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8 July 2021 • 5:00am
Charles Finch with Robin Wright, Olga Kurylenko, Naomie Harris and Noomi Rapace at his 10th Filmmaker's Dinner
Credit: Dave Benett
The sun dips behind the Lérins Islands and ominous clouds hover over Cannes, the City of Lights, which glitters like a diamond clutch on the arm of the Baie des Anges. It is May 2019, the last Cannes Film Festival before the world will shift on its axis due to the pandemic, and the 10th anniversary of Charles Finch’s annual Filmmaker’s Dinner.