The film in costumes has not always been in the smell of sanctity in Cannes, capital of the avant-garde. In addition to Jeanne du Barry's Versailles wig festival at the opening, the historical film, and the poetic license that accompanies it, triumphs.

Tran Han Hùng puts the apron in the spotlight in The Passion of Dodin-Bouffant. Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe, by Martin Provost, and Rosalie, by Stéphanie di Giusto, also go back.