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Cannes Beyond the Red Carpet: Who Really Profits from the World’s Most Photographed Festival City?

For twelve days each May, Cannes appears to belong to cinema. For the rest of the year, it belongs to an economic machine built around the same promise: the world will come here to be seen. The red carpet is the symbol, but the business model is much larger—film sales, property fairs, television markets, yachts, […]