Less than a week before the start of the Festival de Cannes, Paolo Sorrentino was suffering from a fever that he blamed on long work hours and the weather as fall turns to summer in Italy. [...] even with a temperature, he couldn't hide his excitement when talking about "L'Amico di Famiglia" (Friend of the Family). The film gives him his second shot at Cannes' Palme d'Or, two years after "Le Consequenze dell'Amore" (Consequences of Love) was In Competition.

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