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France's Reopening Plan Bad News for Cannes, Cinemas

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France has laid out its plans to get back to work after the COVID-19 lockdown, but for the nation's film industry, the news doesn't look good.

Under the guidelines outlined by French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe to the country's National Assembly on Tuesday, cinemas will not be among the businesses allowed to reopen when France begins to loosen its lockdown measures May 11.

The ban on large gatherings — meaning festivals and events that draw more than 5,000 people — will remain in place until at least September, Philippe said.

Meaning the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, which has already been postponed twice, will not be held this summer in anything like its traditional form and is looking less and less likely to happen at all.

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