Top 10 Cannes Film Festival Movies
As the prestigious Cannes Film Festival kicks off its 62nd celebration, TIME's Richard Corliss takes a look back at its most noteworthy movies.
The first film after The Third Man to win the Palme d'Or on its own was Henri-Georges Clouzot's thriller about men in South America transporting nitrogylcerin in rickety trucks over rocky roads. Bitterly downbeat and remorsely suspenseful — any bump could blow the drivers to oblivion — this was an action film for postwar misanthropes. Despite or because of its cynicism, The Wages of Fear was a success in Europe and the Americas, and it propelled its leading man, Yves Montand, to international stardom.
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