After nearly two weeks of exciting premieres, star-studded press conferences and beachside parties that go into the early hours, the Cannes Film Festival is ready to roll up the red carpet after one last task: crowning this year's Palme d'Or winner.

Nouvelle Vague, part of the Cannes competition slate, is the ultimate inside-baseball making-of movie. But even more than that, it’s a picture that stands strong on the side of art, of history, of working to solve the puzzle of things that maybe at first you don’t fully understand.

There's no Cannes Film Festival 2025 without gowns, tuxedos, jewelry and make-up. Or without meticulous preparation, sometimes lasting several hours, before climbing the steps and walking the world's most-watched red carpet.