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Jeremy Strong did not hold back while sharing his thoughts on serving as a member of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival Competition jury.
“I feel inspired by what I’ve seen here,” Strong said, 46, during Saturday, May 24, a press conference, per Diversity. “It’s been so vibrant, and this kind of cumulative account of the work I will carry with me.”
Strong, served under President Juliette Binochemake the comment after Jafar Panhi‘S. It was just an accident He was awarded the stylish Palme d’Or. (Actor Halle Berry and Alba Rohrwacher; director Dieudo Hamdi, Hong Sang-Sooo, Share Kpara and Carlos Reygadas and writer Slimani are jury members too.)
“This has been a very remarkable experience, a very related experience with these people – it’s like Conclave with champagne, ”continued Strong.” It’s really great. “
Strong Film Addresses 2024, which was based on Robert Harris‘A novel of the same name and take an Oscar home For best customized screenshot. (Conclave Following a Catholic election process after the sudden death of a pope, starring people as Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow.)
At Sunday’s press conference, Binoche detailed the logic behind awarding the top prize to It was just an accident. The film focuses on a group of former prisoners in Iran who argue whether to kill or forgive a man who is believed to be their torture guard. (It was just an accident Marked Panahi’s first movie since being released from prison in 2023.)
“He is very human and politically at the same time because he comes from a complex country, speaking politically,” said Binoche. “When We watched the movieIt really stood out. The film stems from a feeling of opposition, survival, which is absolutely necessary today. So we thought it was important to give this film a Paramount Award. Art will always win. What is human will always win. Our creative creation can transform the world. “
A strong, for his part, noted that the jury “wanted to identify films that we felt inherently transcendent as pieces of work.” The Succession star went on to quote a playwright Henrik ibsen.
“Ibsen mentioned, ‘Deep inside, there’s a poem in a poem. And when you hear, when you understand that, you’ll understand my song,'” said Strong. “And I feel that this film and other films have these poems in the poem that allow us to grasp something inefficient that has changed me.”