'It was a very wonderful experience': Jeremy Strong on serving as Cannes -Jurie

Cannes [France]May 25 (ANI): Actor Jeremy Strong has been considered his last 11 days as a member of the Cannes Film Festival competition jurie, comparing with the process of choosing a new pope as depicted in the Oscar-nominated film ‘CONCLAVE’. “I feel immeasurably inspired by what I saw here,” Strong said during a press conference after the jury was awarded Jafar Panahi’s ‘It was just an accident’ with the Palme d’Or. “It was so invigorating, and this kind of cumulative score of the work I will take with me,” Variety reports. Strongly continued, “It was a wonderful experience, a very covenant experience with these people – it’s like ‘conclave’ with champagne. It’s really wonderful.” Strong serves under President Juliette Binoche with Halle Berry, Payal Kapadia, Hong Sansoo, Alba Rohrwacher, Leila Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi and Carlos Reygadas. During the press, the group made their decision to give the top prize for ‘it was just an accident’, which followed a group of former prisoners in Iran who should decide whether to take revenge on a man who thinks they were their painful waiting. According to the variety, the film was Panahi’s first project since he was in jail for a few months in 2023, according to the variety. “At the same time, it is very human and political because it comes from a complicated country, politically speaking,” Binoche said, adding, “when we watched the film, it really stood out. The film stems from a sense of resistance, survival, which is absolutely necessary today. So we thought it was important to give this film the paramount award.” She continued, “Art will always win. What man is will always win. Our creative urge can transform the world.” Strong said that the jury wants to recognize “films that were transcendent intrinsic as pieces,” in line with how Robert de Niro kicked off the festival during his opening ceremony by saying that “fascists should fear art,” Variety reports. (Ani)