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Éric Cantona takes centre stage at the Cannes Film Festival

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Football legend Éric Cantona is back on the Croisette with two films in Cannes: "Marvellous Mornings", the debut feature from director Avril Besson, and "Cantona", a British documentary exploring his turbulent years at Manchester United. Away from the premieres, the festival is also facing a growing political controversy after hundreds of film figures accused Canal+ and billionaire Vincent Bolloré of contributing to a far-right shift in French c…

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A documentary reviews the career and origins of the footballer. The film, which has a long interview with Cantona, has been presented at the Cannes FestivalJohn Travolta returns to the place where 'Pulp Fiction' was born: "We are overwhelmed by the dark side of life. We have to recover the infantile innocence" For Éric Cantona the worst adjective that can be placed is that of "unforgivable". For him, that means that everything he did or said is …

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Currently, Eric Cantona is in Cannes on the occasion of a documentary dedicated to him. Directed by David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas, he is presented in the selection " Cannes Première". In 1997, the "King" put an end to his career. Practically at the height of his career. Since then, he has voluntarily detached himself from the football sphere, preferring to concentrate on a career as a film actor. .twitter-tweet{margin-left:auto;margin-right:aut…

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Éric Cantona was this weekend on the poster of three films presented at the Cannes Film Festival, two as an actor, one as a subject of a documentary. He also staged the marches, as in 2009.

·Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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Signed by two British, this documentary presented in Special Session brings to life in detail, and with the interested one, the ascent and the bloodshed of the footballer "rebel" who passed to the rank of icon.

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Olori Supergal broke the news on Monday, May 18, 2026.
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