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Ordinary People Enduring Life Under Dictators: The Jury's Choice

Analysis: The just-wrapped fest honored films 'from human points of view' that critics loved. But will audiences?

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Claire Atkinson
May 26, 2025
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VERDICT "I feel immeasurably inspired by what I've seen here,” said Jeremy Strong, with fellow jury member Halle Berry at Cannes’ closing ceremony, after Iranian film It Was Just an Accident won the Palme D’Or. (Monica Schipper/Getty Images)

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