The French Connection: For Global Auteurs, All Roads Lead to Gaul
Ana Maria Rus
The twin triumphs of Jafar Panahi’s “ It Was Just an Accident ” at Cannes and Jim Jarmusch’s “ Father Mother Sister Brother ” at Venice made 2025 a banner year for international auteurs embracing the French film showbiz ecosystem — though that’s hardly surprising for a production partner fluent in every language of cinema. “You make electric cars with China, and films with France,” quips producer Charles Gillibert . “We have always had a universalist framework that supports not just French
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