Lukas Dhont, who won the Caméra d'Or for best first feature at Cannes with Girl and the Grand Prix with Close, returned to Cannes with Coward, which won both of its leads the Best Actor award. Set during the suffocating days of a First World War that seems without end, the film follows Pierre, a young Belgian soldier newly sent to the front and eager to prove himself on the battlefield. Growing close to Francis, whom he meets behind the lines, he decides with him to stage a show to lift the spirits of their comrades.
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