Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and the French poster for The Specials, which will close this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival |
The performance will be called the “Last Screening” with a nod to Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show which in French was known as “la Dernière Séance.”
The Specials, or Hors Normes in French, stars Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb. The festival organisers say they want to re-establish the last show as an occasion worth remembering such as the year that Steven Spielberg’s ET filled the slot.
Frequently the final screening has been a damp squib, especially after the fanfare of the prizes showcase.