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"While there was significant thought and debate given to the ideas of nation building and the righting of wrongs, the undercurrent of racism was ever present," said the report's guest author Professor Lindon Coombes in his introduction.

France's Vincent Lindon received the best actor award for French language film The Quiet Son, about a family torn apart by extreme-right radicalism.

But just a few lines into the scene, Lindon cracks and refuses to perform it.

A 10-day stream of stars will begin flowing down Cannes’ famous red carpet beginning with the opening night film, “The Second Act,” a French comedy starring Lea Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard.

Michael Lindon, 30, said he does not think offering nicotine patches to help young people with a nicotine dependency is the best way forward.