Elena Lazic (@elazic.bsky.social)

‘A Man Of His Time’ Review: Emmanuel Marre’s Portrait Of A Vichy France Opportunist Is Tiresome Grandstanding [Cannes] France’s past as a country that collaborated with the Nazis has long been an obscured or minimized aspect of its history, with the Resistance and General De Gaulle’s calls from London the focus of most retellings. The rising tide of fascism worldwide in the last few years, including within France itself, as well as governments’ reactions (or non-reaction) to the global conflicts, have pushed some towards a more frontal reckoning with this shameful past. In approaching that era from the perspective of the individual, Emmanuel Marre’s “A Man of His Time”—which played in Competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Screenplay—feels like a film of our time. Continue reading ‘A Man Of His Time’ Review: Emmanuel Marre’s Portrait Of A Vichy France Opportunist Is Tiresome Grandstanding [Cannes] at The Playlist. http://dlvr.it/TSkNxk