviera and bumbling his mode into the Cannes Film Festival. The movie, which co-starred Willem Dafoe arsenic an American manager whose movie is showing astatine Cannes, was different ingenious melding of existent festival exteriors and outdoor enactment (shot astatine the 2006 event) with staged and re-created material. Directed by Steve Bendelack from a publication by Hamish McColl and Robin Driscoll, the movie earned mixed reviews but, similar “Bean,” was an planetary box-office success.

‘Claire’s Camera’ (2017)

This humble drama astir a Parisian euphony teacher and photography buff (Isabelle Huppert) who befriends a Korean film-sales adjunct (Kim Min-hee) astatine Cannes was changeable successful nationalist spaces astir the 2016 festival, timed to coincide with Huppert and Min-hee’s real-life appearances determination for different films. The 69-minute movie, written and directed by Hong Sang-soo, premiered the adjacent twelvemonth successful the festival’s Special Screening conception and aboriginal successful theaters. In his 2018 Times review, professional Justin Chang called it “a delightful, teasing wisp of a tale.”