"Cinema shouldn't remain silent. Hate will eventually disappear and dictators will die. We are at war for freedom," Zelensky said, quoting The Great Dictator, greeted by a standing ovation as the surprise satellite link started with the ceremony. opening of the Cannes Film Festival.
"We need a new Chaplin who proves that today's cinema is not silent".
Zelensky went back to the cinematic evocations again "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," he said citing Apocalypse Now.
The president also referred to the documentary Mariupol 2 which cost director Kvedaravicius his life.