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Nearly 500 screenings, a rock star welcome for an emotional veteran director Tim Burton, and masterclasses from actress Monica Bellucci. This year's Festival Lumière in Lyon celebrated cinema past and present in style.
Lyon's international Lumiere film festival is fast making quite a name for itself as the celebration of all things and people that make the cinema such an engrossing event every time the lights go down.
Alec Baldwin his career would "end" after starring in Tim Burton's classic 1988 comedy-horror 'Beetlejuice'.
It's been 2 weeks since the military seized power in Gabon, toppling President Ali Bongo who was seeking a 3rd term in office, after his father Omar Bongo ruled the central African country for nearly 42 years. Opponents of the Bongos have long denounced the dynasty for plundering public funds and embezzling huge sums of money for their personal gain, at the expense of public services and infrastructure. FRANCE 24's reporters Catherine Norris-Trent, Cyril Payen and Mayssa Awad witnessed the neglect in Gabon's capital city.
Visitors to the travelling exhibition in Paris plunge into the universes created by the inventive US director and discover 150 of his original works.