Citizen Cannes: The Man behind the Cannes Film Festival

by Gilles Jacob, Sarah Robertson (Translator)

A charming autobiography from the president of the Cannes Film Festival.

Genres: Film, Biography

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Adhyatmika · Rating 4 out of 5]

To be a world famous film director you gotta have a bit of personality (read: ego) and vast amount of friends (read: connections). Jacob, a renowned film festival director proved exactly that in this book. For a young filmmaker it’s a good read on how to start a career (and how to brag), for a mid-career filmmaker however will find that this book is a bit pretentious. It’s a sobering book about career nonetheless.

[Rebecca · Rating 1 out of 5]

The author devotes two pages to how he accidentally touched Shannon Stone's breasts once while giving her a medal. And it was an accident, but she's so beautiful and her breasts are so great, guys. And she totally didn't mind.

Sure, Gilles.