In this edition of Screen’s Cannes Close-Up interview series, director Dominik Moll and actress Léa Drucker explain how they worked the real-life yellow vest protests into their Cannes Competition title Case 137.

The police corruption drama is set against the backdrop of the 2018 Paris protests against economic inequality, and Moll incorporated real-life footage into film.

“It’s not a documentary, it’s a work of fiction,” says Moll. “But the images that we see from the yellow vest movement is partly footage that we shot ourselves and recreated, and also partly footage from journalists at that time.”

Drucker also explained what she loves most about Cannes, and they both picked their favourite French films of all time.

Cannes Close-Up sees leading talents and figures from the international film industry give insight into their careers and navigating the Cannes Film Festival.

This edition of Cannes Close-Up is in partnership with Unifrance.

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