Last Day Fast Day

Well, this was it. The last day of the film festival. Goodbye Cannes, for now. I will be going back for the flower ice-cream and the waffle factory.

Today, me and beth woke up at 12. It was glorious. We decided to be productive so we got dressed and headed for the trains. Once we got to Cannes we went shopping for a bit before our movie at 6:00. We went to a shop I can't remember, Pull & Bear, and Zara. It was fantastic as always. Then I accidentally said the word "smoothie" which got Beth on the move. We "found" a smoothie place online and tried to navigate ourselves to it. Lucky us, we did not find it. So, instead, we settled for an Irish Pub with good wifi. I wasn't complaining. The servers spoke English and they had wings on the menu. It is now my favorite place ever and I am not leaving France until I go back.

After eating, me and Beth walked over to the Palais for the last time. Soaking in all of the pretty lights and big open spaces I started to feel a little nostalgic. We went up to the Bunuel theater to watch It's Only The End Of The World. We stood in line for about and hour and a half then were rushed inside of this huge theater. The film was not too bad actually. It had very interesting themes and undertones. I enjoyed it, and I enjoyed the french part of it as well. I like to think I am good at French. So when I get a chance, I like to watch French movies and pretend I know what is going on without subtitles.

We got out of the Bunuel a couple hours later and headed back to the train station. On the way we caught a glimpse of the closing ceremonies on a T.V. Man do they go all out. They showed a clip from a movie with the main actor from Masculine Feminine. All it did was remind me how much
I absolutely hated that film. After looking at the Palais one more time and soaking in my ability to wear a lanyard and not look like a tourist mom, I finally left the Palais for good. Me and Beth caught our last train from the Cannes Film Festival, and headed to Juan.

This festival has been an absolutely amazing experience. I cannot believe that I had the opportunity to go on this trip and watch all of these incredible films and meet all of these amazing people. I am so very thankful for this trip and to the advisors that made it possible. If there is any chance ever again in my life that I can come back to this festival, I would do it in a heartbeat. This experience is defiantly a milestone in my life, and I can't wait to take everything I learned back with me and have the Cannes Film Festival 69 live on forever.