ruben ostlund is a provocative filmmaker and revels in showing us uncomfortable sides of social behaviourople doing these terrible things and them you realise "oh, iwould and i have." cannes is celebrating a big birthday this year — its 70th anniversary. from its inception just after world war ii, it has grown to become what is generally regarded as the world‘s top film festival. talking movies has been looking back at cannes through the decades. cannes today, the mother of all film festivals. cannes in 1946, its first year in operation, bringing cinema of the day to the festival—goers. cannes of the 19405 was associated with italian neorealism. one of the films in the first edition from 19116 was rossellini‘s rome, open city. the french critics were very enthusiastic about the neorealists. the first few editions of the festival did a big part to put neorealism on the map. and who else would it be but sofia loren to excite the pressmen and crowds? it wasn‘t only international art cinema that defined cannes in its formative years. there was glitz, glamour, the media circus. cannes was alwa

he‘s the filmmaker, ruben ostlund, who made a name for himself three years ago with the internationalts to make about power, morality and social responsibility. rebecca lawrence reports. claes bang stars as christian, a handsome, urbane and successful curator in a stockholm modern art museum who is putting on a new exhibition about trust and social responsibility. but when his phone and wallet are stolen at a square outside the museum, he takes reckless vigilante action that has devastating consequences. the film works as a razor—sharp satire of the bourgeois art world, the modern media, masculinity, and even swedishness. what i always do when i write scripts, i have myself as the starting point. so i think a lot about how i would react in this kind of situation. since i am interested in, like, undressing the roles that we are trying to play, then of course, i also want to undress christian and when he, like, confronts himself, down to the bone. do you go have sex with lots of other women? ummm... and stripping him down to the bone is what the director does, through a succession of in

the film—maker ruben ostlund thrilled to bits.r stunt that goes awry, was described by the jury as a rich masterpiece, tackling the horrific dictatorship of political correctness. diane kruger. diane kruger won for her role in german film in the fade, playing a woman trying to put her life back together after her family are killed in a bomb attack. joaquin phoenix looked stunned to be named best actor for his role as a hit man in you were never really here. he apologised for his attire, his shoes had been sent home by mistake. a night to celebrate for all those who won and another year to honour the art of film—making. you have to have the footwear at all times. those are the main stories this morning. it's a week since 22 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a bomb tore through crowds leaving a pop concert at the manchester arena. since the attack, there's been a huge show of strength and unity from people living in the city, something that was clear yesterday when thousands of people took to the streets for the great