The ceremony kicked off with a surprise message from Quentin Tarantino, projected on the Amphithéâtre’s giant screen. “It seems we have a message from someone,” said Lumière festival director and Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux, introducing an email from Tarantino – one of the first Prix Lumière laureates, honored back in 2013 – welcoming Mann “into the club.”
As he took to the stage to receive his award from the hands of 2024 laureate Isabelle Huppert, Mann was visibly moved. “Now I know why so many directors like Clint Eastwood and Tim Burton are speechless when they come up here. This is fantastic. Thank you so much.”
He went on to recall the moment he decided to become a filmmaker: “The idea to…
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